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Iowa Test of Basic Skills Analyzed

if they find any errors. If they do find an error they must identify the line, or, they can simply mark "no error" if that is wha...

Shakespeare/Sonnets 73 and 130

and Shakespeares use of metaphor achieves his purpose very well, particularly in the lines that refer to comparing a ladys breath ...

Loneword Adaptation in Japanese and its Effects

/a/ is only adapted into the foreign language a [a] when it occurs in the stressed syllable in the English loanword. The sound /a...

The English Language

Introduction The English language has a long and very rich history and the language. It is also a language which is used in most ...

Techniques for ELL Students

(Ghaith, 2003). Cooperative learning encourages meaningful, real-life conversations between students, regardless of age. Researc...

The Positive Contributions of Alfred the Great

of themselves as belonging first to a nation, not to a smaller kingdom. Religion: The Danish raids had heavily damaged the monas...

English Language Development from Geoffrey Chaucer to Samuel Johnson

that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was gouernor of Syria) And all went to bee taxed...

The Functional Use of Pronouns in English Language Classes

are defined semantically, i.e. "a noun is the name of a person, place or thing," a verb describes action or states of being (Intr...

Problems in an ESL Classroom

It is important that every idea offered is written down even if the idea seems to have no connection or relationship to the topic ...

India and the English Language

to the English, it was felt perhaps, by many other less powerful classes, that also learning the language and adhering to the Brit...

Developments in the English Language in the Middle Ages

not known, although the effects still influence the way we use language nowadays. It was a huge change in the way that English vow...

Meaning and Rules in Teaching ESL

128). This individual clearly is quite capable, and sensitive to the nuances of language. Fu and Townsend (1998) quote ano...

An Analysis of Dr. Georgi Lozanov's Integrated Learning Techniques

element and understand the theory behind it. Dr. Lazanov developed this process in the 1970s (Lazanov and Gateva, 1988). ...

Bilingual Education Argument

is embraced by American schools to varying degrees. Still, the subject usually attracts heated debates. Bilingual education is t...

History and Linguistics of the Jamaican Creole Language

example of the many languages which are participating in the "Latinization" of the English language and are important in the lingu...

Analysis of Learning a Second Language

for science, technology, and international business" (Unz and Tuchman, 1997). In other words, this legislation was passed in order...

SCHOLARLY ARTICLE REVIEW: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

instruction tended to help ELL students, and Brooks and Thurstons results werent much different. Basically, throwing ELL students ...

Literature Review on Paralinguistic Features of English Language Skills

will come to being able to communicate effectively" (Gassin, 1990, 437). Like Adams, Gassin (1990) also believed that the achieve...

Global Language English?

partnerships, English became a political language. The expansion of American business interests in the Third World further suppor...

Promotion of ESL Student Literacy and STEM

This paper pertains to the needs of English as a Second Language students and STEM instruction. Twelve pages in length, ten source...

'Politics and the English Language' by George Orwell

In five pages this paper discusses how Orwell decries the degradation of the English language in his essay. There are no other so...

Pidgins and Creoles, Origins, Features

This research paper/essay discusses how pidgin and Creole languages develop, emphasizing the influence that African Americans have...

Research Proposal Evaluate Adult ESL

How effective are adult ESL courses? This is a question that often generates great debate because assessments of the impact of the...

Writing in English, a Russian ELL

This paper pertains to the problems confronting a Russian English Language Learner and how they were addressed. Three pages in len...

LITERAL VERSUS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

make sense - for example, what is a "New York Minute" and how does it differ from a regular minute? New York Minute involves time ...

ESL Instruction, Cross-Cultural Activities

This essay offers two lessons and activities that provide cultural instruction within the context of ESL (English as a Second Lang...

Comparison Two Essays

This essay compares two hypothetical papers and discusses which is stronger and why, the criteria used for evaluation, the organiz...

Difficulties Presented by Consonant Elisions in English as a Second Language

the proper manner in which to utilize the language, partly for their own benefit and partly for the benefit of foreign speakers. ...

Reviews of Articles about Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language (ESL)

believe that acquiring English skills is the more important than teaching the children in Spanish (Porter, 1999). Porters article...

ESL Students and Fine Arts Instruction

not fair to the ESL student. How can fine art teachers embrace their ESL students in the same way as they do others who speak the ...