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Critical Period Hypothesis - Second Language Acquisition

knowledge and skill in a different way? The critical period hypothesis regarding acquiring a second language is not new. This hyp...

Language and Prejudice

for they will immediately assume this doctor is an idiot, despite the fact that language, ones particular style of speaking, has n...

Language and Communication in South Africa

of people in the nation are illiterate (Kenny, 2003). When examining poorer populations, most people who live on one dollar per d...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...

How Computers Weaken Language Skills

a poem as well as a human being, the real problem is not skill, but in ideology. That is, many people tend to rely on computers an...

Dual Language Programs - Two-Way Immersion

p. 145). These programs are called dual language programs and they are the only programs with empirical data that concludes childr...

The Shift from Latin to Vernacular Language Use

This resulted in a gradual shift, and reflected not only the lower level of influence of Rome, but also the declining influence of...

Amelie, A Film Review

understand the main thrust of the film without subtitles, as it follows Amelie from childhood to adulthood, showing the main event...

Specific Language Impairment Article Review

language abilities develop. The languages themselves may be different, but the underlying acquisition processes appear to be the s...

Children with Specific Language Impairment and the Relationship between Working Memory and Language Learning: An Experimental Analysis

diagnosed with SLI than in the hearing-impaired children. In other words, a diminished functioning of complex working memory may ...

Approaches to Teach Foreign Languages

the learning process; enhancing the students personal contributions in the classroom; and attempting to link what is learned in th...

Problems in Communication

iPhone as a result of a new app I had downloaded. This appears to be an easy conversation, but it did not go smoothly. The first...

Social Boundaries, Reality, and Language

In three pages this research paper discusses how social boundaries are established and examines language's role in constructing th...

Early Language Acquisition

Cognitive development is about information processing, reasoning, intelligence, memory, and language development. It is about the ...

Parts of Linguistics

Linguistics is the study of language and how people make and understand the meanings of 'utterances.' There are numerous component...

Language and Comprehension Issues in Primary Research

The writer considers a scenario where a recent survey was used to gather results from a sample were 34% had only achieved an eleme...

Academic Writing and ESL Students

This research paper pertains to the problems faced by English as a Second Language (ESL) learners when faced with the challenges o...

Iraqi Languages: Kurdish

This research paper pertains to the Kurdish language, which is a principal language spoken in Kurdistan region of Iraq. The writer...

Benefits of Acquiring Another Language

Recent research has found that parts of the brain grow when adults learn another language, which would make this endeavor very hel...

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...

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...

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 ...

Third Grade Language Arts' Teacher's Role

In two pages this paper examines the languages arts' developmental role represented by a 3rd grade language arts teacher. One sou...

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...

Elaine Chaika on Speech Communities

In four pages this paper examines speech communities as critiqued by the writings of Elaine Chaika in terms of language's sociol...

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...

How American English Serves as a Tool in Globalization

In a research paper comprised of fifteen pages the effects of American English on globalization are discussed in terms of its stat...

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...