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Zero Tolerance Policies - Do They Work?

in the Gun-Free School Act (McAndrews, 2001; McCune, 2000). McAndrews (2001) reported that policies were passed by state legislat...

Reading and Decoding in Early Childhood Education

used in the context of the classroom. The information gleaned should be such that a teacher should be able to utilize it in the co...

The Language of Security

to life and limb, in the case of security for an organisations, while this may be a physical threat, it may also be a threat in t...

CALLA/ESL Instruction

to understand than language that is lacking such support that contains new and/or difficult information (Chamot and OMalley, 1996)...

The History Of The Spanish Language

for practical matters, in order to trade and communicate. This take u was a slow progression and started the influences of modern ...

Interlanguage Variability

the interlanguage used by the student may come from way that the student will use strategy to try and simplify the target language...

Hamlet & Oedipus

consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...

“On the Variability of Interlanguage Systems”

as well that varied in accordance with whether or not their speck was formal or more casual. These consistencies varied with the ...

“Interlanguage”

"the error pattern and ultimate fossilization which characterize the interlanguages of adult second-language learners" (475)....

“On Variation in Interlanguage: A Response to Gregg”

unknown and that a learners performance is optimal at all times. In reality, Tarone argues, this optimal situation is seldom in p...

Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition

linguistics which are extrapolated from the study of linguistic generalisations. These are that is A is true then B must be true, ...

The Power of Language in "The Tempest" and "The Birthday Party"

does the chicken cross the road?") that they might as well be physically beating him. Instead, they have the power in the play bec...

The English Language

are considered quite strong. How did English emerge? What is its history? A few hundred years ago, English was simply a hodge pod...

Imagery & Dialect/Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

nothin" but what we see. So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have t...

Fixing Failing Urban Schools

embrace the community is controversial. After all, much of the music and lyrics contain expletives and an overuse of the N word. I...

Culture: Comparison and Contrast of Two Articles

In Peasant men cant get wives: language change and sex roles in bilingual community by Susan Gal the community being studied speak...

Literacy, Language, Culture And Identity

identity for people, a sense of where they themselves belong in history as well as in their own culture (Moll, 2001). If we consi...

Phonological Awareness and Reading: The Process of Language Acquisition

a part of the construction of spoken language. Specifically, phonological awareness if the conceptual view that spoken language c...

Is Black English Vernacular a “Real Language?”

This idea, she says, is not hypothetical; the grammar and syntax peculiar to Black English Vernacular have been known for several ...

Imagery and Language in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

nature and power. His horse was completely green as well, giving the reader an image of magic and fantasy that is firmly imbedded ...

Coping Strategies & Influences on Student Nurse

study intervention that addresses strategies for helping student nurses cope with high levels of stress. This studys findings stre...

Language in Miller and Mamet’s Plays

of the language in the beginning (Miller 56). Even though he is not "the finest character that ever lived" he does deserve some re...

Shakespeare’s Influence in English Literature and Language

as Shakespeare used it, and as we know it today, is different; in other cases, it has changed completely (Vernon). For example, th...

The Most Important Trait in a Leader

through a symbolic manner, as it involves language. He notes, "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a g...

Speech Analysis / King's 'I Have a Dream'

Dr. King does indeed work to build his credibility during his speech although it was probably not as necessary in his particular s...

The Development of Language

The fact that our use of language varies in accordance with social stimuli is, in fact, well appreciated among linguists....

Race Relations in Kankakee, Illinois

been brewing in Kankakee that is connected to a "personal matter" concerning Dr. Brian Ali, the Superintendent of Kankakee School ...

Early Language Acquisition/Syntax

as a child adapts to the language requirements of the native environment (Gliedman). Animal studies verify his perception in that ...

“Keeping Promises: What Is Sovereignty and Other Questions About Indian Country”

the United States, the problems facing Native Americans remained essentially be the same but instead of dealing with a European ba...

Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction

involving who the subjects are, which is never really noted in terms of age or gender or race. Note the method used: The method o...