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The Revolutions In Knowledge And Literary Theory: Their Impact On English Classrooms, Nancy Topping Bazin

English Faculty Publications

Since teachers, scholars, and scientists began in recent decades to study people who were previously marginalized or totally ignored, revolutions have occurred in knowledge and in literary theories and criticism. An increasing number of literature teachers acknowledge that they cannot ignore these significant changes. Indeed, they recognize that because of multicultural and global awareness, new questions are constantly being asked, new kinds of research are being done, and new approaches are being t:iken to subject matter.

A Multiculturally-Responsive Tenth Grade English Curriculum Nurtures An Appreciation For Individual Differences By Immersing Students In The Lives Of Others, Jayne Alexander

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

The goal of a practicum was that high school students in non-academic 10th grade English classes would develop an understanding of and appreciation for cultural differences. The English teacher challenged herself, her peers, her students, and the general school population (a regional high school in a growing community in the northeastern United States) to become more knowledgeable and appreciative of many cultures by expanding her own knowledge of ethnic groups; creating a faculty reading club; developing a curriculum that responsibly presented ethnic groups in a relevant format; designing activities that provided opportunities for interaction with other cultural groups and for …

Class Observation Week, Martha Iancu

Faculty Publications - Department of Sociology

No abstract provided.

Strategies In Learning Japanese As A Second Language In Secondary School, Sharon Gay Ainsworth

Theses : Honours

Strategies used by learners of Japanese as a second language were examined. A total of 26 students, seven male and seven female students in Year 8 and six male and six female students in Year 11 in secondary education from two single sex schools were surveyed to investigate preferred language learning strategies. The instrument used was the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (Oxford 1990). Six language learning strategy categories were used to classify sample responses. Subjects were also interviewed individually to find out what strategies they used in classroom and non-classroom settings. Students maintained a diary for a six week …

Honoring Diversity In Teacher Education: Infusing Learning Styles; Cooperative Learning And Multicultural Nonsexist Education Into The Student Teaching Semester, Janey L. Montgomery, Joyce Simpson, Judy Lindholm

Faculty Publications

This paper demonstrates how teacher educators can empower preservice teachers to develop a rationale for honoring diversity in their classrooms by building upon an awareness of learning style preference; cooperative learning; and multicultural nonsexist education. A human relations course at the University of Northern Iowa that is taught concurrently with the student teaching experience demonstrates how student teachers become involved in collaborative relationships with their peers by sharing weekly seminars; planning presentations; doing action research; and engaging in classroom instruction. The model involves personalization of concepts through experiential learning in which group building and team teaching are key strategies. Learning …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 18, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Dr. Roberto Dávila 1
¿Qué Significa su Nombre? 2
What Does Deaf Mean?/Glossary 3
Can We Prevent Deafness? 4
Un Pájaro 5
Unas Actividades Para Entender Mejor La Sordera 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 17, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Las Gorras Blancas 1
Dichos de Enero, Unas Resoluciones. ¿Quién es Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz? 2
Legal Problems with Land Grants 3
Land Grants/Glossary 4
San Miguel del Bado 5
Un Poema por Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 6

The Effect Of Intercultural Training On Ethnocentrism, Victor Pedro Padilla

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

The problem of changing individual ethnic prejudice through a type of social intervention in the workplace was investigated. Intercultural Synergy Training, an intervention method with potential usefulness for many types of organizations, was administered. Elements of the method were drawn from theories of prejudice and intercultural training literature. A randomly-selected group (n=l7) of staff members at a Job Corps center in a southwestern U.S. city was given a four-hour course in intercultural relations (Intercultural Synergy Training). The group trained and a randomly-selected control group (n=18) were then administered an ethnocentrism measure called the Association Questionnaire. Analysis of the results showed …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 16, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Costumbres de Navidad 1
Versos de las Celebraciones 2
Traditional Christmas Foods 3
Recipes 4
Otras Celebraciones 5
Un Juego 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 15, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Joe and Betty Domínguez 1
Dichos de Diciembre/Dichos de Invierno 2
Can We Prevent Blindness?/Glossary 3
Equipment Used By People Who Are Blind 4
La Escuela Para Gente Ciega de Nuevo México 5
Para Discutir 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 14, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Nancy López 1
Unos Versos/¿Quién Fue Emiliano Zapata? 2
Another Revolutionary. Glossary 3
More About Adobe. How do Mass Materials Store Heat? 4
Adobe 5
Una Casa de Adobe 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 13, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Pablo Sedillo 1
Geometría/¿Dónde Está Washington, D.C.? 2
Famous Buildings in Washington 3
Activities. Glossary 4
Ojo Caliente 5
Un Poema 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 12, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Bajo el Arbol de los Títeres 1
Dichos de Noviembre, Unos Trabalenguas y San Antonio 2
Stories From Under the Puppet Tree 3
Puppetry 4
Las Salinas 5
Actividades 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 11, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

América Central 1
Mapa de Centro América 2
The Chamorro Family/Glossary 3
Bananas: A Symbol of... 4
Dos Escritores de Centro América 5
Un Poema de Rubén Darío 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 10, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Sudamérica hoy en día 1
Los Países de Sudamérica 2
Chile, Another Struggle/Glossary 3
Cuba, An Example of Political Struggle/Define and Discuss 4
Más de Sudamérica 5
América (inglés) 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 9, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

América-Siglos XV, XVI 1
Cronología 2
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla 3
Simón Bolivar/Glossary 4
Hasta la Independencia 5
América 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 8, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Noviembre 3 - Eleccion 1992 1
Dichos de Otoño/Dichos de Octubre 2
Bill Clinton on Education/Activities 3
George Bush on Education/Glossary 4
Un Arbol 5
Actividades 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 7, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

España-Siglos XV, XVI, y XVII 1
Cronologia desde Colón 2
The Spanish War of Succession. Glossary 3
The Spanish Civil War. Define and Discuss 4
Más Historia de España 5
Tipos de Gobierno 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 6, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Hernán Cortés 1
Semillas de Cambio 2
Seed of Change 3
Another Seed of Change/Projects with Potatoes 4
Malintzín 5
Dibujos y Descripciones 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 5, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

1492 - Cristobal Colón 1
El Viaje 2
How Columbus Changed History/Questions 3
Ferdinand and Isabella/Glossary 4
Cristobal Colón 5
Actividades 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

El Camino Real 1
Cowboys y Vaqueros/¿Qué Son? 2
Life at the Mission/Questions 3
Trade Routes/Glossary 4
Un Museo 5
Unas Preguntas 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 3, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Gregorio Cortez 1
El Ciclo de Siembra y Cosecha de los Indios Pueblo. Adivinanzas de Comidas 2
More About Gregorio Cortez/Glossary 3
Harvest/Fried/Roasted Pumpkin Seeds 4
La Cosecha 5
El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 2, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Alfonso Ortiz 1
Unos Aspectos de la Cultura Tewa ¿Qué es? 2
More About Kivas/Actividad 3
Other Pueblos/Glossary 4
El Pueblo Acoma 5
Actividad e Instrumentos 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 3, Número 1, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Orlando Romero 1
Unos Pensamientos de Orlando Romero, ¿Quién es? 2
César Chávez/Glosario 3
Different Names 4
Hispanos en los Estados Unidos 5
Preguntas 6

Effects Of Western Education On Employees' Participation And Job Satisfaction In Saudi Arabian Industries, Abdulrahman Y. Al-Selaim

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate to what degree Western education and Saudi Arabian employees' degree of participation in quality circle programs influences their job satisfaction. These variables were investigated using a survey administered to 150 Saudi Arabian employees working in the production department of a Saudi Arabian company. The Questionnaire of Participation and Satisfaction (QPS) instrument that was used in this investigation is a 20-item questionnaire; items 1-13 were developed by the researcher, and items 14-20 were developed by Abbas (1985). The questionnaire consisted of three components designed to determine: where employees were educated, as well as …

Effects Of Participant Roles On Input Interactions And Comprehensible Output, Larry Douglas Morgan

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what effect, if any, the social roles between second language learners and their conversational partners have on the types and frequencies of the following discourse categories: (a) input interactional modifications (b) corrections of language learners' linguistic errors by others and (c) language learners' production of comprehensible output. This study also seeks to corroborate previous research findings with regards to negotiation of meaning interactions and other-corrections of language learners' linguistic errors.

Intensive Esl Course Performance As A Predictor Of Academic Success, Coleman South

Dissertations and Theses

In order to determine the reliability of international students' English as a Second Language (ESL) class performance as a predictor of academic performance, a population of 169 international students at Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, Oregon were selected and statistical tests were performed on their GPAs and TOEFL scores. Individual students' GPAs were computed for all ESL classes taken and for each component--grammar, reading, writing, and speaking/listening--as well as for the end of the first quarter, first year, and second year of academic study. Pearson Coefficient Correlations were then computed for the ESL and academic GPAs. The students were …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 2, Número 36, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Baila! Baila! 1
Nuestra Tierra 2
Baila! Baila! 3
Mountains 4
Las Montañas 5
Las Montañas en Nuevo México 6

English Proficiency & Academic Performance Of International Students At A Small Baptist University, Danny Hinson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The predictive reliability of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as a predictor of academic success of international students at Belmont University, a small Baptist university, was examined. Data were collected and examined on 168 international students. They were profiled by gender, language background, Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score, grade point average achieved, and major area of study.

No significant correlation was found between TOEFL scores and academic achievement as measured by CPA. However, significant correlation was found between major field of study, TOEFL ranges, and gender in relationship to academic success.

TOEFL …

Accommodation In Inter-Ethnic Backchanneling, Larry J Ciccarelli

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.