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Gaining Language Skills

of the English word "play," which can be a noun, a verb or an adjective in English use (Green, 2005). Considering this, Green (200...

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 ...

The Bilingual Education Debate

There is also evidence that bilingualism actually provides benefit to culturally diverse students. Sheng, McGregor and Marian cond...

ESL Instruction and the Constructivist Approach

31). Both approaches inform and enlighten the pedagogical process for instructing ESL students. Piagets approach emphasizes the im...

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...

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 ...

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...

Should the U.S. Officially Speak English?

there have been a number of attempts to pass a Constitutional amendment making English the official language of the United States....

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...

Need for Technology in the Digital Age Classroom

This research paper describes the need for educational reform in order to meet the needs of the twenty-first century, with a parti...

Comparison Two Essays

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

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...

Speaking English Standards

to a mother who had a degree in English and was very particular about incorrect use of the language, such as the simple word "aint...

Total Physical Response and Communicative Approaches to ESL Instruction

not be immediately corrected depending upon the teachers philosophy and interpretation of the communicative approach. If errors ar...

21st Century American Linguistic Imperialism

In five pages this paper discusses how the US employs the English language to achieve global dominance. Eight sources are cited i...

Oppression and Language Skills

Los Angeles, and lived in the region for at least a decade as an adult. In this region there are numerous field workers, many of w...

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...

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...

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...

Challenges of English as a Second Language for High School Students

students do when trying to learn English. These special needs students are not routinely given the individualized attention they ...

Dyslexia and ELL

with the acquisition of print literacy (reading, writing, and spelling). Dyslexia is characterized by poor decoding and spelling ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...