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Germany

by their neighbors as they are not seen as part of German ethnic nationalism (Ignatieff, 1993). While Turkish is one of the native...

'Wh in Situ' Chines and English Movements

Chinese and English wh movements are contrasted and compared in a paper consisting of ten pages....

Comparing U.S. and Japanese Politics

governed by a Prime Minister who is elected by the members of the Diet. The Prime Minister then chooses members of his cabinet, mu...

Theme for English By Langston Hughes

This essay analyzes the meaning of Langston Hughes' poem "Theme for English B." Three pages n length, two sources are cited. ...

American English Compendium by Marv Rubinstein

slang and colloquialisms (of the world) smack of American English (1), and that this is true even in England. He credits this fact...

Racializing and Gendering Immigration

policies. The acronym "LPC" stands for "likely to become a public charge," and was a term applied exclusively to women who immigr...

A 2002 Congress Overview

importance of individuals in Congress can, therefore, never be underestimated. The necessity thus presents itself that we note th...

Loneliness and Hemingway

government (Gascoigne). Hemingway drew upon this war experience in several of his most famous novels, such as A Farewell to Arms...

Standardized Testing, Immigrants And ESL

other authors do not seem to consider in their discussions. In terms of language, for instance, a proficiency test measures the st...

Developing a Workshop

computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems" (NJDOE, 2006). Students should master the basic co...

ELL Funding

Furthermore, all language designed to promoting bilingual education has been removed from federal legislation pertaining to ELL ed...

Book Review: "Understanding Leadership" By Gayle C. Avery

culture, processes and changing systems. Averys (2004) attempt to define leadership in its broadest terms can readily be interpre...

English Language Teaching And Metacognition

to clarify: if a student asks what a word means, he is using cognition; if the student asks what the best way is to learn and reme...

Shakespeare’s Influence in English Literature and Language

as Shakespeare used it, and as we know it today, is different; in other cases, it has changed completely (Vernon). For example, th...

The Most Important Trait in a Leader

through a symbolic manner, as it involves language. He notes, "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a g...

Examining Rhetoric: Orwell’s Essay ”Politics and the English Language”

the exchange of information as well as a press that is free to investigate, and even criticize, its government. These freedoms are...

Culture and Teaching ESLs

a mix that is becoming increasingly more diverse in the present era. 3. Multicultural education: Multicultural education refers ...

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...

Teachers and Tutors of ESL Adult Learners and a Phonemic, Web Based Instructional Approach Preproposal

and phonological similarity of verbal items in memorized sequences" (Mueller, et al., 2003; p. 1353). The phonological-loop model...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Global Community Perspective on the English Language

nation the United States involves itself in the affairs of other countries to some extent. In Third world countries the United S...

Assessment of English Language Learning

this manner (Assessment of ELL Students, 2004). The Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey basically provides a measure of a students lan...

The English Language

are considered quite strong. How did English emerge? What is its history? A few hundred years ago, English was simply a hodge pod...

Dyslexia and ELL

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

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...

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...

English Words Borrowed from Italian

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