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Esl Learning Through Drama, Chamkaur Gill
Esl Learning Through Drama, Chamkaur Gill
Chamkaur Gill
Extract: Drama-based activities can assist learners develop their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills through constant exposure to the target language. Annarella (2000) and Boudreault (2009) refer to the guided imagery and imagination in drama techniques which assist in the development of these skills.
Speech And Gesture In Language Acquisition Studies, Gale Stam
Speech And Gesture In Language Acquisition Studies, Gale Stam
Gale Stam, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Subjects: Grammatical Relations, Grammatical Functions And Functional Categories, Ileana Paul
Subjects: Grammatical Relations, Grammatical Functions And Functional Categories, Ileana Paul
Ileana Paul
This paper presents an overview of how the notion of “subject” has been defined in linguistic theory. Although the term developed out of Artistotelian logic, the use has been narrowed to refer to the grammatical relation (or function). Over the past fifty years, the definition of subject and its universality has been the source of much debate. Broadly Chomskian approaches claim that grammatical relations such as subject are not primitives of the grammar and can be derived from phrase structure. As such, testing for the subject involves constituency tests. Other approaches (Relational Grammar, Lexical-Function Grammar) posit grammatical relations as primitives …
Introduction To Hispanic Linguistics, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, D. Heap, A-T. Pérez-Leroux
Introduction To Hispanic Linguistics, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, D. Heap, A-T. Pérez-Leroux
Joyce Bruhn de Garavito
No abstract provided.
Teaching Award 2009-2010, Ewelina Barski
Teaching Award 2009-2010, Ewelina Barski
Ewelina Barski, PhD
Teaching Honour Roll Certificate
How Spanish Phonotactics Informs Psycholinguistic Models Of Speech Production, Michael Shelton
How Spanish Phonotactics Informs Psycholinguistic Models Of Speech Production, Michael Shelton
Michael Shelton
No abstract provided.
Language, Power And Politics (Fall 2010 Syllabus), Adam Hodges
Language, Power And Politics (Fall 2010 Syllabus), Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
In this course, we will examine the integral role language plays in politics; and, more generally, how power operates in linguistic practices and political interaction. As we critically examine how language is used to articulate, maintain and subvert relations of power in society, emphasis will be placed on language in the media, the political rhetoric associated with war, and the construction of ‘truth’ in politics. We will also consider the role of ethnographic analysis in aiding our understandings of how social actors use and (re)interpret political language. The course will provide you with a foundation for understanding how language shapes …
Language In Society (Winter 2010 Syllabus), Adam Hodges
Language In Society (Winter 2010 Syllabus), Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
In this course, we will examine how language and society affect each other. We will place a significant focus on language use in our own society to explore regional and social differences in speech. We will examine the attitudes and ideologies people have about languages, language varieties, and their speakers (e.g. issues of prestige and stigma). We will explore how speakers use language to construct identities and interact with different audiences. And we will examine how language itself often becomes a political issue (e.g. in debates over language and education). The course will use a mixture of lectures, class discussions, …