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English as a Second Language Students and the Internet

In 5 pages this paper examines how ESL students use computers and the Internet in an overview of spell checkers, chat rooms, and e...

Content Based English Language Learners

instructional techniques and their behaviors to increase the success level for these students. Pica (2002) reported that in the...

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 ...

5 States and the English as a Second Language Educational Programs

bilingual pupils. And while New York City is a melting pot, that does not mean that English is not a concern throughout the rest o...

Comparing George Orwell's Politics and the English Language and Shooting an Elephant

in Burma. It is a poignant and ironic allegory of British imperialism, for in Orwells view, the authority which enabled the gover...

Syllabus for English Language Created by the Curriculum Development Council of Hong Kong

task-based instructional models, including task-based instruction for reading, listening and writing, are clearly elements integra...

Multicultural Classrooms, Haitian Pupils, and English as a Second Language

In ten pages ESL teaching to Haitian pupils in a multicultural classroom is examined in a consideration of pros and cons with tech...

Spain, Puerto Rico, and English as a Second Language

designed for English as a foreign language students (EFL), that is, students learning English in as non-native environment. Black ...

English Language Instruction and Computers

which parts of a computer programme are the most effective at helping students learn English and should result in a model of the r...

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...

English as a Second Language Student and Science Instruction

How might a teacher convey the idea to a class of elementary school children? He or she would come to the definition by provid...

The Language of Black America: African American Vernacular English (AAVE)

the verb to be, such as in he be hollering at us (Powell, 1997). Other aspects of this dialect is to drop the consonants at the en...

English Spoken and Written Language Standardization

course, was not due to piety, but rather he believed that once converted to Christianity the German pagans would stop causing trou...

Rural America and English as a Second Language

as an anecdote in this article is one located in a "corner" of Iowa (2001). The author explains that "urban school districts oft...

English Law and the Legal System of England

new law since the seventh century (Barker and Padfield, 1996). These are seen as the more modern laws. This took the place of prim...

Class Rights Variation and Corporate Control

example, preference shareholders will still usually have the rights to attend meetings, even where voting rights are not held. Thi...

Reaction Paper: Limited English Proficiency

all but impossible. This seems reflected in the following statement from another source: "No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is an appall...

Tracing Proprietary Claims on Sham Trusts under Common Law and Equity Law

this is an approach which is particularly applicable to chattels which are easier to identify as specific items (Martin and Turne...

Differing Views on Native American Distinctions

the historical record to present well-documented evidence that Native Americans did indeed have not only an opinion but an express...

Judiciary and the Changes in the Interpretation of the Law After the Human Rights Act

European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms with the section indicating the law should be in interpreted in line ...

Obstacles to Correct Pronunciation for Japanese Learners of English

with a fixed pronunciation. For instance, the letter "a" in English can be pronounced many different ways, such as in the words "a...

Early Modern England and Perceived Correlation Between Crime and Sin

In seven pages English crime and punishment between the years 1550 and 1750 are examined in order to determine to what extent the ...

The Late Delivery of Damaged Goods Purchased Under a FOB Contract

bring English law onto the same level as international law and international jurisdictions (White and Bradgate, 1993). In...

New World Colonization by England

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

Non English Welfare System Applicants

In five pages this paper discusses the US welfare system problems particularly as they pertain to deaf or non English speaking app...

U.S. Constitution's Development

constitution had on Americas. Benjamin Franklin was considered to be a great colonial leader and active in Pennsylvania politics ...

Western English Society and Male and Female Suicidal Behavior

and other obligations, as well as having a higher level of courage to commit such an act, men reflect a significantly higher suici...

American Colonies' Divergence from England

any legitimate claim upon the land, the New World was not uninhabited and European settlers necessarily had to contend with and ad...

Six T's of Elementary Literacy Instruction by Richard Allington

This essay pertains to the six categories of elementary instruction that were discerned from an extensive study of some of the bes...