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Edward Said's 'Self' and 'Other' Concepts in an Examination of English as a Global Language

have English as a second language, and in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres English is already widely used, since it is t...

English Language Teaching Methods Critically Compared

speak English as a native language; rather, the extent to which focused training serves to mold an effective ESL instructor is bot...

Production and the Acquisition of English as a Second Language

inherent in the human brain (Archangeli, 1997). Native speakers of a language learn their mother tongue as toddlers because they a...

The Educational Framework for Language Arts in California

the framework (California Department of Education, 1999). This draft was critically reviewed by an external researcher to validate...

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, T.S. Eliot's 'The Mill on the Floss' and Narrative Perspective

had a daughter who loved him"; however, Maggie received no such indications either from her father" or from Tom--the two idols of ...

1984 by George Orwell and Language's Power

everyone gets the aggressive tendencies out of their system in a controlled fashion) the Ministry of Truth is really full of decei...

Language Characteristics

service in that it ensures that all involved share a common understanding of the terms being used. It also provides a means of cr...

ESL is Better than Bilingual Education

(Bilingual/ESL, 2004). Carrasquillo and Rodriguez (1996) point out that mainstreaming LEP students is one of the most significan...

Acquisition of Primary and Secondary Language

briefly described, those hypotheses are: The Acquisition-Learning hypothesis. Krashen believes there are "two independent systems ...

Pros and Cons of Learning a Second Language

among the most notable. Essentially, he believes that natural language and conversation is the best means of acquiring a second l...

Language Competence and Language Performance Differences

a play we can look at this further. The role of a play may be to entertain and inform, yet, whatever the purpose of the play there...

Connection Between Written Communication and Verbal Language

Forbes, 1997, p.293). Indeed, people experience language in different ways. People with difficulties such as stuttering, or those...

The Evolution of Language

a variety of human factors have all served as a focus for study and research in a number of areas. Because language is one of th...

Three Perspectives on Problems with Teaching English

learn the ways in which standard English developed -- that no language remains "fixed" but is rather a constantly evolving, adapti...

Global Language of English

speak English at some level of competence, and it would be counter-productive to try and establish another language as the one whi...

Acquisition of Language

they are at a pre-linguistic stage of life and development (Rice, Bruehler and Specker, 1999). Language is not a skill that is lea...

Comparative Analysis of Procedural and Nonprocedural Computer Programming Languages

Because the object-oriented languages and paradigms (i.e., non-procedural) ended up providing a stronger return on investment for ...

War Concept and the 'Language of War'

Language. Orwell explains that in his time at least, political speech and writing were primarily done to defend the indefensible (...

Social Construction or Cognitive Development in the Relationship Between Emotion and Language

is a complex one and not one in which all researchers are in agreement. This question is central, however, to understanding of ho...

Spanish Language and the Arabic Influence

well. "Besides being spoken in Spain, it is the official language of all the South American republics except Brazil and Guyana, o...

Language Performance versus Language Competence

has been directed by the supervisor to deliver a speech at a meeting. The person, being extremely nervous, may stutter, stammer, f...

ESL

of nationalities, which speaks to the continual need for effective English instruction. Some of the inherent difficulties and cha...

Anger in the Works of Jamaica Kincaid

In nine pages this research essay discussed how Kincaid employs language to express her anger over the imprisonment of 'foreign' l...

Language Use of Martin Luther

In five pages this paper examines how Germanic languages were influenced by the language and metaphorical uses of Martin Luther in...

Twins and the 'Secret Language' That Exists Between Them

In eight pages this paper examines how twins develop and acquire language and the 'secret language' between them that occasionally...

American Language

In five pages this paper discusses language in the United States with a comparative analysis of two essays, 'If Black English Isn'...

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad Analyzed

Though not his most famous work, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer is a showcase for the author's command of language. This paper ...

English Language Decadence and the Views of George Orwell

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how Orwell expresses his fears about the English language being degraded in his essay 'Polit...

Overview of Machine Language and Modern Programming Language Generations

In twelve pages this paper examines how programming language has evolved from the 1st to 5th generation and the machine language i...

Language Acquisition and the Theories of Noam Chomsky

In five pages the differences between Professor Chomsky's theories on language as compared to their predecessors are examined with...