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On Communicative Competence: Its Nature And Origin, Mary Lou Emerson

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to trace the lineage of the term communicative competence (CC) and to provide a framework for understanding the term CC, a controversial term introduced by Hymes (1972). This pager argues that the term CC is only meaningful if it includes competence in the same sense as Chomsky (1980) defines it--underlying knowledge of the rules of language severed from ability. Although Chomsky discusses competence in terms of grammar, he suggests that there may be underlying knowledge of language use-pragmatic competence. In the end, I will attempt to demonstrate the possibility that there is a competence …

Putting Standards To The Test: A Design For Evaluating The Systemic Reform Of Education, Mike Puma, Jacqueline Raphael, Kristen M. Olson, Jane Hannaway

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

A silent revolution has transformed American education rivaling the Progressive movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. This new movement — which goes by the name of “systemic” or “standards-based” reform — now dominates education policy in nearly every state, and is the basis for essentially all federal policy-making targeted at K-12 schools. This is not to ignore other competing strategies for the reform of our schools, most notably the inclusion of market competition (e.g., charter schools, school choice, vouchers), but even when these options are implemented they are typically being implemented within the broader context of systemic …

30th Chicano Commencement, 2000, San Jose State University, Associated Students

Chicano Commencement

30th Annual Chicano Commencement

"El enlace de nuestra gente hacia un nuevo siglo." The 30th Anniversary Chicano Commencement took place on Sunday, May 28, 2000 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.

Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 4, No. 43 May 28, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2000

No abstract provided.

Commencement Ceremony 2000 Taylor University, Taylor University

Commencement

The program of the 2000 Annual Commencement of Taylor University, May 27, 2000

May 26th 2000, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

2000 Commencement Program, Whittier College

Commencement Programs

Whittier College's Ninety-Seventh Annual Commencement, May 26, 2000

Commencement Address: Robert A. Skotheim, Ph.D.

Supplement file includes commencement address text

The Courier, Volume 33, Issue 26, May 26, 2000, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Natural Lands Collide With Parking, PE In New Plan–Presentations On Early Stages Of A 25-Year Campus Master Plan Spark Controversy

Faculty May Work With No Contract Settlement This Summer

Faculty Pass New Fine Arts Degree

College Unlikely To Seek State Funds For West Campus This Year

Student Activities Won’t Support Cheerleading Squad

22nd Street Open, But Expect Delays

Bookstore Transition Gets Underway With Staff Selection

Instructional Center Naming Event Will Honor Late College President

Why Isn’t Johnny Reading?

‘One Stop Shopping’ For Academic Support

Softball Wins Nationals

Men’s Tennis Play Best At Nationals

People:

Rodney Berg

Brian Burke

Fred …

“Where Girls Will Be Boys And Boys Will Be Girls”: The Spatial Perceptions And Place-Bound Identity Of The Drag Community In Portland, Oregon, Courtney Sullivan Villegas

Dissertations and Theses

Space is socially and culturally constructed. As such, experiences in and perceptions of the environment vary on the basis of culture and position in society. These perceptions influence the creation of places, especially places designed to make people feel accepted and at home. The building of such places and of community networks between these places is most important among groups who find themselves outside of societal norms.

This research examines these notions of space and place through a focus on the drag community in Portland, Oregon in order to determine whether spatial perception contributes to the construction of a place-bound …

Mustang Daily, May 25, 2000

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Easterner, Vol. 51, No. 29, May 25, 2000, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about a Cheney School District at the Cheney Recycling Center, the EWU police bicycle patrol, the announcement of the National Science Olympiad winners, a commencement speech by Governor Gary Locke, a symposium on salmon recovery, Eastern's third place finish in the Big Sky Championships, and the upcoming football season.

Mustang Daily, May 24, 2000

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Women In First Corinthians: A Perspective On Paul, Carole Gruener

Seminary Masters Theses

As women struggle for acceptance as leaders within the Christian community there is no more controversial teachings about women found in the Bible than those ofthe apostle Paul. In one breath he writes to the church in Galatians, "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male or female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus" (Gal.3: 28 NRSV). When taken at face value this passage eliminates ethnic, social and gender barriers; in this verse Paul recognizes and addresses the dignity and worth of all humanity.

Women In First Corinthians: A Perspective On Paul, Carole Gruener

Seminary Masters Theses

As women struggle for acceptance as leaders within the Christian community there is no more controversial teachings about women found in the Bible than those of the apostle Paul. In one breath he writes to the church in Galatians, "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male or female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus" (Ga1.3: 28 NRSV). When taken at face value this passage eliminates ethnic, social and gender barriers; in this verse Paul recognizes and addresses the dignity and worth of all humanity.

Predictor Of Gender Role Attitudes: Family Composition Or Subject's Gender, Viviann F. Olmedo

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate what would be the greater predictor of gender role attitudes: family composition (dual vs. single parent households) or the subject's gender on a population consisting of sixty-three college students ranging in age from nineteen through fifty-six.

Subjects were given a packet that contained four questionnaires related to: family composition/general information, parental responsibilities, subject's responsibilities and BEM inventory. All sixty-three subjects completed this survey to the best of their abilities.

The relationship between family composition (dual vs. single parent households), the subject's gender and their gender role attitudes (BEM scores) went unsupported.

Home Of The Shepherd: A Study Of Past Program Participants' Experience Of Organizational Values, Cynthia J. Foster

Theses and Graduate Projects

This study examined value congruency within an organization as experienced by clients as a measure of organizational effectiveness. Twenty-six females, all of whom were past program participants, were involved in the study. Study participants completed a self-administered questionnaire devised to elicit perceptions of their experience of the organization's values. Study participants had departed from the organization at least six months or longer prior to the study. Findings suggest that the values of the organization were evident in the services clients received. The clients' experience of the organizational values also had a positive effect on the clients' ability to accomplish their …

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner 2000, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner Program

May 23, 2000

Honored Guests:

• Lynwood Bartley
• Robert Betz
• Alfred Boals
• John Carney
• Lowell Crow
• Elwood Ehrle
• Howard Farris
• James Ferreira
• Francis Gross
• Maryellen Hains
• Barbara Hemphill-Pearson
• Philip Hsieh
• Joseph Kanamueller
• Donald King
• Robert Kotecki
• Robert LaDuke
• Erika Loeffler Friedl
• Garrard Macleod
• Richard McAnaw
• Edward Pawlak
• James Petersen
• John Petro
• Dale Porter
• Shirley Scott
• Carol Payne Smith
• Lyda Stillwell
• Robert Sundick
• Larry Syndergarrd
• Carol VanAuken-Haight
• Lambert VanderKooi
• Kung-Wei Yang

University Of Dayton Summer Lecture Series To Examine Hope, Apocalyticism After 20th Century

News Releases

News release announces that U.S. Roman Catholic apocalypticism and hope in the new millennium will be explored in the University of Dayton summer lecture series.

Use Of Cultural Topics In Electronic Dialogue Journals In The Foreign Language Classroom, Katya Elizabeth Monge Jacome

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study has been to determine what effect the difference in cultural and general topics has on the length, complexity, and quality of resulting entries in electronic dialogue journals. The data, which consisted of 132 electronic dialogue entries generated by eleven adult students in a second year university Spanish course over a period of four weeks, were measured for length, in terms of total words and total number of t-units; complexity, by dividing the total number of words by the total number of t-units; and quality, as assessed by the Jacobs profile (1981), which considers the following …

List: Florida Democratic Party, 2000 Democratic National Convention Master Delegation List.

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Florida Democratic Party, 2000 Democratic National Convention Master Delegation List. May 23, 2000.

The American Of Japanese Heritage: Nisei (Second-Generation Japanese Americans) And Their School Education In The Pacific Northwest Before World War Ii, Misako Sadahiro

Dissertations and Theses

The Pacific Northwest opened a door of opportunity for people from all over the world. Among those who settled there to pursue the American dream were many Japanese and their descendants. Since the establishment of direct shipping line between the Pacific Northwest and Japan in the late nineteenth century, numerous Japanese immigrants crossed the Pacific Ocean to seek employment in the United States. As the number of lssei (first generation Japanese) increased, they began to organize institutions to help each other and improve their life in the New World. One of the most significant institutions was the Japanese Language School. …

Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 4, No. 42 May 21, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2000

No abstract provided.

University College Commencement, University Of The Pacific

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Commencement Program [Spring 2000], Clark University

Commencement Programs

Annual Commencement Program for graduation ceremonies at Clark University, held on May 21st, 2000.

A Comparative Investigation Of Service-Learning Models In Maryland: Student Outcomes In Relationship To Employability Skills, Ruth Brodsky

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

The purpose of this descriptive study was to describe the relationship between structured service-learning outcomes, through Maryland's replication models, and the attainment of employability skills for adolescents. Participants included fifty-five out of ninety-two service-learning coordinators and a panel of experts comprised of five key informants. The site of the study was the state of Maryland, which is divided into twenty-three counties and Baltimore City. Three data gathering procedures were utilized: content analysis of the four most frequently used replication models, a key informant rubric, and a survey of nineteen counties in the state.

A criterion sample of four models was …

Undergraduate Commencement Exercises Program, May 20, 2000

Bryant University Commencements

Bryant University Undergraduate Commencement Exercises Program, May 20, 2000.

Commencement 2000

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

"Blessed Are They Who Keep These Words" An Examination Of The Use Of Language And The Intentionality Of Solecisms In The Apocalypse, Timothy Rosenthal

Master of Sacred Theology Seminar Papers

This paper purposes to examine the role and impact of the solecisms found in the Apocalypse. Before one can isolate a discussion about solecisms one must first address the issue of the style of Revelation (and, to some extent, that of the NT in general) and the degree to which Semiticisms appear. Thus, though the paper wishes to focus upon solecisms, a rather large portion of the paper will necessarily first address the whole issue of the nature and style of the Greek in Revelation so that a clear understanding of solecisms might emerge.

155th University Of Notre Dame Commencement And Mass Program, University Of Notre Dame

Commencement Programs

155th University of Notre Dame Commencement and Mass Program including Law School awards

05/19/2000 - Eiu Holds Annual Honors Awards Day, University Marketing And Communications

2000

No abstract provided.