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A Case Study Of Thai Esl Learners' Language And Literacy Learning In An Authentic Situation, Punchalee Wasanasomsitho Dec 2003

A Case Study Of Thai Esl Learners' Language And Literacy Learning In An Authentic Situation, Punchalee Wasanasomsitho

PASAA

Learning is a life-long process. Whether we are at school or not, we are always learning something for some purpose. In fact, society is a large classroom full of rich resources, which allows us to experience, explore, and experiment. As human beings, we all have the capacity to learn to survive and to better our quality of life. We have seen people learn from observing the things and the people around them, from their past experiences, and even from self-reflection, self-exploration, and self-discovery. However, we may wonder why learners learn with different degrees of success. To be more specific, we …

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Scrabble Revisited, Patrick Blanche Dec 2003

Scrabble Revisited, Patrick Blanche

PASAA

SCRABBLE is a well-established word game in many countries and is closely connected with the English language, yet it does not seem to be used a lot by EFL/ESL teachers. This article provides explanations for such a paradox, and then outlines what could be done to turn the situation around. SCRABBLE deserves a place in most EFL/ESL classrooms, not only because of the linguistic worthiness of the game, but also because of its social, cultural, intellectual and international value.

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Welcome To The Club' Means For Developing Language Knowledge For Elt Specialists At The Mittc-Oman, Ali S.M. Al-Issa Dec 2003

Welcome To The Club' Means For Developing Language Knowledge For Elt Specialists At The Mittc-Oman, Ali S.M. Al-Issa

PASAA

This paper describes an innovation program that was implemented at the Muscat Intermediate Teacher Training College (MITTC) - Sultanate of Oman and included 35 student teachers of English. The program combined two modes of language improvement, which I have labelled here as 'General English' and 'Professional English' to help my student teachers develop their English language repertoire. This was achieved via the design and implementation of various language activities, which simultaneously consolidated various fundamental aspects of second language education.

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How To Teach Efl/Esl Writing: A Basic Guide For Thai Teachers, Bruce Leeds Dec 2003

How To Teach Efl/Esl Writing: A Basic Guide For Thai Teachers, Bruce Leeds

PASAA

This is an article about teaching writing. More specifically, it is an article about teaching writing in English to people who speak another language. This makes the job of the EFL writing teacher even more difficult than that of the native language writing teacher: not only must she deal with the students' fears towards facing a blank sheet of paper or a blank computer screen; she must also deal with the students' fears of composing their thoughts in a language that they are not comfortable with. In this situation, both the teacher and the student often have to adjust their …

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Developing Presentation Skills For Low Proficiency Students, Boonya Wichayathian Dec 2003

Developing Presentation Skills For Low Proficiency Students, Boonya Wichayathian

PASAA

This article discusses two activities I used in the presentation skill module of my Advanced Business Oral Communication (ABOC) classes1 with groups of lower-intermediate third-year Commerce and Accountancy students at Chulalongkorn University. My goal was to help my students develop their presentation skills and have more self-confidence.

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The Structure Of Expertise In Criminal Cases, Christopher Slobogin Dec 2003

The Structure Of Expertise In Criminal Cases, Christopher Slobogin

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Because A Better World Is Possible: Women Casino Workers, Union Activism And The Creation Of A Just Workplace, Susan Chandler Dec 2003

Because A Better World Is Possible: Women Casino Workers, Union Activism And The Creation Of A Just Workplace, Susan Chandler

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Based on a re-analysis of data from a qualitative study of the work experience of 36 women casino workers, this article examines the contributions and personal characteristics of the 13 women in the sample who described themselves as committed union activists. These women, all leaders in the Hotel Employees, Restaurant Employees Union, were proud that collectively they had improved wages, benefits, and the conditions of work in Nevada casinos, and had created an environment that reinforced pride in a job well-done, provided job security, and promoted strong families and communities. These women's workplace experience serves as a reminder to the …

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Building Strategic Leadership And Management Capacity To Improve School Effectiveness, Kelvin Canavan Dec 2003

Building Strategic Leadership And Management Capacity To Improve School Effectiveness, Kelvin Canavan

Journal of Catholic Education

The building of leadership and management capacity with a focus on teaching and learning effectiveness has been a defining characteristic of the Catholic schools in Sydney, Australia, during the past decade. During the 1990s, the leaders of the 150 parish primary and regional secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Sydney adopted a common leadership and management framework that incorporates long-term strategic planning with an annual implementation cycle characterized by a sharp focus on teaching and learning outcomes. Principals and senior staff are involved in an ongoing performance management plan that is linked to the schools’ annual curriculum goals and targets. …

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The Sacred And The Secular: Aligning A Marianist Mission With Professional Standards Of Practice In An Educational Leadership Doctorial Program, Darla J. Twale, Carolyn S. Ridenour Dec 2003

The Sacred And The Secular: Aligning A Marianist Mission With Professional Standards Of Practice In An Educational Leadership Doctorial Program, Darla J. Twale, Carolyn S. Ridenour

Journal of Catholic Education

This inquiry was conducted to explore how the characteristics of our university’s religious mission are interwoven into our educational leadership doctoral program and are manifest in the structure and learning experiences that our students encounter. We examined how these characteristics might correspond to or relate to the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) standards that resulted from national reform initiatives in educational leadership in the mid 1990s. We concluded that the foundations of the PhD program are built solidly on the distinctive characteristics and identity of our founders and are aligned with these professional standards as well. Implications for universities …

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Authority And Decision Making In Catholic Schools, By Richard M. Jacobs, Osa, Heather Lindsay Dec 2003

Authority And Decision Making In Catholic Schools, By Richard M. Jacobs, Osa, Heather Lindsay

Journal of Catholic Education

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The Mechanics Of Microeconomic Choice: A School Option Perspective, Ikwukananne I. Udechukwu Dec 2003

The Mechanics Of Microeconomic Choice: A School Option Perspective, Ikwukananne I. Udechukwu

Essays in Education

The development of this paper describes uniquely the mechanics of choice in the delivery of education services relative to the public school system and school options. Three components, which magnify choice, are consumer (parents), market (pupils), and producer (government). Macbeth (1989) notes that there are four groups of people who benefit from the education system, namely: (1) the pupil (children) (2) the parent (3) the owners of a school (government) and (4) society at large. The first three beneficiaries of the education system are appropriately linked to the three components of choice as illustrated in the model and discussed in …

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The Role Of Human Resource Development In The New Partnership For Africa's Development (Nepad), Chris Ltsede Dec 2003

The Role Of Human Resource Development In The New Partnership For Africa's Development (Nepad), Chris Ltsede

Economic and Financial Review

The paper is divided into five parts. Following the introduction in Part I, Part 11 highlights salient features of NEPAD; Part111 examines the role of human resources development in realizing the objectives for NEPAD. Part IV discusses strategies for building capacity for NEPAD, while the final part presents the conclusion.

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Good Governance And Nepad -, Basil O. Oshionebo Dec 2003

Good Governance And Nepad -, Basil O. Oshionebo

Economic and Financial Review

Section (1) introduces the paper while section (2) discusses the rising incidence of poverty in Africa (and Nigeria) so as to contextualise the growing importance of "good governance" if the situation is to be reversed. Section 3 explores the concept of good governance and annotates its components and attributes. Section 4 traces the origins of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and discusses its mission and objectives. Section 5 relates NEPAD and good governance and discusses the resolve of African leaders to respect the precepts of good governance in the management of their economies. Section 6 discusses good governance …

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"Where Will You Sleep Tonight?" The Samo Longhouse, A Metaphor Of Spatial And Social Structure, R. Daniel Shaw Dec 2003

"Where Will You Sleep Tonight?" The Samo Longhouse, A Metaphor Of Spatial And Social Structure, R. Daniel Shaw

Pacific Studies

The juxtaposition of physical space and social interaction among the precontact Samo people of Papua New Guinea's east Strickland Plain is analyzed through a rich cultural metaphor reflecting on where people habitually sleep. Where a person sleeps establishes individual status within the collectivity of a household, which is identified as both a dwelling and an interactive group of family-oriented people. A longhouse was typically built on a ridgetop amid gardens, sago-lined swamp, and surrounding forest, together creating an economic environment that, in effect, fed the community. Similarly, social space was created through the reciprocal exchange of female siblings that enabled …

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Celebrating Mother's Day In A Melanesian Village Church, Deborah Van Heekeren Dec 2003

Celebrating Mother's Day In A Melanesian Village Church, Deborah Van Heekeren

Pacific Studies

Christianity dominates village sociality in the Hula villages of Papua New Guinea's southeastern coast to the extent that the United Church has appropriated and indigenized the Western custom of setting aside a day to celebrate motherhood. In the process Mother's Day has been transformed into an expression of local Christian values to which women should aspire. In many ways the events that take place invert gender roles, but we also find that certain things are always left to women. The events related here, through the perspective of the United Church Women's Fellowship (UCWF), also comment briefly on Adventism in Irupara …

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Constraint Datalog In Trust Management, Scot Anderson Dec 2003

Constraint Datalog In Trust Management, Scot Anderson

School of Computing: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Constraint Datalog holds an increasing role in Trust Management. We discuss several Trust Management systems and give a description of the environment and requirements for Trust Management. Constraint Datalog using addition constraints and approximation theory provides an expressive semantic with which to describe security policies for credentials, delegations and authorizations. Approximation theory allows halting in Constraint Datalog over addition constraints. We use the decision problem of Diophantine equations to show that Constraint Datalog over addition constraints is complete. Combining these two concepts provides an approximately complete, safe language. The problem of constant additions to closed languages provides reasons for using …

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Preparing Teachers To Use Technology: The Webquest In The Secondary English Language Arts Methods Classroom, Melinda C. Dobson Dec 2003

Preparing Teachers To Use Technology: The Webquest In The Secondary English Language Arts Methods Classroom, Melinda C. Dobson

Dissertations

This study focuses on why and how English language arts methods instructors can integrate WebQuest development into their courses. Behavioral, cognitive, and constructive learning theory are established as a theoretical basis for introducing the WebQuest into the English language arts methods curriculum. Practicing teachers are surveyed about their WebQuest-use to identify positive and negative outcomes of the activity. National and international standards the WebQuest fulfills are identified. This study focuses on how to integrate technology in general into the methods course and then documents the development of the researcher's WebQuest and that of three different secondary English language arts methods …

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The Textbook Controversies In Japan: What History Is Taught?, Aaron Cooley Dec 2003

The Textbook Controversies In Japan: What History Is Taught?, Aaron Cooley

Essays in Education

The controversies surrounding the content and perspective of several Japanese textbooks are examined and the impact on geo-political relations analyzed. The ways in which these battles affect perceptions of history are discussed in a regional and global context. Extrapolating from this example, a position of inclusiveness is advanced for the content of textbooks that address controversial historical issues in Japan and elsewhere.

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The Writing Observation Framework: A Guide For Refining And Validating Writing Instruction, Bill Henk, Barbara A. Marinak, Jesse C. Moore, Marla H. Mallette Dec 2003

The Writing Observation Framework: A Guide For Refining And Validating Writing Instruction, Bill Henk, Barbara A. Marinak, Jesse C. Moore, Marla H. Mallette

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

The Writing Observation Framework (WOF) is a new tool for enhancing writing instruction in schools. The WOF organizes principles of writing instruction In a way that improves the evaluation of teachers' writing practices, encourages a shared philosophy of the writing process and its instruction, and assists schools in demonstrating the integrity of their writing programs.

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Africa's Integration And Economic Development: The Journey So Far, N.O. Magbagbeola Dec 2003

Africa's Integration And Economic Development: The Journey So Far, N.O. Magbagbeola

Economic and Financial Review

The study was on efforts made to integrate African countries and its contribution to the economic development of the region. In a quest to halt the marginalization of Africa in the world economy, African leaders have at various times made efforts to pursue African economic integration as an integral part of African unity. These efforts led to the emergence of regional economic communities (RECs), which are the building blocks of the Africa's integration project. There are currently, 14 RECs in Africa, many of which overlap. Their performance in intra-regional trade has been less than satisfactory, partly as a result of …

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Is The Structure Of African Economies Nepad Compliant?, Mike I. Obadan Dec 2003

Is The Structure Of African Economies Nepad Compliant?, Mike I. Obadan

Economic and Financial Review

This paper is organized in five sections. Following the introduction is Section 2 which outlines the goals, principles and programmes of NEPAD. Section 3 examines the structure of African economies, while Section 4 discusses the degree of compliance of the economic structure with the tenets of NEPAD. The fifth section contains concluding remarks.

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The Implication Of The African Growth And Opportunity Act (Agoa) On Africa's Economic Growth And Development, Y.F. Agah Dec 2003

The Implication Of The African Growth And Opportunity Act (Agoa) On Africa's Economic Growth And Development, Y.F. Agah

Economic and Financial Review

This paper will attempt to analyse the implications of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) on Africa's economic growth and development, as a partnership initiative. To achieve our objective, section two reviews the basis and framework for preferential trade arrangements. Section three explains the key-points of the Act while its implications for Africa's development challenges are examined in section four. Section five highlights the conclusion and policy recommendations.

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The Influence Of Policies On Trade And Foreign Direct Investment, G. Nicoletti, Stephen S. Golub, D. Hajkova, D. Mirza, K.-Y. Yoo Dec 2003

The Influence Of Policies On Trade And Foreign Direct Investment, G. Nicoletti, Stephen S. Golub, D. Hajkova, D. Mirza, K.-Y. Yoo

Economics Faculty Works

This paper assesses the importance of border and non‐border policies for global economic integration. The focus is on four widely‐advocated policies: removing explicit restrictions to trade and FDI; promoting domestic competition; improving the adaptability of labour markets; and ensuring adequate levels of infrastructure capital. The analysis covers FDI and trade in both goods and services, thus aiming to account for the most important channels of globalisation and dealing with most modes of cross‐border services supply. The results highlight that, despite extensive liberalisation over the past two decades, there is scope for further reducing policy barriers to integration of OECD markets. …

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People News Dec 2003

People News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent professional developments from SELA members.

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Enforcing Internationally Recognized Human Rights Violations Under The Alien Tort Claims Act: An Analysis Of The Ninth Circuit’S Decision In Doe V. Unocal, Joshua E. Kastenberg Dec 2003

Enforcing Internationally Recognized Human Rights Violations Under The Alien Tort Claims Act: An Analysis Of The Ninth Circuit’S Decision In Doe V. Unocal, Joshua E. Kastenberg

Faculty Scholarship

This article analyzes Doe II under a multi-tiered rubric. The first tier involves analyzing whether the Ninth Circuit was correct in its jurisdictional interpretation. The second tier studies the extent to which the Ninth Circuit's use of international law expanded previously accepted usage by United States courts. For example, after reading Doe II, a question arises as to whether the Ninth Circuit created a "complete" universal jurisdiction for torts under the ATCA. The final tier, involves analyzing foreseen legal consequences. That is, does Doe II expand causes of action for foreign human rights violations because the decision reduces possible defenses …

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He Said, She Said: Gender, Sources And Affiliation In Two Mid-Western Daily Newspapers, Kathleen Ann Tewhill Dec 2003

He Said, She Said: Gender, Sources And Affiliation In Two Mid-Western Daily Newspapers, Kathleen Ann Tewhill

Student Work

Sources have been the lifeblood of journalism. Information from government official, experts, eyewitnesses, victims, celebrities or even ordinary citizens has flowed though the veins of news stories carrying messages to readers since the newspaper began. Sources have infused articles with shape and substance. They have fleshed out details of a story and added character and credibility to news accounts and features. Without sources, potential stories have shriveled and died.

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Vol 48 #3, Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson Dec 2003

Vol 48 #3, Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson

MPLA Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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Exhibit D, Government Of Jamaica Dec 2003

Exhibit D, Government Of Jamaica

Documents

No abstract provided.

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Data Warehouse Design And Implementation For Fedex Growth & Ranking Reports, Ranjith Boggarapu Dec 2003

Data Warehouse Design And Implementation For Fedex Growth & Ranking Reports, Ranjith Boggarapu

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

The objective of this project is to design and implement a database for a data warehouse meeting the business user's need and requirements for generating a report. This report handles the project right from the requirements gathering, analyzing and developing a data model to support the report requirements. The project is implemented in tiered approach by summarizing the source tables by every tier and at the same time getting all the required data in to a consistent format. During this initial phase of rollout, the data model will support the Growth & Ranking requirements and is designed to be very …

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Statements Development Group Website, Josh Hewitt Dec 2003

Statements Development Group Website, Josh Hewitt

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

The Statements development group is fast becoming one of the larger groups in Cards Technology thus making the decision to create a web presence a fairly easy one. Less than 5 years ago Statements was little more than two Project Leaders and three Analyst printing statements. Statements has now grown to more than 25 employees and looking to add more to that in the near future. This growth has added as much complexity to the system as it has added employees. The Statements group utilizes a network drive and an online content management system to store most of its documents. …

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