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Quantity, Frequency, And Type Of Teacher Talk In The Foreign Language Classroom, Miranda L. Schornack

Culminating Projects in TESL

The data was collected as digital audio recordings of each teacher's speech in the two environments. It was transcribed, divided into 10-second segments from which six were selected at random for further analysis, and examined for quantity (syllables per minute, words per minute, T-Units) and linguistic modifications.

Both parts of the hypothesis were disproved. I discovered most participants used more words and syllables per minute in the classroom than in the interview. One hypothesis to explain this trend might be that it required more language to express the same idea in a classroom, with a less proficient audience, than in …

Generic Transformation And The Superhero, Rafiel D. York

Culminating Projects in English

A genre, literary or otherwise, is a group of texts that share several characteristics, or discursive properties. Based on the presence or absence of these discursive properties, other texts are included or excluded from the genre. However, as new texts join a genre, they influence the parameters of the genre, and it transforms. The Superhero genre has undergone significant transformation since its introduction in 1938.

The superhero genre was created when Superman first appeared in Action Comics # 1. In his first stories, Superman established most of the discursive properties of the Superhero genre. These conventions developed throughout the Golden …

Pluralism In Higher Education: The Ethical Revolution, Sarah Elizabeth M. S. Kath

Culminating Projects in English

The principle claim of this thesis is that professors ought to encourage pluralistic approach in the university classroom through their course content selection and pedagogy. In the introductory chapters I identify the relevant issues and problems with diversity, including the social problems which lead me into this topic as well as current studies pertaining to the effect on students of exposure to diversity in college courses. I address the reasons exposure to diversity is desired, and establish that while it may be an admirable goal, it is ineffective and unsuccessful. Thus, my conclusion is that we ought to focus on …