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An Investigation Of Subject-Verb Agreement Errors In The Interlanguage Of Esl Learners, Kok Tin Koh

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study seeks to investigate the subject-verb agreement errors in the interlanguage of ESL learners of a secondary school in Kuala Lumpur. Using a self-designed cloze test. a total of 2,454 errors (61.4%) was elicited and categorised into five main categories of singular/plural subject-verb agreement. From the errors and percentage of errors obtained, the most common error was identified and the cause of errors explained. The sub-categories in each main category of errors were compared to determine which area of the singular/plural subject-verb agreement posed more difficulty to the learners. The subject+ auxiliary does/do category accounted for the highest percentage …

An Evaluation Of The Reading Component Of Business English Courses : A Case Study, Tuck Chee Pong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The Business English Courses are compulsory for Business Students at Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) College. These courses are aimed at improving the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills of the students. This study is an evaluation of the reading component of the Business English Courses for Chartered Institute of Management Accounting (CIMA) students. The reading component emphasized the teaching of nine reading skills that were considered useful to reading. The study attempts to obtain information about the utilization of these reading skills and the benefits derived from utilizing them. In addition, it also seeks to get feedback from both the …

Extensive Reading And Grammatical Competence : A Case Study, Sukumaran Krishnan

Student Works (2000-2009)

One who reads a lot writes well too. This study sets out to prove this. After years of teaching experience and by observing learners who write well, it was found that reading improves the reader's writing skills. Grammar is part and parcel of good language. Learn the language and you learn the grammar as well. For this study, students were provided with a lot of reading materials. Initially, they were taught reading comprehension. Later they developed those skills. It was found from their compositions that they performed well after reading. For the study, only tenses were studied, because the teaching …

Does A Rising Intonation At The End Of A Spoken Statement Affect A Witness's Credibility?, Genevieve L. Willis

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Past research has shown that the speech style employed by 11 witness in a jury trial may affect their credibility (Erikson, Lind, Johnson, & ()'Barr, 1978). One common linguistic device used by witnesses is a rising intonation, which is defined as the inflection of a speaker’s tone that occurs at the end of a spoken passage. Past research has shown that the use of a rising intonation in speech can add a questioning tone to a passage or signify that the speaker is unsure of what they are saying (Smith and Clark. 1993). If a witness uses a rising intonation …

Lessing And Emerson: Conscious Evolution And Ideal Reality, Rachel Hills Newell

Masters Theses

Although Doris Lessing writes during the twentieth century in England and Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote during the nineteenth century in America, they both explore the complexity of human existence through their work. Both authors visualize the possibility of an "ideal reality," or human evolution, and believe human beings are capable of transforming ordinary, or actual, reality into ideal reality. The human potential for the creation of the ideal, however, depends on the development of that potential to its fullest extent. Lessing and Emerson believe only the individual is capable of completely developing human potential. Through a series of steps, or …

From Hierarchy To Balance: Anne Bradstreet's Union Of Renaissance And Puritan Influences, Christy Shannon

Masters Theses

Anne Bradstreet was confronted with two very different influences when she began writing her poetry. One was the Renaissance literary style that she encountered in her native England; the other was a strict Puritan upbringing that would be the controlling factor of her life in the colonies. Both of these influences put a strong emphasis on order and a hierarchical structure. Bradstreet was unable to accept either of these influences completely, but she did manage to combine them in order to create some of the most interesting and memorable poetry of her time. The conflict that she faces is evident …

The Noble Survivor And The Sublime Victim: A Study Of Two Hardy Heroines, Elizabeth-Jane And Tess, Wei Gao

Masters Theses

In his novel-writing career, Thomas Hardy created a host of female characters struggling to survive in nineteenth-century England. Whether center stage or in the background, these women embody Hardy's insights into the conditions of the female sex--their frailties, strength, miseries, dreams, and finally, their destinies. Throughout his career as a novelist, Hardy's representation of women has not been consistent. His earlier heroines--heroines in the novels preceding The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886)--are generally depicted as faulty characters eventually subdued or destroyed. In contrast, the later heroines are portrayed with increasing emphasis on their intellectual or mental traits and moral superiority. This …

Jaepl, Vol. 6, Winter 2000-2001, Joonna S. Trapp, Bradley T. Peters

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Essays

Mary Ann Cain. New Locations for Discursive Agency: The Story of Anandamai Ma. This paper aims to relocate our relationship to modes of knowledge that fall outside of Western rationalism and conceptual thought by relocating our understanding of agency through the figure of Anandamai Ma, a 20th century Hindu "saint.

Mark Smith. The Widening Gyre: Images as Central to the Global Village. The image is emerging as the lingua franca of technological culture, both resurrecting characteristics of pre-literate classicism and consolidating the global community.

Lynn Briggs, Fred Schunter, and Ray Melvin. In the Name of the Spirit …

Machismo No More: Fetishistic Androgyny And The Destruction Of The Hemingway Hero, Karen Kay Goodlett

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

The Severed Head In Celtic Literature And Beyond, Leah Concannon

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Biographers, Greg Ames

Bryant Literary Review

She was born in Pittsburgh in 1971.

A Bird's Death, Dana Lauren

Bryant Literary Review

Her arms were full of overstuffed grocery bags, so Carolina did not see the tiny thing and nearly crushed it underfoot while trying to unlock the back door.

The Hillside Slasher, Rob Davidson

Bryant Literary Review

Dear Mr. Davies,
I trust you remember who I am.

Librarian, Tim Myers

Bryant Literary Review

They approached the Circulation Desk just before noon.

After Ellis Island, Albert Sgambati

Bryant Literary Review

My daddy was a miner and his light went out. He married a blind woman so it didn't make much difference.

Contributors

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.

Inside Here, Diana Spechler

Bryant Literary Review

This is the first summer of my life that I've gotten through without a single mosquito bite.

Handwriting, Ace Boggess

Bryant Literary Review

In the Fourth Grade, my teacher--
that aptly named Mrs. Johnson,

Fair Trade, Cathleen Calbert

Bryant Literary Review

Young women turn to older men for power,
acclaim, and money. In exchange, they offer beauty,

Fate, Albert Sgambati

Bryant Literary Review

In an isolated incident people were taken from the bus.

The Flummoxed Flummoxer, Thomas Dorsett

Bryant Literary Review

Speckled guppies, young and old,
almost worthless, 12 cents each,

Bread, Sean Thomas Dougherty

Bryant Literary Review

I transmutate from the dead leaves
of late autumn
into a loaf of bread,

Daughter, Richard Dry

Bryant Literary Review

I saw a father and daughter
playing catch

A Bright Summer Day In Boston, Geoffrey Jarok

Bryant Literary Review

The tubes that lead to nowhere.
The boredom of the sunshine,

Black Jellies, Eggs, And The Pearling Of Ovaries, Cathleen Calbert

Bryant Literary Review

The fire is stoked, kindling set in triangles.
Black jellies are sealed with wax, and loaves

Pedagogy, Allison Joseph

Bryant Literary Review

Sometimes I dream about my students--
how they yawn and fidget in indifference

Forced To Read A Big, Black, Boring Textbook In The Rain, Jeb Santos

Bryant Literary Review

It's the opposite of inspiring
Dark soggy day

Documentary, J. R. Solonche

Bryant Literary Review

Rome burns. Then London.

Snow, Janet Mccann

Bryant Literary Review

Whiteness like the birth of memory.
Now a glitter.

Upon Awakening, Janet Proulx

Bryant Literary Review

The alarm clock makes me feel so wise
18 when I'm dreaming, 50 when I rise