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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.

Promoting Creative English Teaching Using Chinese Culture For Elementary Schooling In Taiwan, Ya-Chi Lee

Theses Digitization Project

To make English an interesting subject for elementary school students, teachers need to know what material attracts students, how to motivate students, and how to release students' creativity. Therefore, This project incorporates the concepts of multiple intelligences, motivation, culture and language, and development of creativity to provide a model for promoting creative English teaching in the elementary schools of Taiwan. In addition, the content of the unit, based on Chinese culture and the comparison of Chinese and American cultures, is an innovative curriculum designed to motivate students to learn English.

Increasing Computer Instruction Within The Classroom, Rebecca Lerane Hollis

Theses Digitization Project

The objective was to create some high level thinking activities to use with computerized graphic organizers which utilized the multimedia program Hyperstudio and the word processing program AppleWorks. This is an attempt to improve teacher attitudes towards technology, and to increase computer instruction within the classroom.

Enhancing Academic Competence In English As A Foreign Language Through Multiple Strategies, Mei-Hwa Yeh

Theses Digitization Project

In Taiwan, English has always been taught mostly by the grammar t ransalation method. Learning strategies and metacognitive strategies are seldom introduced during classroom instruction. Therefore, students learn a lot of gragmented knowledge but do not know how to apply the knowledge in their learning process. For my target teaching level, secondary school, the ability to utilize different strategies with in the learning process is critically important in order for the students to integrate their knowledge and use language effectively. This project is designed to address the problems of teaching English in Taiwan employing a strategy-based curriculum.

Social Cognition-Based Content Instruction For Communicative Competence In Japanese Middle School English, Wakana Kitamura

Theses Digitization Project

This project demonstrates how English teachers in Japan can conduct purposeful and meaningful lessons for middle school low-intermediate students. The teaching approach used for this project is based on Content-Based Instruction (CBI).

Music Handbook For Primary Grade Teachers, Risa Maree Fiorillo

Theses Digitization Project

Academic research in the area of music and learning has proven that there is both a deficiency and need for classroom music education commencing at the primary grade levels. The research has shown that by incorporating music education into the academic curriculum the arts can be more effectively taught and other academic subject areas can gain from the diverse teaching strategies the arts bring to education. There are two goals of this project. One is to demonstrate to teachers what primary grade level students should be learning in music. A second goal of this project is to design a music …

Narrative Theory And The Law: A Rhetorician's Invitation To The Legal Academy, Delia B. Conti

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.

Legal Fiction And Forfeiture: An Historical Analysis Of The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, Todd Barnet

Duquesne Law Review

The United States Supreme Court first adopted the legal fiction of the personification of an object for an in rem proceeding in the early 19th century. After summarizing the different definitions of a legal fiction, the author concludes that the civilian definition is the most appropriate, yet should only be applied in narrow circumstances to prevent encroaching upon constitutional freedoms through civil asset forfeiture devices. The author discusses the advantages of legal fictions in the law, but then recounts how excessive use can yield unjust results and possibly incorrect conclusions. Perusing the current usage of legislative, judicial, and historical legal …

Biblical Assyria And Other Anxieties In The British Empire, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

The successful “invasion” of ancient Mesopotamia by explorers in the pay of the British Museum Trustees resulted in best-selling publications, a treasure-trove of Assyrian antiquities for display purposes and scholarly excavation, and a remarkable boost to the quest for confirmation of the literal truth of the Bible. The public registered its delight with the findings through the turnstyle- twirling appeal of the British Museum exhibits, and a series of appropriations of Assyrian art motifs and narratives in popular culture - jewelry, bookends, clocks, fine arts, theater productions, and a walk-through Assyrian palace among other period mansions at the Sydenham Crystal …

Avoiding Constitutional Questions As A Three-Branch Problem, William K. Kelley

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Cuatro Viajes En La Literatura Del Antiguo Egypto [Review Of The Book Cuatro Viajes En La Literatura Del Antiguo Egipto, By J. M. Galán], Rubén R. Dupertuis

Religion Faculty Research

In Cuatro Viajes en la Literatura del Antigua Egypto José M. Galán brings together four stories from Egyptian literature united by the motif of the journey into unknown or enemy land. The stories grouped in this volume are "The Shipwrecked Sailor," "The Tale of Sinuhe," "The Doomed Prince" and "Report of Wenamun."

Cultural Competence In Epidemiological Field Work With Cultures In Flux: Romania, Diane Depken, Catherine Zeman

International Journal of Global Health

This article is a case study of conducting field -based epidemiological work in a former communist country. A brief background of Romanian history and culture is followed by discussion of the challenges of doing epidemiological science in a culture experiencing socio-political flux. In this former communist country where a common understanding of specific methods of epidemiological science and research ethics is not necessarily shared by both visiting and indigenous scientists, successful fieldwork depends on a high degree of understanding, sensitivity, and patience. The United States Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health, OMH provides guidelines for culturally …

Women Who Act And Speak Ditzy: A Critical Ethnography Of Disempowering Discursive Practices, Ronald F. Wendt

Iowa Journal of Communication

This study is an investigation of the speaking habits of some women in specific social situations. An ethnographic approach is used to detail and examine specific communication practices that some young women use to empower themselves. A new rhetorical genre is identified and labeled ditzy-speak. Contributions to the discipline of Communication include a fuller understanding of culture, power relations, rhetorical strategies, and gender.

Undergraduate & Graduate Schedule Of Classes For 2002, Spring | Academic Calendar | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

No abstract provided.

Newe Hupia: Shoshoni Poetry Songs, Beverly Crum, Earl Crum, Jon P. Dayley

All USU Press Publications

This collection presents written texts of songs in Shoshoni and English, with both figurative and literal translations, and is packaged with a CD containing performances of the songs by Earl and Beverly Crum. The songs fall into several categories based on the contexts of their performances, such as dance songs, medicine songs, and handgame songs. The texts are framed with an introduction and commentary discussing the cultural background, meaning, forms, and performance contexts of the songs; Shoshoni language; and methodology. Glossaries of Shoshoni terms are appended. As the first major linguistic study of Shoshoni songs, Newe Hupia is an important …

Imagined States, Luisa Del Giudice, Gerald Porter

All USU Press Publications

An international ensemble of folklore scholars looks at varied ways in which national and ethnic groups have traditionally and creatively used imagined states of existence-some idealizations, some demonizations-in the construction of identities for themselves and for others. Drawing on oral traditions, especially as represented in traditional ballads, broadsides, and tale collections, the contributors consider fertile landscapes of the mind where utopias overflow with bliss and abundance, stereotyped national and ethnic caricatures define the lives of "others," nostalgia glorifies home and occupation, and idealized and mythological animals serve as cultural icons and guideposts to harmonious social life.

Italian Canadian Luisa Del …

Healing Logics, Erika Brady

All USU Press Publications

Scholars in folklore and anthropology are more directly involved in various aspects of medicine—such as medical education, clinical pastoral care, and negotiation of transcultural issues—than ever before. Old models of investigation that artificially isolated "folk medicine," "complementary and alternative medicine," and "biomedicine" as mutually exclusive have proven too limited in exploring the real-life complexities of health belief systems as they observably exist and are applied by contemporary Americans. Recent research strongly suggests that individuals construct their health belief systmes from diverse sources of authority, including community and ethnic tradition, education, spiritual beliefs, personal experience, the influence of popular media, and …

Seattle Pacific University Catalog 2001-2002, Seattle Pacific University

Seattle Pacific Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Towards Transcultural Understanding: A Harmony Theory Of Chinese Communication, Guo-Ming Chen

Communication Studies Faculty Publications

This chapter developed a general theory of Chinese communication from the perspective of harmony. Based on the nine concepts, including jen (humanity), yi (appropriateness), li (rites), shi (temporal contingencies), wei (spatial contingencies), ji (the first imperceptible beginning of movement), guanxi (inter-relation), mientz (face), and power, a total of four propositions, 23 axioms and 23 theorems were generated. The functions and interrelationships of these concepts form a holistic system that brings continuity into the endless transforming process of Chinese communication. It is hoped that the theory will serve as a mirror reflecting potential problems occurring in the intercultural communication and provide …

Deuteronomy 32:8 And The Sons Of God, Michael Heiser

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Communicative Events As Evidence In Linguistics, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.

Explore, Fall 2001: 40th Anniversary Of The Second Vatican Council, Ignatian Center For Jesuit Education

explore

Contents: Post-Vatican II Catholics; Vatican II: Sources, Achievement, and Unfinished Business; American Catholicism and World Politics: The Second Vatican Council and the Cold War; Moral Theology After Vatican II; Living Our Faith: Ministry in the New Millenium; A Reflection on Vocation in the Light of Vatican II; Faith and Health: What Do We Know?; Biblical Hermeneutics From Vatican II Onward

Count Dracula And The Folkloric Vampire: Thirteen Comparisons, Patrick Johnson

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.

Theism And Mathematical Realism, John Byl

ACMS Journal 2004

This paper examines connections between theism and mathematical realism. Mathematical realism, which offers the best account of mathematics, strongly supports theism. Theism, in turn, supports mathematical realism. Theism readily explains the intricate relations between mathematics, matter, and mind. The attributes of the biblical God provide a justification for classical mathematics.

Metacognitive Expressions In La Respuesta A Sor Filotea, A Seventeenth-Century Text By Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz, Alfredo Urzúa B.

Quidditas

In the Respuesta de la poetisa a la muy ilustre Sor Filotea de la Cruz, her famous letter/treatise, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648/51–1695) eloquently defends her right to study, learn, write poetry, and pursue academic matters. In this document, Sor Juana repeatedly refers to her intellectual activities as arising from an innate desire in her. This “desire to know,” that she “knows not whether to take as a Heaven-sent favor or as a punishment,” was indeed a recurrent theme in her mental explorations. Sor Juana’s Respuesta a Sor Filotea constitutes an extraordinary example of an early essay-like …

Allen D. Breck Award Winner: Nothing’S Paradox In Donne’S “Negative Love” And “A Nocturnal Upon S. Lucy’S Day”, Sean Ford

Quidditas

John Donne's complicated use of paradox is nowhere more inviting than in the grammatical and conceptual use of the word "nothing," especially when Donne chooses to give this noun the quality of substance and presence, rather than using it to denote the absence of anything. Two poems in particular, from the Songs and Sonets, give affirmative existence to a nothing in order to make distinct arguments regard- ing the status of an existing thing. Both “Negative Love” and “A Nocturnal Upon S. Lucy’s Day, being the shortest day” rely on this paradox to give a precise definition of the …

Nt 530 The Gospel Of Mark, David Loren Thompson

Syllabi

1. Revised Standard Version. Any edition that gives an uncluttered text, without paragraph titles or other interpretive comments is recommended. Similar formated editions of the NASB, NRSV, and NIV are also acceptable. 2. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. Thompson, David L (=BSTW). This non-technical book will give us a quick overview of the terrain we will explore more precisely throughout the semester.

The Moldovan Confederation Conundrum, Stephen R. Bowers, Valeria Ciobanu, Marion T. Doss, Jr.

Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Gagauz leadership has advanced several basic demands. The first category of demands relates to economic concerns and these appear to be the most fundamental. The situation that they insist be addressed in that there is an economic disparity between Gagauzia and the rest of the Moldovan Republic.

If one looks beyond the rhetoric of Comrat, Gagauz political demands are secondary to the economic ones. They demand political parties that would operate in local elections. They want more seats in the Moldovan Parliament and believe that all laws should be published in the Gagauz language as well as in Russian …

Does Vanity Describe Other Cultures?: A Cross Cultural Examination Of The Vanity Scale, Srinivas Durvasula, Steven Lysonski, John Watson

Marketing Faculty Research and Publications

Vanity is a psychological construct that describes a person's excessive concern with physical appearance or achievement. A scale, recently developed to measure this construct, has been psychometrically validated using data from U.S. respondents. The goal of this paper is to determine if this scale can be used cross-culturally. If the scale has cross-cultural applicability, it can be used as a counseling device to guide and alert individuals to certain tendencies. The scale also can be used to track foreign cultures as they adopt a consumerism ethos more aligned to Western consumer culture. Based on data from 475 young adults in …

The Nexus Between Intellectual Property Piracy, International Law, The Internet, And Cultural Values, David J. Stephenson Jr.

St. Thomas Law Review

In a way similar to the dramatic transformation of mass into energy at the speed of light, intellectual property piracy disputes have compellingly special characteristics when multicultural values clash over the Internet. The sudden explosion of Internet use outside of Western Europe and North America, especially in Asia, is most apparent in Singapore, which has the highest per capita use of the Internet anywhere in the world. This rapid global expansion of Internet use has been accompanied by related claims of intellectual property piracy that frequently resemble disputes that have recently arisen in United States and European courts. For example, …