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Sound, Meaning, Syntax, and Pragmatics in Communication

fourth level of language) involves a speakers lexicon, a lexicon including grammatical and psycholingistic factors, combined with ...

Women in Management

Gilbert, 2003). In order to get to the top of a corporate hierarchy, women have been advised to "mimic the sometimes coldhearted, ...

ESL CAN WORK: REFUTING CUMMINS' POINTS

if their communities are similarly doomed, there is a good deal of evidence that ESL can be taught in even uncaring communities. T...

English Language: Tan and Baldwin

because when I was growing up, my mothers limited English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed t...

United Kingdom Businesses and Language Diversity

force, and more specifically, how many Chinese. While data specific to the topic seems to be elusive, some data were accessible. T...

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Definitions

might be termed the "straightforward" meanings of the words, he frequently adds a commentary of his own which sometimes refers to ...

Great Basin, Subarctic, and Arctic Indigenous Peoples

a significant problem for this group. In any event, it also appears that to some extent the hand made clothing associated with the...

Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Swahili Languages

as Zipfs law, that human languages follow a pattern that is characterized by the frequency of different words (Ravilious, 2003). ...

New York State Standards and English Language Arts

which all students and staff members are learners who continually improve their performance" (NYCPDS, 2004). According to Spark...

She Unnames Them By Le Guin

man called each living creature, that was its name" (Genesis 2:19). Adam gave names to all of them "But, for Adam no suitable help...

China; Geography, Culture, Population, Language, Ethnicity and Politics

then run as a dictatorship (CIA, 2008). The result of this was that everyday lives of the Chinese were strictly controlled (Wong, ...

PRINT REFERENCES AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS AMONG CHILDREN: LITERATURE REVIEW

childrens response through talking increased among the adults who were trained (Ezell and Justice, 2002; see also Rabidoux and Mac...

Autism, Language Therapy and Speech

has been developing since the turn of the 20th century, and is often described in four specific stages: the developmental or form...

The Significance of Early Language Development

who are raised in environments with little communication or input develop language in a different manner than children who experie...

Acquiring a Second Language and the Impact of Motivation

that the difference in "brain plasticity" is the reason learning a second language after childhood is more difficult (Clyne, n.d.)...

Language Testing from Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives

differ. Any form can be instrumental in returning lower-than-optimum scores on language tests. Teachers sensitive to the c...

Motivation and Acquiring a Second Language

"brain plasticity" is the reason learning a second language after childhood is more difficult (Clyne, n.d.). Not everyone agrees ...

Elementary Education and Difficulties in Writing and Reading

education, sometimes leaving little room for choice. This is true as teachers wrestle with their own autonomy and the school board...

Human Brain Development

other organs. The evolution of large brains must be a significant as there are many associated problem with the development of l...

Question and Answer Format on English Language Use

of terms are so important to effective communication. A student wanting to illustrate why common definitions of terms are so ...

Women and Men, Language, and Difference Implications

be easier to deal with if work was the only place where one ran into this problem, but too often, it occurs at home. Many husband...

Adult Literacy and Early Development of Language

In fourteen pages early literacy and language development are considered in terms of adult literacy, the policy of Welfare to Work...

Language Theories of Cummins, Krashen, and Vygotsky

problems unaided, and their potential for improved problem-solving if guided by another. Within the ZPD was a process known as sca...

Patient Care and Issues of Culture and Language

student--in respect to hospitalization. One question that also arises is whether the culture of the non-English speaking patient p...

U.S. Navy Admiral Grace Brewster Murray Hopper

technology that would be more accessible to everyone through a common language" (OHanlon, 2001)....

ESL Secondary Student Prejudice and Stereotype Awareness Through Wolf Biermann and Bob Dylan

stehst du; when translated, it means: Soldier, soldier, the world is young Soldier soldier, as young as you The world has a deep j...

Labor Force Diversity

is one of great diversity. While there has been much controversy in recent years about immigration in this country, the reality i...

Bantu Language Expansion

iron technology, allowing the Bantu to cultivate deeper into the soil, and to domesticate the forestlands. The development ...

Language, Critical Thinking, and Metaphor

because you allow someone else into the inner-most recesses of your mind. It is a process that resembles the way that eggs, milk a...

Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian's Information Rules

not change. The authors provide lessons and examples throughout the book, making it easy for the reader to understand, even reader...