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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners

that Drucker (2003) suggests is that the teacher can provide context for these ELLs by previewing reading assignments before the s...

English Words Borrowed from Italian

years. Some of these include gondola, cameo, arsenal, regatta, fresco, studio, vendetta, broccoli, motto, piano, opera, grotto, vi...

Iowa Test of Basic Skills Analyzed

if they find any errors. If they do find an error they must identify the line, or, they can simply mark "no error" if that is wha...

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...

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...

Political Ideals and 'Politics and the English Language' by George Orwell

concomitant of transitional periods" (Orwell). Orwell looks behind the rhetoric to the true meaning of this sentence and offers ...

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...

English as a Second Language Primary Students and Reading Instruction

racial minority or ethnic groups. The following illustration provides a picture of the diversity (Newman, 1998, p. 231). The numb...

The Use of Songs and Games to Teach English as a Second Language

repetitive and consistent (Schoepp, 2001). 2. Affective reasons: this reason involves the Affective Filter Hypothesis and basicall...

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 ...

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...

Dyslexia and ELL

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

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...

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...

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...

Pidgins and Creoles, Origins, Features

This research paper/essay discusses how pidgin and Creole languages develop, emphasizing the influence that African Americans have...

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...

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 ...

Comparison Two Essays

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

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...

Making English the Official Language of the US

represented (Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research). Not surprisingly, the English Only issue has been in the cou...

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....

Techniques for ELL Students

(Ghaith, 2003). Cooperative learning encourages meaningful, real-life conversations between students, regardless of age. Researc...

Issues with English Language Learners

which refers to the fact that immigrants typically do quite well in American society, despite having to learn the intricacies of a...

Why the English Language Should Not Include the 4-Letter Word Fuck

second (and more familiar) one, "to engage in sexual activity" (Wajnryb, 2005, p. 55). It is also associated with Germanic and Sc...

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 ...

The Debate about Making English an Official Language

both English and French are official languages (Krauthammer, 2006). According to Mr. Krauthammer, the experience of having more th...

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...