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A Culture Of One. Every Healthcare Encounter Is A Cultural Encounter, Debbie Salas-Lopez Sep 2014

A Culture Of One. Every Healthcare Encounter Is A Cultural Encounter, Debbie Salas-Lopez

Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH

No abstract provided.


La Valoración Del Habla Bilingüe En Los Estados Unidos: Fundamentos Sociolingüísticos Y Pedagógicos En 'Hablando Bien Se Entiende La Gente', Andrew Lynch, Kim Potowski Feb 2014

La Valoración Del Habla Bilingüe En Los Estados Unidos: Fundamentos Sociolingüísticos Y Pedagógicos En 'Hablando Bien Se Entiende La Gente', Andrew Lynch, Kim Potowski

Andrew Lynch

Para muchas personas e instituciones, la Academia de la Lengua Española se considera una máxima autoridad en materia de lengua española y ejerce una fuerte influencia en la percepción y apreciación lingüísticas a través del mundo hispánico. La Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE), la más nueva de las 22 academias que conforman la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, puede jugar un papel fundamental en la normalización del español en los Estados Unidos en años venideros, especialmente en los terrenos político e institucional. En este artículo examinamos desde un punto de vista crítico el libro Hablando bien …


Perspectivas Sobre La Enseñanza Del Español A Los Hablantes De Herencia, Kim Potowski, Andrew Lynch Dec 2013

Perspectivas Sobre La Enseñanza Del Español A Los Hablantes De Herencia, Kim Potowski, Andrew Lynch

Andrew Lynch

This article considers sociolinguistic and pedagogical underpinnings of teaching Spanish to bilinguals in the US, focusing on some of the challenges they present at various educational levels: (1) their sociolinguistic and cultural heterogeneity; (2) some of the linguistic phenomena present in their communicative repertoires and some of the linguistic, affective and academic aspects that influence their acquisition and use of Spanish; and (3) pedagogical approaches that are most appropriate for this population. [in Spanish]


Conteted Heritage In The Ancient City Of Peace, William Feighery Dec 2009

Conteted Heritage In The Ancient City Of Peace, William Feighery

William Feighery

As the imperial capital of thirteen dynasties Xi’an, formerly known as Chang’an (eternal peace), houses a legacy of many of the most important periods of Chinese history and is one of the great archeological centers of the world. This legacy of political and cultural dominance places Xi’an at the forefront of debates on cultural heritage and its role in the evolution of China in the 21st century. Xi’an is currently under a triad of influences from processes of globalization, urban transition and domestic and international tourism. In recent decades and particularly since the dawn on the new millennium, the historic …


Persistence In Japanese Language Study And Learners’ Cultural/Linguistics Backgrounds, Masanori Matsumoto Sep 2009

Persistence In Japanese Language Study And Learners’ Cultural/Linguistics Backgrounds, Masanori Matsumoto

Masanori Matsumoto

Motivational characteristics of students learning Japanese as a foreign language at universities in Australia were investigated to find out what affecting factors are closely related to their intentions for continuing/discontinuing their study. The results showed that students’ cultural/linguistic backgrounds have a significant impact on their performance in learning the language, and sustaining motivation, which is closely related to their interest in aspects of Japanese culture, is an important determinant for persistence in their study. Developing intrinsic cultural interest is an important factor for sustaining motivation, which is more likely to occur when learners have distant cultural/linguistic backgrounds from Japanese. Closer …


Mac Pgp Encryption, Elizabeth Scheyder Dec 2008

Mac Pgp Encryption, Elizabeth Scheyder

Elizabeth C Scheyder

No abstract provided.


“It’S Like A Story”: Rhetorical Knowledge Development In Advanced Academic Literacy, Christine Tardy Dec 2004

“It’S Like A Story”: Rhetorical Knowledge Development In Advanced Academic Literacy, Christine Tardy

Christine M. Tardy

In the academic ranks of schooling, writing tasks move gradually from a focus on the transmission of knowledge to the transformation of knowledge. As a more complex writing task, knowledge-transforming requires writers to engage in the rhetorical act of persuading readers of their work's value, significance, and credibility. At the postgraduate level, writers may be wrestling with these issues for the first time, often discovering this more occluded rhetorical dimension only after they have become somewhat more comfortable with issues of generic form or subject-matter content. This paper explores the nature and role of rhetorical knowledge in advanced academic literacy …


‘That’S Why I Do It’: Flow And Efl Teachers’ Practices, Christine Tardy Dec 2003

‘That’S Why I Do It’: Flow And Efl Teachers’ Practices, Christine Tardy

Christine M. Tardy

Csikszentmihalyi's (1997) concept of flow describes a mental state resulting from peak experiences in which the level of challenge is high, but manageable given a person's skills. Because flow occurs at peak moments, these moments can motivate teachers, possibly shaping their classroom practices and giving them insight into their teaching beliefs. This exploratory interview study examines ten EFL teachers' flow experiences at work, and considers their implications for teacher education. The teachers all reported experiencing flow, and key categories relating to its occurrence were derived from their descriptions. Based on this study, we suggest that the concept of flow provides …