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Constructivism For The English-As-A-Second-Language Learning Environment And Professional Development, Starley Beatrix Dullien Jan 2005

Constructivism For The English-As-A-Second-Language Learning Environment And Professional Development, Starley Beatrix Dullien

Theses Digitization Project

This project addresses the needs of the adult learner. The adult learner referred to in; this project comes from two distinguishable groups. One group of adult learners consists of the ESL students who attend adult school or community-based English programs. The other group of adult learners consists of the teachers within adult education ESL programs who themselves are students as they participate in professional development workshops.


A Corpus-Based Investigation Of Collocational Errors In Efl Taiwanese High School Students' Compositions, Yi-Chin Chen Jan 2004

A Corpus-Based Investigation Of Collocational Errors In Efl Taiwanese High School Students' Compositions, Yi-Chin Chen

Theses Digitization Project

Many language instructors focus on vocabulary word by word, neglecting common phrases. The result is that English as a Second Language students do not learn to speak idiomatic English (i.e. they make collocation errors). This study of the English compositions of National Tainan Second Senior High School students in Taiwan examined collocation errors, categorizing them according to Benson, Benson and Ilson's Collocation Classification System. An examination was then made of the error types as correlated with general English proficiency.


What Is Selective Mutism?, Angela Briz-Garcia Jan 2004

What Is Selective Mutism?, Angela Briz-Garcia

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of Selective Mutism, its possible causes, the strong impact it creates in English learner students, and what teachers could do to help the students who suffer from Selective Mutism.


An Integration Of Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency And Content-Based Instruction, Fu-Chuan Wang Jan 2003

An Integration Of Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency And Content-Based Instruction, Fu-Chuan Wang

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to provide more effective teaching strategies for ESL students through the integration of CALP and content area teaching.


Developing Listening Comprehension Competence In Japanese English As A Foreign Language Learners, Masahiro Fujita Jan 2002

Developing Listening Comprehension Competence In Japanese English As A Foreign Language Learners, Masahiro Fujita

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to investigate a model for developing listening comprehension competence on the part of Japanese learners of english as a foreign language, with a view toward promoting practical and communicative english competence.


What's In A Word?: Connotation In Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages, Marie Linnea Bozzetti-Engstrom Jan 2002

What's In A Word?: Connotation In Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages, Marie Linnea Bozzetti-Engstrom

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis focuses on connotative meaning routinely ignored or difficult to locate in the available ESL textbooks and dictionaries. This perceived absence led to the following study: a review of ESL textbooks, a review of standard monolingual English and learner dictionaries, and a survey of ESL instructors.


Professional English Communication Training For English For Specific Purposes, Galon Anthony Melendy Jan 2001

Professional English Communication Training For English For Specific Purposes, Galon Anthony Melendy

Theses Digitization Project

This project addresses the need for effective English training for speakers of other languages who are engaged in professional careers.


Building Written Language: A Program For Second Language Literacy In English, Gerda Ann Packard Randolph Jan 2000

Building Written Language: A Program For Second Language Literacy In English, Gerda Ann Packard Randolph

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to provide an instructional program for students learning English as a second language that will meet their academic needs and facilitate full literacy.


Readers Theatre For Critical/Creative/Cooperative English Language Learning, Xiangqing Huang Jan 2000

Readers Theatre For Critical/Creative/Cooperative English Language Learning, Xiangqing Huang

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis was written in hope that it will serve as a stimulant to spur innovative ideas in EFL teaching and learning in Taiwan.


Communicative Competence Through Music In Efl For Japanese Middle School Students, Yuko Koike Jan 1999

Communicative Competence Through Music In Efl For Japanese Middle School Students, Yuko Koike

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Applying Social Functional Theory To Business English As A Foreign Language Instruction In Taiwan, Weizhen Yang Jan 1998

Applying Social Functional Theory To Business English As A Foreign Language Instruction In Taiwan, Weizhen Yang

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


A Genre-Based Reading Process In English As A Foreign Language Reading Instruction, Hae-Lim Yoon Jan 1998

A Genre-Based Reading Process In English As A Foreign Language Reading Instruction, Hae-Lim Yoon

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Metacognition And Language Transfer For An English Language Development Transitional Program, Christina Panzeri-Alvarez Jan 1998

Metacognition And Language Transfer For An English Language Development Transitional Program, Christina Panzeri-Alvarez

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Multiple Strategies For Vocabulary Development In English As A Foreign Language In Japan, Kunie Kaminaka Jan 1997

Multiple Strategies For Vocabulary Development In English As A Foreign Language In Japan, Kunie Kaminaka

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Incorporating An Affective Ambiance And Authentic Language To Improve English Teaching In Japan, Ryuja Ra Jan 1997

Incorporating An Affective Ambiance And Authentic Language To Improve English Teaching In Japan, Ryuja Ra

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


An Examination Of The Applicability Of Implementing Canada's Immersion Model In A Language Minority Educational Setting In The United States, Lisa Anne Simmers Jan 1996

An Examination Of The Applicability Of Implementing Canada's Immersion Model In A Language Minority Educational Setting In The United States, Lisa Anne Simmers

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Improving Communicative Competence In The Teaching Of English As A Foreign Language In Taiwan, Jen-Chieh Chang Jan 1996

Improving Communicative Competence In The Teaching Of English As A Foreign Language In Taiwan, Jen-Chieh Chang

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Developing The English Communicative Competence Of Junior College Students In Taiwan: A Curriculum Design Project, Shu-Hsien Huang Jan 1996

Developing The English Communicative Competence Of Junior College Students In Taiwan: A Curriculum Design Project, Shu-Hsien Huang

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


The Teaching Of Implicature To Esl Learners, Joel Christopher Harris Jan 1995

The Teaching Of Implicature To Esl Learners, Joel Christopher Harris

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


An Approach To Teaching English Composition In Micronesian Cultures, Lori Arlene Weiny Jan 1990

An Approach To Teaching English Composition In Micronesian Cultures, Lori Arlene Weiny

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.