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Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 33, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

El Idioma Español 1
Influencias de Náhuatl en el Español 2
New Mexico Spanish 3
What is a Control Burn or Prescribed Fire? 4
Prevenir Incendios 5
Las Sílabas en Español 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 32, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Descubrimientos 1
Tabla 2
The New Mexico State Fossil? 3
How is a fossil made and discovered? 4
El Misterio de los Mayas 5
Una Actividad 6

Adolescent Students At Risk: The Roles Of Stress, Distress, And Coping, Jennifer Massicotte

Dissertations

Male and female adolescents who reported recent suspension/ threats of suspension or academic failure were compared to male and female adolescents who did not report these two variables of dropping out on three measures--the discrete negative uncontrollable events experienced (LEQ-A, Garmezy, Masten, & Tellegen [1985]), the level of distress (GHQ-30, Goldberg [1972]), and the types of coping skills used (A-COPE, Patterson & McCubbin [1983]). Native and non-Native at risk for suspension and academic failure rates were also compared using archival data from a community mental health survey of 714 adolescents (36 Native) attending high school in Northern Ontario.

Native adolescents …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 31, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Las Comidas Medicinales 1
Las Comidas Medicinales Continued 2
Dos Vegetales Particularmente Saludables 3
How is honey good? 4
Folk Medicine Practitioners 5
Una Actividad 6

Evaluation Of A Home-School-Community Liaison Scheme In Irish Elementary Schools, Sandra Ryan

Dissertations

This dissertation describes an evaluation of a Home-School-Community Liaison scheme in Irish elementary schools. The scheme represented an effort to combat educational failure in areas suffering from social and economic disadvantage associated with poor quality housing, high levels of unemployment, dependence on state aid, and crime. The central aim of the scheme was to increase parents' involvement in their children's education. The evaluation study examined how programs in the scheme were constructed and implemented over a three-year period and monitored specified outcomes of program activity. Methodology included questionnaires, interviews, site visits and observations, and standardized achievement testing.

The scheme generated …

The Relationship Between Principals' Length Of Administrative Experience And Organizational Leadership Behavior In Elementary Schools In Saudi Arabia, Hamad Adbulaziz Alkherb

Dissertations

The study examined educational leadership behaviors among elementary school principals in Qasim region of Saudi Arabia. Seven independent variables using a survey questionnaire among a randomly selected sample from the identified population. Self-reporting elicited, first, critical background information and, second, data concerning 60 specific leadership behavior items important to work issues, critical areas of educational administration, professional relationship situations, and leadership problems ordinarily confronted. Items were grouped according to five categories of twelve items each.

Ninety-six principals or 80% of the survey sample of 120 responded. Focus of the study derived importantly from an extensive and complex review of literature …

A Quarter In Lynden’S Esl 40: Process And Product, Justin T. (Justin Taylor) Maggart

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

As is indicated in the title, the hard copy of my Senior Project breaks down into two parts: process and product. The 'process' is represented by my Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Practicum Journal. This journal reflects the thoughts and feelings that I experienced during my first longterm exposure to an ESL setting. The Journal is by no means formal; instead of deciding on a particular format for my entries, I let them form themselves. I chose to approach the journal in this way so that my reflections could be seen in the clearest light, without the interference …

The Cultural Adaptability Of Dental Hygiene, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nursing And Physical Therapy Faculty, Irene Mary Connolly

Dental Hygiene Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the cultural adaptability of full time faculty in the College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. The sample consisted of 40 health science faculty representing dental hygiene, medical laboratory sciences, nursing and physical therapy. The principal investigator personally administered the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory (CCAI), a 50 item instrument, which contains questions to measure the construct cultural adaptability and its four dimensions: emotional resilience, flexibility/openness, perceptual acuity and personal autonomy. The CCAI is not targeted to one particular culture, but rather is designed to be culture general.

Analysis of …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 30, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Another Planet 1
Un Cuento de Antonio Martínez 2
Lonely Hill 3
An excerpt from Frances Alarid Branch 4
Una Vez Había 5
Una Actividad 6

Affirming Diversity: Workshops On Multicultural Education, Sonia Nieto

Rhode Island College Audio Video collection

No abstract provided.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 29, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

El Condado de Guadalupe 1
Un Poema 2
When was your county created? 3
New Mexico Arts Division 4
La Dedicación y una dedicación 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 28, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Canine Companions 1
Unos Perros y Perras Héroes 2
Other Helper Dogs 3
Some Other Products From Stahmann Farms 4
Stahmann Farms 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 27, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Las Adivinanzas 1
Adivinanzas de Personas 2
A Few Riddles 3
And a Few More 4
Las Respuestas 5
Un Ejercicio 6
Adivinanzas de Comidas 7
Unas Adivinanzas de Letras y Números 8

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 26, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Denise Chávez 1
Juan Contreras 2
A New Flag 3
An Excerpt from Face of an Angel by Denise Chávez 4
Border Book Festival 5
Una Actividad 6

Study Abroad And Self-Perceptions Of Cross-Cultural Adaptability, Heidi C. King

Dissertations and Theses

With growing recognition of the duality of language and culture, the TESOL profession is placing increasing emphasis on the importance of understanding intercultural dynamics in the second language classroom. Currently, however, there is a lack of empirical information and measurement instruments to aid understanding within the field of cross-cultural communication. In response to this lack of instrumentation, Kelley and Meyers (1993) recently created the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory (CCAI), a 5 0-item, self-perception inventory designed to measure cross-cultural adaptability through a total score and four contributing dimensions: Emotional Resilience, Flexibility/Openness, Perceptual Acuity and Personal Autonomy. The two primary purposes of this …

A Cross-Cultural Study Of The Speech Act Of Refusing In English And German, Charla Margaret Teufel

Dissertations and Theses

Language students must learn to communicate effectively in cross-cultural settings, avoiding unwitting violations of culturally determined norms of behavior. This study compares German learners of English (GEs) with native speakers of English (AEs) and German (GGs), studying pragmatic transfer associated with the face-threatening speech act of refusal.

Data elicitation involved a written role-play questionnaire composed of twelve refusal situations, including four refusal stimulus types (requests, invitations, offers, and suggestions) and interlocutors of higher, lower, and equal status. Response strategies were identified and classified, and the three groups were compared in terms of frequency and content of strategies chosen.

Overall, the …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 25, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Delfi Mondragón 1
Dichos Sobre la Salud 2
What does Ethics Mean? 3
How to Help If a Friend is Considering Suicide 4
La Salud Pública 5
Una Actividad 6

A Prolog Lexical Phrase Computer Assisted Language Learning Module, Yuji Gene Hirayama

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis presents the design of a computer assisted language learning (CALL) program written in the computer language, PROLOG. It will provide a practice exercise to teach "lexical phrases" to second language learning students of English. Lexical phrases are lexico-grammatical "chunks" of words, which possess specific pragmatic functions within spoken discourse (Nattinger and DeCarrico, 1992). These form/function composites of varying length aid conversational fluency. The program presents a scenario where the participants are college students who pass one another in the hallway. After they exchange initial greetings, the first participant (i.e., the computer) informs the other student that a test, …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 24, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Juegos de los Niños 1
Ulama: Un Juego de los Indios Mayas 2
Learning Games 3
Carmen García 4
Sr. Ernest Gonzales 5
Guess Which Animal 6
Más Juegos 7
La Niña Quiere Piñones 8

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 23, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Ringtail 1
Alex Haley 2
Two Relatives of the Ringtail 3
Some Other Research Resources 4
Raíces 5
Carta de 5 Generaciones 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 22, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Leona's Foods, Inc. 1
Un Poco Más Sobre Chimayó 2
A Short History of Chimayó 3
Another Piece of History: The Chimayó Rebellion 4Roy Trujillo Chimayoso 5
Unas Sugerencias de Leona's de como comer las Tortillas Dulces 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 21, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Los Incas 1
La Organización Social de los Incas 2
The Nazca Lines, A Mystery in Perú 3
The Quipu, An Unsolved Mystery 4
Machu Picchu 5
Traducción 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 20, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Los Aztecas 1
No en parte alguna... 2
The 5 Suns of the Aztecs, Where did they Take Place? 3
Some Important Aztec Leaders 4
Los Aztecas en América del Norte 5
El Quinto Sol 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 19, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Popol Vuh 1
Una Oración en Popol Vuh 2
A day in a Mayan Home 3
Children in Mayan Society 4
La Religión Maya 5
Una Actividad 6

Using Distance Education To Improve Teaching In Namibia: Teachers' Views On An Inservice Training Program., Ndinovaameni Christian Shatona

Master's Capstone Projects

Teacher education in Namibia is likely to involve more participants and more expenditure in the future. Analysis of the substance and character of teacher education programs as seen by the teachers are very important for the public. This study is a compilation of the thoughts of almost 70 teachers enrolled in a distance teacher education program. Their views are captured in conversations, observations, interviews and on questionnaires. Voice is an important aspect of the study, for both content and tone. The actual words of teachers have been quoted directly and at leng·�h, so that they may speak for themselves, as …

Community Learning Groups: A Method In Adult Literacy For Community Participation And Learning, Sirkka Kapango Hamutenya

Master's Capstone Projects

The study was done in the context of the Namibia National Literacy Program and was influenced by my working environment. While studying adult education, and by being exposed to a variety of philosophical views and ideas, I tried to reflect those views and ideas to the adult learner groups who graduated from the Namibia National Literacy Program as well as to those in the communities not attending any classes. The questions I had in my mind were the following: What can they do together to learn? How can they utilize their new skills to get involved in participatory community development. …

English And Spanish Take-Home Reading Packets To Enhance Early Literacy And Parent Involvement, Catherine Mary Warren

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to influence student reading comprehension by involving parents in the literacy learning of their children. Researchers of language learning suggest that if children learn skills and content in their first language, they will later transfer that knowledge to their second language. To accomplish that end, literature packets that contain a book in Spanish or English with corresponding activities were created. The packets will be taken home by students to use with their parents to enhance reading skills and parent involvement.

Eerstekaart, Oefening In Sakeafrikaans, Michele Van Der Merwe

Michele Van Der Merwe

Brief comprehension test and exercise in Business Afrikaans.

The Canonical Debate: Implementing Multicultural Literature And Perspectives, Heriberto Godina Phd

Heriberto Godina PhD

No abstract provided.

Race, Suburban Resentment And The Representation Of The Inner City In Contemporary Film And Television, C. Mccarthy, A. Rodriguez, S. Meacham, S. David, C. Wilson-Brown, Heriberto Godina Phd, K. E. Supriya, E. Buendia

Heriberto Godina PhD

No abstract provided.