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TESOL and ESL Models for Second Language Education

and utterances that often seem random in nature and these occur from their earliest stages of development. Studies, though, of ea...

Rural America and English as a Second Language

as an anecdote in this article is one located in a "corner" of Iowa (2001). The author explains that "urban school districts oft...

Motivation and Acquiring a Second Language

"brain plasticity" is the reason learning a second language after childhood is more difficult (Clyne, n.d.). Not everyone agrees ...

Summary of “Listening in the Native and Second/Foreign Language: Toward an Integration of Research”

human understanding, theorists such as Aristotle and Saint Augustine also considered the same subject as did Hobbes and the Port R...

Korean Speakers and English as a Second Language

In eight pages this research paper examines the problems of ESL teaching to Korean learners in terms of various linguistic factors...

Development of English as a Second Language Curriculum

In seven pages this research paper reveals that ESL curriculum needs go far beyond the mere teaching of English to students. Five...

Error Correction and Processes of Acquiring a Second Language

In twelve pages this paper discusses the linguistic and instructional processes involved in the acquisition of a second language w...

Multicultural Classrooms, Haitian Pupils, and English as a Second Language

In ten pages ESL teaching to Haitian pupils in a multicultural classroom is examined in a consideration of pros and cons with tech...

English as a Second Language Students and the Internet

In 5 pages this paper examines how ESL students use computers and the Internet in an overview of spell checkers, chat rooms, and e...

Natural Approach to Acquiring a Second Language Acquisition

In ten pages this research paper discusses how the natural approach of Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terell to acquiring a second lang...

5 States and the English as a Second Language Educational Programs

bilingual pupils. And while New York City is a melting pot, that does not mean that English is not a concern throughout the rest o...

William Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy, Imagery and Language Patterns

In eight pages this report examines Shakespeare's figurative language and imagery patterns featured in his second tetralogy that i...

Impact of English as a Second Language

In 5 pages this paper examines why ESL programs are important in the United States in a consideration of history, necessity, and f...

Relationship Between Motivation and Acquiring a Second Language

In nine pages this research paper presents a literature review on the importance of motivation in a second language acquisition. ...

Controlled Vocabulary v. Natural Language

A 3 page research paper that address this topic. Effective communication is much more likely to occur when everyone involved in a ...

The Relationship Between Orthography And Pronunciation In L1 And L2 Phonology

their newly acquired L2 phonological system (Thompson et al, 2007). The multiplicity of languages spoken across the globe ...

ELL: Methods And Techniques

they need to succeed. III. METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Teaching ELL students is no different than educating the mainstream population...

Early Language Development In Children With Down Syndrome

the difficulties in the communication, language and speech skills of the people with Down syndrome is not yet properly known. In ...

Hoffman and Rodriguez on Bilingualism

in the form of dialogues that she has between her English self, Eva, and her Polish self, Ewa. One gathers from the context of the...

2 Articles on Distance Learning

model is essential: students must create their own understandings and meanings from the resources and information available. Human...

Language Acquisition Principles: Immersion

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

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...

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...

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...

Leadership And Motivation Models

models emphasized attitude, such as the degree of concern the leader had for completing the product versus their concern for the p...

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...

Language Dies as Globalization Lives

recognized, this is the death of languages. The impact of language change and evolution has been linked with globalization (Mufw...

Learning Organizations and Cisco Systems

employees found that ? The company used a legacy PC-based test system less sophisticated than Ciscos Autotest system ? Summa Fours...

Acquisition of Primary and Secondary Language

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

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...