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Revisiting The Challenginf Landscape Of Self-Determination Within The Context Of Nation's Right To Sovereignty, Dr. Saby Ghoshray
Revisiting The Challenginf Landscape Of Self-Determination Within The Context Of Nation's Right To Sovereignty, Dr. Saby Ghoshray
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
Academic perspectives on the issue of Self-Determination are in abundance as the International Standards with respect to the Rights of People and their Rights to Self-Determination have taken huge steps in the last two decades.
About The Contributors, Farms Review
About The Contributors, Farms Review
Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011
No abstract provided.
Editor's Introduction, Not So Easily Dismissed: Some Facts For Which Counterexplanations Of The Book Of Mormon Will Need To Account, Daniel C. Peterson
Editor's Introduction, Not So Easily Dismissed: Some Facts For Which Counterexplanations Of The Book Of Mormon Will Need To Account, Daniel C. Peterson
Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011
No abstract provided.
Toolkit For Assistance With The Emergent Reader, Theresa Joanne Phelps
Toolkit For Assistance With The Emergent Reader, Theresa Joanne Phelps
All Graduate Projects
Following the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Initiative in 2002, educators were faced with new obstacles never before experienced. Reading levels were at an all time low with nearly 70% of inner city fourth graders unable to read at a basic level on national reading tests. Because reading is the backbone of all academic areas, struggling readers need much more consideration and attention than they have needed before. The five main components of an effective reading program that are focused on in this project are vocabulary, phonics, phonemic awareness, comprehension and fluency. This toolkit contains assessments and strategies …
Style: A New Perspective On Kate Chopin, Daniel Arredondo
Style: A New Perspective On Kate Chopin, Daniel Arredondo
Theses Digitization Project
Uses Edward Corbett's theory of style to help define Chopin's style and expose her rhetorical strategies (sentence and paragraph length, diction, tropes, scheme, etc.) in the short story "The Story of an Hour ." Examines the controversy over using literature to teach composition and provides an analysis of the reasons for and against using literature in composition classes. Finally, defends the use of literature in writing classrooms.
The Role Of Corpus Linguistics In A Lexical Approach To College Level English-As-A-Foreign-Language Pedagogy, Adamantia Hadjioannou
The Role Of Corpus Linguistics In A Lexical Approach To College Level English-As-A-Foreign-Language Pedagogy, Adamantia Hadjioannou
Theses Digitization Project
This project offers methods for English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) undergraduate students to improve their English skills following a lexical approach to language incorporating the methodology of corpus linguistics research.
A Study Of The Interlanguage Of Apology By Taiwanese English-Language Learners, Ching-Yi Shih
A Study Of The Interlanguage Of Apology By Taiwanese English-Language Learners, Ching-Yi Shih
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis presents a study of the interlanguage of the speech act of apology by Taiwanese learners of English. It compares the way Taiwanese learners apoologize in English and how they apologize in Mandarin Chinese, as well as how native speakers of American English apologize.
Improving Student Achievement Through Parent Involvement, Bridget Anderson Hardesty
Improving Student Achievement Through Parent Involvement, Bridget Anderson Hardesty
Theses Digitization Project
This project consisted of four parent workshops designed to examine and strengthen home-school communication for Banks Elementary School students, teachers, and parents. The goals of the workshops were to improve parent-teacher relations, increase parent usage of school resources, and increase parent student interaction in the home. Workshop topics included providing parents with information on state-mandated testing, literacy issues, reading strategies, and homework.
Art As A Mediated Structure For English Language Learners, Lynnea Patricia Hiebert
Art As A Mediated Structure For English Language Learners, Lynnea Patricia Hiebert
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to focus on how art enhances written language among English language learners in third grade. It develops and designs curriculum through the mediated structure of art to develop English language learners' writing in narrative and expository genres, as well as develop second language proficiency.
The Connectors Of Two Worlds: Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie, And The Continuity Of Myth Through Afro-Cuban Jazz, Dwight Paul Sweeney
The Connectors Of Two Worlds: Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie, And The Continuity Of Myth Through Afro-Cuban Jazz, Dwight Paul Sweeney
Theses Digitization Project
Explains how Afro-Cuban culture influenced African-American jazzmen and led to the formation of Afro-Cuban or Latin jazz in 1947 by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo. Explores the musical connections between the physical plane of Cuba and the United States, and the esoteric spiritual world of the orishas and myths coming to life in sacred and secular music forms.
"Is It Really A Natural Fit?": The Construction Of "Technology" In Composition Studies, Irina Fealy
"Is It Really A Natural Fit?": The Construction Of "Technology" In Composition Studies, Irina Fealy
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis analyzes two popular computer assisted instruction teaching platforms: Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment (DIWE) and Blackboard (BB). The major focus of the exploration is to find out whether or not these programs are really a "natural fit" with the high expectations of new rhetoric compositionists.
When English As A Second Language Students Meet Text-Responsible Writing, Miso Jung
When English As A Second Language Students Meet Text-Responsible Writing, Miso Jung
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis follows two international freshman students in an English composition class at California State University, San Bernardino. The results indicate that the students generally experienced feeling challenged and overwhelmed about the unfamiliar topic, but detailed assignment guidelines played a key role for students to progress in understanding the assignment.
A Model For Instructional Integration For Science And English-Language Development, Patricia Diane Andreano
A Model For Instructional Integration For Science And English-Language Development, Patricia Diane Andreano
Theses Digitization Project
This project recommends a professional development model for the integration of language arts and science skills to improve the literacy and scientific proficiency of elementary students, specifically English language learners. The goal is to prepare students to score well on the fluency aspects of the advanced levels of the California English Language Development Test (CELDT).
The Literacy Event Horizon: Examining Orality And Literacy In Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, AndréA Diane Davis
The Literacy Event Horizon: Examining Orality And Literacy In Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, AndréA Diane Davis
Theses Digitization Project
Applies James Gee's concept of Discourses to illustrate how literacy and orality thematically constitute hybrid identity in Silko's novel Ceremony. Then, applies Wallace Chafe's linguistic framework of integration and involvement showing that the novel is a linguistic hybrid, not just a text that thematically elevates hybridity. Unlike other Native American authors who create half-breed characters merely as bridges between two cultures, Silko creates her character Tayo as an embodiment of an emergent hybrid culture.
Developing Oral Proficiency Through Poem Recitation In Elementary English As A Second Language, Anne Picpican-Bell
Developing Oral Proficiency Through Poem Recitation In Elementary English As A Second Language, Anne Picpican-Bell
Theses Digitization Project
This project addresses the need for a performance-based language-development curriculum to serve the growing number of non-English-speaker immigrants in California's public schools.
A Metaphoric Cluster Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of Digital Technology, Michael Eugene Marse, Nicholas Negroponte
A Metaphoric Cluster Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of Digital Technology, Michael Eugene Marse, Nicholas Negroponte
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis seeks to identify and explain some technology in order to more fully understand modern communication. This study makes use of metaphoric cluster analysis to examine the technological rhetoric of Nicholas Negroponte.
Embodied Knowing And Effective Communication In The Development Of A Choreography Curriculum, Michele Lynn Jenkins
Embodied Knowing And Effective Communication In The Development Of A Choreography Curriculum, Michele Lynn Jenkins
Theses Digitization Project
Develops a choreography course curriculum to be implemented and evaluated for inclusion in the Chaffey College (a community college in San Bernardino County, California) dance program. Identifies and evaluates four core developmental areas of a well-designed choreography class: (1) communicative skill development through dance composition; (2) group problem-solving creative work; (3) integration of other arts with dance; and, (4) critical evaluation skills.
A Comprehensive Curriculum On How To Teach The Alphabet To Bilingual Kindergarteners, Raquel Mendoza Cabral
A Comprehensive Curriculum On How To Teach The Alphabet To Bilingual Kindergarteners, Raquel Mendoza Cabral
Theses Digitization Project
There are numerous methods teachers use to teach the alphabet to children. This thesis is a curriculum on how to teach the alphabet to English learners and English speakers. The author teaches kindergarten to students who are English speakers and to students who are Spanish speakers learning English as a second language. The school's instructional Reading Based Program (the Houghton Mifflin Lectura of California) offers many ideas and strategies but is missing some components necessary to meet distinct standards for kindergarten. The author developed this curriculum to meet the standards of teaching English speakers and English learners the alphabet to …
Bicultural Identity And Emergent/Developmental Reading Strategies In English As A Foreign Language In Taiwan, Yuqing Wang
Bicultural Identity And Emergent/Developmental Reading Strategies In English As A Foreign Language In Taiwan, Yuqing Wang
Theses Digitization Project
This project demonstrates teaching strategies designed to illustrate bicultural identity development and reading skills in an English as a Foreign Language program for the elementary school level..
Cultural Competence Needs Of Non-Latino Foster Parents: A Study Of Transcultural Foster Care With Latino Children, Myriam Renee Aguilar, Amanda Nicole Robles
Cultural Competence Needs Of Non-Latino Foster Parents: A Study Of Transcultural Foster Care With Latino Children, Myriam Renee Aguilar, Amanda Nicole Robles
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study seeks to assess the cultural competency training needs of non-Latino caregivers who have Latino children in their homes.
Constructivism And Mediated Learning In Designing English-As-A Foreign-Language Instruction, Chun-Hsiu Chen
Constructivism And Mediated Learning In Designing English-As-A Foreign-Language Instruction, Chun-Hsiu Chen
Theses Digitization Project
Social interaction is the foundation of knowledge construction in a constructivist classroom. This project proposes a mediated instruction that is based on the theory of constructivism and social interaction to help new adult immigrants successfully achieve English competence and adapt quickly to the culture of the United States.
Learning By Heart: Using An Interactive Tutorial On Idioms To Model Acquisition Strategies And Tools, Andrianna Kirsten Jobin
Learning By Heart: Using An Interactive Tutorial On Idioms To Model Acquisition Strategies And Tools, Andrianna Kirsten Jobin
Theses Digitization Project
This project is an interactive tutorial on idioms for a unit in a multi-level English as a second language (ESL) class. The purpose of the tutorial was to develop a resource to consolidate various aspects of idiom learning (e.g., pronunciation, definitions, and usage) into a few easily referenced pages and practice exercises which students can go over at their own pace.
Independent Child Legal Representation: A Concept In The Making, Rachel Birnbaum
Independent Child Legal Representation: A Concept In The Making, Rachel Birnbaum
Journal of Law and Social Policy
No abstract provided.
George's Story: Voice And Transformation Through The Teaching And Practice Of Therapeutic Jurisprudence In A Law School Child Advocacy Clinic, Bernard P. Perlmutter
George's Story: Voice And Transformation Through The Teaching And Practice Of Therapeutic Jurisprudence In A Law School Child Advocacy Clinic, Bernard P. Perlmutter
Articles
No abstract provided.
Spain Gazing: Postcolonial Aspirations, Neocolonial Systems And Postponed Reckonings - Queries From The Margins, Francisco Valdes
Spain Gazing: Postcolonial Aspirations, Neocolonial Systems And Postponed Reckonings - Queries From The Margins, Francisco Valdes
Articles
No abstract provided.
A Cognitive View Of The Bilingaul Lexicon: Reading And Speaking Words In Two Languages, Judith Kroll, Bianca Sumutka, Ana Schwartz
A Cognitive View Of The Bilingaul Lexicon: Reading And Speaking Words In Two Languages, Judith Kroll, Bianca Sumutka, Ana Schwartz
Selected Works Temporary Series
No abstract provided.
Prism #04, January 2005, Office Of The Provost
Prism #04, January 2005, Office Of The Provost
Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs
No abstract provided.
Constructivism For The English-As-A-Second-Language Learning Environment And Professional Development, Starley Beatrix Dullien
Constructivism For The English-As-A-Second-Language Learning Environment And Professional Development, Starley Beatrix Dullien
Theses Digitization Project
This project addresses the needs of the adult learner. The adult learner referred to in; this project comes from two distinguishable groups. One group of adult learners consists of the ESL students who attend adult school or community-based English programs. The other group of adult learners consists of the teachers within adult education ESL programs who themselves are students as they participate in professional development workshops.
Foreign-Language Immerision As Preferred Bilingual/Biliterate Program Model For Elementary English Education In Taiwan, Shih-Hao Huang
Foreign-Language Immerision As Preferred Bilingual/Biliterate Program Model For Elementary English Education In Taiwan, Shih-Hao Huang
Theses Digitization Project
The primary goal of this project is to clarify the contexts of English as Foreign-language instructional program in Taiwan. Bilteracy is the acquistion and learning of the decoding and encoding of print, using two linguistic and cultural sytems in order to convey mesages in a variety of contexts. Through learning biliteracy, second-language learners gain benefits in cognitive and cultural development.