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Learning Language

In essence, Chomsky believes that the way in which children acquire their native language is hardwired into the brain and present ...

Cooperative /Collaborative Language Learning; PowerPoint Presentation

This 10 page paper is a presentation concerning the use of a collaborative/co-operative approach to language teaching. The present...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...

How Computers Weaken Language Skills

a poem as well as a human being, the real problem is not skill, but in ideology. That is, many people tend to rely on computers an...

Dual Language Programs - Two-Way Immersion

p. 145). These programs are called dual language programs and they are the only programs with empirical data that concludes childr...

Psychological Article Reviews

article acknowledges the perceived weaknesses within a particular culture; however, it also identifies the fact that all students ...

Language Acquisition, Early Childhood & SLI

development of language skills, an abnormal frequency of errors, and (also) errors that are uncommon in children with normal langu...

Second Language Learning

contrastive analysis studies in the 1950s and 60s consisted of "comparing pairs of languages" in order to find their areas of diff...

Language Acquisition Principles: Immersion

the article Dual Language Immersion by Jennifer Esposito, published in April 2006 by the periodical District Administrator. Langu...

Relationship Between Language-Based And Learning Disabilities

Beyond that, however, is the fact that any student who is struggling with language will not be able to read and write as well as a...

Students Are Note Learning Languages

In today's global world, it is necessary for businesspersons and others to be proficient in at least one other language, yet, enro...

JavaScript and PHP-MySQL

This 5 page paper looks at JavaScript and PHP-MySQL, considering each language and identifying the differences between the two lan...

The Shift from Latin to Vernacular Language Use

This resulted in a gradual shift, and reflected not only the lower level of influence of Rome, but also the declining influence of...

Amelie, A Film Review

understand the main thrust of the film without subtitles, as it follows Amelie from childhood to adulthood, showing the main event...

Parts of Linguistics

Linguistics is the study of language and how people make and understand the meanings of 'utterances.' There are numerous component...

Iraqi Languages: Kurdish

This research paper pertains to the Kurdish language, which is a principal language spoken in Kurdistan region of Iraq. The writer...

Academic Writing and ESL Students

This research paper pertains to the problems faced by English as a Second Language (ESL) learners when faced with the challenges o...

Benefits of Acquiring Another Language

Recent research has found that parts of the brain grow when adults learn another language, which would make this endeavor very hel...

Language and Comprehension Issues in Primary Research

The writer considers a scenario where a recent survey was used to gather results from a sample were 34% had only achieved an eleme...

Cognitive Development and Therapy

Piaget did not start out to be a developmental psychologist. He was very interested in natural sciences and did not turn to psycho...

Language Delay and Speech-Language Therapy

This research paper briefly review three research studies in speech-langauge therapy that address developmental language delay in ...

Disrespect and Language The Appropriation of Native American Language and Culture

This paper asks whether we have bastardized Native American language by appropriating it in sports and mass marketing. There are ...

Review of "African American Mothers' Views of Their Infants' Language Development and Language-Learning Environment"

of expecting there to be great differences between cultures within the US as well. The authors use sources from the 1970s and 198...

Perspectives on The Scarlet Letter

scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...

Language's Gendered Nature

taking care of her man and of nurturing the home and the family. It was apparent to me that her sense of femininity and womanhood...

Chinese Language Learning and Building Language Ability and Intelligence

this process on language acquisition and thinking ability over time. For elementary school children, the use of this kind of com...

Language's Collective and Individual Consequences

them into question some three decades prior to Lorimer and Gasher (2000). Berger and Luckman (1970) recognized even during the fl...

"The Kite Runner" - Significance And Importance Of Metaphor

When was the last time I had spoken his name? Those thorny old barbs of guilt bore into me once more, as if speaking his name had...

Laura, In Williams’ Glass Menagerie

to by Jim in very earthy, concrete terms that nonetheless indicate that she is pretty. When she says that blue "is wrong for-roses...

Beginning SEI Approaches

The teacher might use pictures or finger-puppets to help facilitate student comprehension. The disadvantage to this approach is th...