Auditory Computer Files Assist College Level ESL Learners The objective of this study is to examine whether auditory computer files assist college level ESL learners. Linda Dwyer writes that text-to-speech readers are not generally available "outs Continue Reading...
Alternative Assessment Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Assessments Spinelli (101) explains that the United States is the most linguistically diverse nation in the world, with over 400 hundred languages spoken. The English language learn Continue Reading...
Issues in English Second Language Acquisition Introduction All students have different learning styles and for Second Language learners or English-as-Second-Language (ESL) learners, the challenge faced by the ESL instructor is not only about using a Continue Reading...
There is "evidence that deaf children benefit from early exposure to sign language points to the need for in-depth sign language training for parents and other caregivers, with special attention to underserved populations such as those in rural area Continue Reading...
Everyone takes a stab, and is better for it in the end. The impact of the Simpsons on popular culture is therefore due to the diversity of opinions and issues explored on the show. The Simpsons makes fun of diversity frequently, capitalizing on the Continue Reading...
Smith may dislike the stereotype, but she cannot help internalizing it. She feels unfinished because she is regarded as unfinished, and even members of her community urge her to straighten her hair. This is completely different from the joyous, affi Continue Reading...
TESOL: Oral Language Language form, communicative function, and social context all combine to affect students' oral language performance in the classroom, as each plays a part in applying a certain pressure on the student. For example, in the classr Continue Reading...
Readability Anyone using Microsoft Word can determine the Flesch-Kincaid readability score for their own work by doing little more than running spell-check from the top navigation bar on their computer screen. It is conceivable that the ubiquitous p Continue Reading...
Methods of Teaching a Foreign LanguageInterlanguage refers to a language that emerges after a second language learner, which often has grammatical features that are not found in either their native language or the acquired language. According to Mahm Continue Reading...
Brain-Based Language Arts Lesson Plan: Grade 2 -- "th" Words Brain-Based Language Arts Lesson Plan: Grade 2 -- "th" Words Language Arts Spelling "Th" Words Grade Cross-curricular link(s): Non-specific Recommended Usage: Summary, entire class Continue Reading...
Gorgias, Encomium of Helen In the English language in the twenty-first century, the term "sophistry" still exists to refer to a plausible-sounding but misleading argument, an evaluatively negative term to describe bad reasoning. Although the term de Continue Reading...
Supernatural in Renaissance Drama There are things in heaven and earth, not dreamt of in the philosophy of Horatio, not simply in "Hamlet" but also in the "Midsummer's Night Dream" of Shakespeare, and the "Dr. Faustus" of Christopher Marlowe. But w Continue Reading...
grants work increase one's chances of receiving grants? No definite answer can be given on that. Funding services linked to school is one complicated issue everyone has been avoiding to talk about (Chavkin, 1997). There are no definite methods. Mul Continue Reading...
Post SOLOM Assessment The student observed for the Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (SOLOM) was a native Spanish-speaking 16-year-old female who was a high school sophomore. Her native country was Mexico; she had two brothers and a sister, a Continue Reading...
Military Jargon in Modern English The English language has been going through the evolution process from hundreds of years. A number of words that were not recognized a few hundred years back are now commonly used. English has been continuously chan Continue Reading...
Linguistics 1 / Anthropology 104: Fall 2004 American Sign Language Learning and using Sign Language will be pretty easy to do because there are so many books and web sites available that teaches it to anyone who wants to learn. In life, people usu Continue Reading...
ELLs: Identification and Intervention Why the Overrepresentation of ELLs in the Classroom Artiles, Rueda, Salazar and Higareda (2005) state that ELLs are overrepresented in the classroom because of a "tendency to overestimate the homogeneity of pop Continue Reading...
Enhancing Oral Language and Vocabulary Through Effective Teaching Methods Introduction Teaching oral language and vocabulary is crucial for the overall cognitive development of students. As educators, it is our responsibility to provide students wi Continue Reading...
How Technology Enhances ESL Students’ Learning Experience Introduction In the COVID-19 era, education has taken a dramatic turn towards distance learning, meaning that virtual classrooms are now more popular than ever. But what is the effect of Continue Reading...
students acquire a grasp of English grammar. Researchers rued the conventional rule-based approach that makes students memorize and learn grammar by rote. They sought another more effective one. More specifically, written English is an important sk Continue Reading...
language-in-use, whether it is presented as text or speech. The meaning of the term is very heterogeneous and covers more than one approach to this subject. These approaches are very different with regard to their focus, purpose and techniques. As Continue Reading...
Linguistics, Language Acquisition, & Pronoun Errors in Children The acquisition of language is not a seamless process. All humans encounter errors as part of their linguistic development and practice. Humans around the world and across languages Continue Reading...
Pinker maintains that evolution follows a branching, rather than linear pattern. Many species develop concurrently, each with their own survival instincts. Humans, and their survival instinct of language, are just one branch of the evolutionary proc Continue Reading...
The first independent clause begins in a strong active voice, with a strong decisive verb, (Graff, 2006). This represents his shift from true passiveness to a form of non-violent action. Then, the dependent clause "realizing that except for Christm Continue Reading...
Linguistics Application and Reflection: Challenges of English Syntax Passive voice: 1) "We are governed by men we have never heard of." 2) "We are given a set of tools to work with." 3) "The audience is driven by the images on the screen." Comparat Continue Reading...
A woman who asks too many questions may be viewed as incompetent even though her questions are legitimate and she might be doing so simply to make her fellow employee feel better about himself by being able to answer such questions. Once again, Tann Continue Reading...
Language Acquisition" by J. Crawford, covers how people acquire a second language, and some "persistent problems" with how we teach a second language in America today. The author briefly covers a history of language acquisition, and how early Romans Continue Reading...
The focus of academics continues to focus on finding a cause and on developing reliable interventions for children suffering from this condition. It is important to begin intervention as early as possible so that incorrect speech patterns do not bec Continue Reading...
Linguistics Application and Reflection: Challenges of English Syntax Passive voice: 1) "We are governed by men we have never heard of." 2) "We are given a set of tools to work with." 3) "The audience is driven by the images on the screen." Comparat Continue Reading...
Language is one of the many masks individuals and communities wear in their self-presentation, in their conscientious demarcation between self and other. In her rhetorical analysis of post-Rodney King Los Angeles in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Anna Continue Reading...
English literature texts Both Rohinton Mistry's "Squatter" and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's "Decolonizing the Mind" utilize literature to challenge the idea of a uniform national and cultural identity, primarily through the means of depicting situations in Continue Reading...
Even when studying stories that seem to be about good and evil, there are nuances. For example, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, although Hamlet's mother commits a terrible action -- marrying the murderer of her husband -- she seems to do so only half-know Continue Reading...
Background The company has decided that in order to expand globally, it will need to send two expatriates to two different countries. We will need one person in Dubai in order to run our EMEA business, and one person in Hong Kong in order to run our Continue Reading...
Linguistics Space Using CALL in Teaching Listening In order to use computer-assisted language learning or CALL to teach listening skills, teachers should first understand what CALL actually is and that they should aim to "establish a methodology f Continue Reading...
U.S. technology in Thai hospitals will have a positive, negative or neutral effect on the mortality rate of patients in Thailand. U.S. hospitals currently offer patients some of the most modern and complex technology available. Patients whether at p Continue Reading...
Adams, Primrose and Yorick: A Comparison of 18th Century Church of England Clergymen One of the clearest features shared by Fielding's Adams in Joseph Andrews, Goldsmith's Primrose in The Vicar of Wakefield, and Sterne's Yorick in A Sent Continue Reading...
Addressing Barriers to Primary Care for Latino PatientsChosen Research StudyAuthors: Hyunsung Oh, Mai P. Trinh, Cindy Vang, David BecerraTitle: Addressing Barriers to Primary Care Access for Latinos in the U.S.: An Agent-Based Model (2020)Vulnerable Continue Reading...
