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Towards Becoming Bilingual -- Cognitive And Semantic Considerations On Language Acquisition, Gnaneswaran Thiruraj Perinpanayagam

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

Language learning is both culture-bound and individual-skill-bound, structured on an innate, biological capacity to acquire language. While it is a remarkable phenomenon when it occurs in the acquisition of a first language, it is even more remarkable in the acquisition of a second language where the main objective concerning competence is to bring the two languages into equilibrium. This equilibrium does not result in a final co-ordinate bilingual, which is only an abstract ideal. It is, rather, the complex bilingualism - the only bilingualism it is possible to demonstrate - and the equilibrium is judged on the needs and purposes …

Some Aspects Of The Biological Bases Of Language, Lydia Artiola

MA TESOL Collection

A look into language from a biological point of view. Some aspects of language in the central nervous system, concentrating on the brain are presented. Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the language system are discussed. A discussion on the applicability of certain biological premises to the language system.

The English As Second Language Program, Phillips Academy Summer Session 1973: A Description And An Evaluation With Reccomendations For Future Programs, Ronnie Wallach, Manjula Bhaskaran

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

On Becoming A Leader, Patricia A. Wall

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

Daily Lessons For A 3 Week Intensive Japanese Course, Chiyo Masaki Soroken

MA TESOL Collection

This paper is designed to provide ideas for daily lesson planning for a three week intensive course. The specific teaching methods are pointed out for most of the material according to the characteristics of the particular items. Realizing the importance of visual aids in foreign language teaching, helpful pictures are included in the text as well as several picture files.

The Foreign Professional Institute Of Language Instruction As A Prospective Place Of Employment: Berlitz As A Focal Case Study: Boon Or Brothel, Paul E. Soroken

MA TESOL Collection

Do foreign professional institutes of language instruction offer a viable prospect of employment for the trained ESL teacher? Taking Berlitz as a focal example, many of the more salient features of this organization have been pointed out and additional comments added where attributes of other institutes with which the author is acquainted vary.

Certainly these institutes show some variance but many attributes remain stable. The prospective employee is urged to know well exactly which aspects pointed out in this paper exist in the particular institute he is considering.

Esl Practice Teaching Program For Mat Candidates, Margaret E. Ryder

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

A Report On Teaching Level One Esl To Children And Adults In Orizaba, Mexico, Katherine Bowen Riggs

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

Using The Reading Lab For Foreign Students, Sheila Rich

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

Japan - An Orientation Handbook For Mat/Esl Student Teachers, Rene Diane Rabideau

MA TESOL Collection

This Orientation Handbook is designed to be a helpful resource for MAT candidates planning to complete student-teaching in Japan, specifically Kyoto, Japan. It contains information on Language Skills, The Educational System of Japan, Teaching Preparation, Teacher/Student Classroom Relationship, The 44 LB. Suitcase, Transportation, Food, Gift Suggestions, and a selection devoted to Recommended Reading.

Teaching Latin American Culture: A Values Oriented Approach, Willis E. Poole

MA TESOL Collection

This is a report on the author's experiences in teaching a course concerning Latin American culture. The approach used concerns itself with value clarification on the part of the students. Specific activities involving attitudes, beliefs and values as they pertain to American and latin American cultures are included.

Report On A Student Teaching Experience: Planning And Implementing An Individualized Spanish Program, Christine Lynn Maccormack

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

Teaching A Foreign Language In The Country: The Non-Native Speaker In The Country Where The Language Is Spoken, Georgia Lee Martin

MA TESOL Collection

This project concerns itself with the psychological realities of a non-native teaching a foreign language in the country where the language is spoken. Included are my personal reactions and experiences of eight weeks spent teaching an intensive course of Spanish to North American university students of anthropology in Silvia Cauca, Colombia. Various aspects such as advantages, disadvantages, teaching modifications because of the fact that one is a non-native speaker, personal feelings and student reactions to the fact that they have a non-native teacher are touched upon. The reactions and feelings of other teachers who have been in the same teaching …

Teaching English As A Second Language At Two New York State Hospitals: Rockland State Hospital And Letchworth Village, Donice R. Horton

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

Report On Supplementary Esl Reading Course, David B. Hopkins

MA TESOL Collection

The ESL Reading course described in this report was conducted for Latin American scholarship students during the summer of 1973 at the School for International Training. Since it was intended to be a supplement to the regular classes of these students, every effort was made to allow the course direction to develop according to the needs of the participants. Although the original thrust of the program was to focus upon reading attitudes, utilizing the reading interests of the students, a parallel focus on reading skills evolved. I believe that the program achieved some success by offering both the satisfaction of …

Summer Student Teaching At S.I.T.: A Subjective Account, Susan Jill Garner

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

Planning As An Adaptive Behavior: An Overview Of My Experiences In Two Distinct Esol Environments, Janet Rose Levy Feigenbaum

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

Learning English As A Second Language Through Exploring Prenumerical And Numerical Concepts, Maria Angeles Barrero

MA TESOL Collection

The purpose of this project is to present some lesson plans for teachers of English as a second language (ESL) to children in the first years of school to show the potential of numerical concepts to teach ESL. Hopefully reading or looking at the samples in creating units in ESL with numbers as a content matter can give teachers ideas about how to create their own lesson plans using this or different content matter. The project includes a study of the Instructional and Performance Objectives, Teaching Techniques, Visual Aids, as well as Number and Language Games, among other topics.

An Experiential Learning Seminar For The Master Of Arts In Teaching Program, Rosalyn R. Bennett

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

Exercises In Aural And Oral Skills For Beginning Students Of English, Marcia M. Augustine

MA TESOL Collection

A collection of pictures and narratives to be used together with the purpose of helping beginning students of English to increase their aural comprehension, become proficient in the oral manipulation of the grammatical structures already in their English language inventory, and utilize the vocabulary in their inventory within these structures. The materials are based on the text "English Through Patterns" by Robert M. Ramsey, Editorial Teide, S.A., Barcelona, Spain, 1971

A Description Of The Supplementary Uses Of The Polydor Training Tape (Ptt) Materials In The English And Foreign Language Departments At The School For International Training, Phillip Stantial

MA TESOL Collection

No abstract provided.

Student-Teaching In Japan: Some Background And Suggestions, Priscilla Jones

MA TESOL Collection

This project is a review of the experiences of the MAT IV students who did their student-teaching in Japan and offers suggestions to the MAT staff and to those who wish to participate in future programs.

The Resource Center: An Open Classroom For Teachers, Judith B. Glass

MA TESOL Collection

The Resource Center of the School for International Training's first three-week workshop in methodology for teachers of English as a Second Language was designed to encourage program participants to explore their individual interests independently, to share their ideas and professional experience in a series of ten evening workshops. Materials in the Center included a library of texts and books discussing ESL methodology and theory, collections of games, realia, visual aids for language teaching, and supplies including audio-visual equipment for making original classroom materials. The center was deemed successful, a viable idea for future development.

Cross-Cultural Counseling: Bridge Between Desegregation And Integration. A Study Relative To Group Counseling And Its Impact On Students And Faculty, Leander A. Brown, Richard F. Strub, Lee Rainey

Faculty Publications

For the past several years; much emphasis has been placed on open enrollment plans involving bussing that enable black and white students to attend schools together. The Laboratory School of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls has been involved in such a program since 1968. As the project developed; the potential for very serious problems relating to racial tension and student frustration became evident. To approach these problems and to promote more openness and understanding between students from different communities and differing cultural backgrounds; cross-cultural group counseling sessions were developed. The groups during the past two years have …

Verbal Interaction Patterns, Student Opinions, And Teacher Perceptions In Classrooms With Mexican American Student Enrollment, Richard M. Sanchez

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Description And Comparison Of The Interrogative In English And Colloquial Egyptian Arabic, Johan Girgis

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Independent Vol. Ii - No. I, Touro College

Yearbooks and Newsletters

"Qualitas non Quantitas." November - December 1972 issue of "Touro College's official student journal of news, analysis, comment and review." Featured articles included early plans for a Law School and progress on the building of the college library.

A Survey Of Non-White Social Service Personnel In The State Of Oregon, Phillis Benton, Patricia Riley, Cynthia Southwell, Dennis Wong

Dissertations and Theses

The National Association of Social Workers and the Council on Social Work Education are concerned with the eradication of racism within the social work profession and the nation at large. Graduate schools throughout the country are presently attempting to come to grips with this elusive and pervasive problem. The School of Social Work at Portland State University is among these schools.

In early 1972, the Portland State University School of Social Work formalized and adopted a specific policy regarding recruitment, education, and issues concerning non-white students and communities. In doing so, this school became the first School of Social Work …

A Study Of The Relation Between Classroom Verbal Interaction Patterns And Racial Composition, Teacher Race, And Grade Level, James William Boothe Jr.

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Troilus And Cressida: A Monetheistical View: A Monetheistical View, Faiza Ahmed Kamel

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.