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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...

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 (...

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...

Impact of Having a Deaf Sibling

In fifteen pages the impact of having a deaf sibling on siblings who have developed normally is evaluated emotionally and psycholo...

Acquired or Innate Language

In eight pages language proficiency is examined within the context of whether or not language is acquired or is innate. Six sourc...

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...

Bilingualism and the Acquisition of Language

In ten pages this paper presents a literature review on bilingualism and the acquisition of language in order to argue that childr...

Context and Language Issue / Language Changes Context

In twelve pages this research paper focuses upon the speeches by Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. in a co...

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...

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...

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...

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'...

Senses and Language Connection

Language in a More-than-Human World (Pantheon, 1996) that it is our physical removal from land that has impeded our ability to coe...

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 ...

Controversy on Language of Animals

In five pages this paper discusses language and how it has evolved in a consideration of animals and why they have no apparent nee...

Language that is Gender Biased

order to assign gender an equal number of times throughout the paper. While this seems to be an equal and viable way to split the...

Sociolinguistic Ethnography

In twenty pages sociolinguistic ethnography or the relationship between language and society are examined within the context of Cr...

Healthcare's Changing Trends

and less centralized. The traditional executive-level professional who makes all the decisions will become less common. More decis...

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, ...

Cognitive Development and Birth Order

to make a significant difference as well as the gender of the children. Theirs was an unusual study in that the researchers never...

Overview of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

integrates what has been defined as "behavior modification techniques," or interventions that are introduced to break the cycle be...

Classroom Management and Cognitive Strategies

for the remainder of this essay. The guiding principles for classroom management have been identified by some authors as: * Good ...

Comparing Developmental Psychologies of Vygotsky and Piaget

opposed to psyching oneself up to exercise. According to Piaget, the theory of cognitive development includes concepts that sugges...

Intelligence and Critical Thinking

its female counterpart; while this mentality has been somewhat reversed in certain global communities, it still takes precedent in...

Jean Piaget, John Dewey, and Constructivism

way will these children be able to discriminate, to make distinctions that penetrate below the surface" (Campbell, 1995, p. 216). ...

Language Acquisition and Expected Developmental Differences for Children of Preschool, Kindergarten, and Primary Ages

others. One must also utilize the ability to comprehend words spoken by others and turn them into understandable concepts in ones...

Human Behavior Understanding Through the Cognitive Development Theory of Jean Piaget

Accordingly, Piaget - "the first scientist to seriously delve into the psychology of children" (Papert, 1999, p. 104+) - believed ...

Improvement Guidelines, Child Development, and the Effects of Malnutrition

In fifteen pages this paper discusses child cognitive development in a consideration of how it is affected by malnutrition with im...

Cognitive Development/Piaget and Vygotsky

theory is the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), which is defined as the "distance between the actual developmental level as dete...