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English Language Teaching And Curricula In The People's Republic Of China, Kirsten Nadia Ngan

Dissertations and Theses

Since China's open-door policy of 1978, an increasing number of Western language teachers have entered the People's Republic. Numerous reports criticizing Chinese teaching methods, books, curricula, and students have been written by teachers of English, the cause of which can, in many cases, be related back to teachers' different expectations about language curricula.

Dubin and Olshtain's (1986) curriculum framework was utilized in this study to examine the premises of language learning and teaching in China. A questionnaire was sent to teachers and students at seven schools in the People's Republic of China. The questionnaire included a brief needs analysis and …

Teaching African-American Children: The Legacy Of Slavery, Harold Horton

New England Journal of Public Policy

The pathetic state of urban public school education offered to African-American children stems from slavery, when it was against the law to educate slaves, who were regarded as chattel. This article traces the history of the blighting of their minds by stripping those slaves of their African culture, and its effect on African-American children, as well as other children of color, today. Horton offers suggestions for coping with the problems of modern schools as related to respecting and teaching these children, pointing out that the system is the problem, not the children.

Notes On Higher Education In The 1990s, Zelda F. Gamson

New England Journal of Public Policy

This article consists of a series of essays written for The Academic Workplace, the newsletter of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education, since 1990. The backdrop for the essays is the increasing inequality in higher education caused by changes in the political economy of higher education, especially in New England. The first essay analyzes the roots of contemporary faculty dissatisfaction with their work lives by tracing the impacts of the expansion of higher education, changes in the student body, and greater government involvement in higher education. Subsequent essays discuss multicultural education, faculty shortages, political correctness, responses to …

Conversational Structure In Electronic Mail Exchanges, Linda I. Godson

Dissertations and Theses

Electronic mail has become a widely used medium of communication in academia, government, and business. It is unique as a communication medium because it makes conversations across time, space, and organizational levels possible. The ability of electronic mail to "forward" a message allows for the creation of chains that preserve the entire conversation for each participant. This appears to be a new linguistic form in which the interactive features of spoken conversation are realized using electronically transmitted text.

The purpose of the present study was to determine the extent of the similarities and differences between spoken conversation and electronic mail …

The Use Of Global Issues In A University Esl Classroom: The Students' Perspective, Kelley Denise Fitzpatrick

Dissertations and Theses

There is increasing interest on the part of ESL educators in the inclusion of contemporary, global issues in their classrooms. Theory about content-based ESL, as well as trends in education, generally, lend support to such enthusiasm. However, ESL educators may be erroneously assuming that their interest in this material is shared by their students. Global issues can also be controversial. Their inclusion in the classroom has the potential to create an uncomfortable, and therefore ineffective, learning atmosphere in a multicultural ESL setting. This qualitative case study examined the use of global issues as the content material in a university-based ESL …

Collocations And Vocabulary Teaching, Dala Yassin Abo El Seoud

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Learning Basic Arabic Structures, Iman Mohamed Salah El-Din Metwally

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Adult Esl Writing Journals: A Case Study Of Topic Assignment, Kathryn Elaine Brunette

Dissertations and Theses

Over the past ten years, the use of student writing journals has become increasingly widespread in the TESOL field. Such journals serve a wide variety of purposes: a cultural diary, a free writing exercise, a forum for reaction or comment on readings or classroom discussions, in addition to a form of teacher/student dialogue. The main purpose of this study has been to determine the relationship of topic assignment to the quantity and quality of resulting entries. The data, 144 journal entries generated by ten adult ESL students over a period of ten weeks, were measured for length, in terms of …

The Mediation Of U.S. American Culture In The Esl Classroom, Steven Fredolph Roberts

Dissertations and Theses

The concept of cultural mediation is one that all ESL teachers must deal with as an inherent part of their employment. Yet, relatively little of the current literature has examined how teachers actually perceive this aspect of their work once they have left the teacher preparation program behind. This question provided the main rationale for the present study. The current study, an adaptation of DeFoe (1986), examined the mediation of U.S. American culture in the ESL classroom by means of a written survey of 42 teachers from ten community colleges, both in the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area and from around the …

Adult English As A Second Language Literacy Programs In The Non-Profit Sector Of Multnomah County, Oregon, Susan Edna Binford

Dissertations and Theses

The present study identified and described the general education English as a Second Language (ESL) programs in Multnomah County, Oregon, offered by nonprofit organizations, in order to promote a more coordinated effort to meet the needs of the community. The study asked the following questions: 1) What are the non-profit organizations providing general adult ESL instruction in Multnomah County, Oregon?; 2) What are the nature and characteristics of these adult ESL education programs, including methods of recruiting, assessing, and tracking students?; 3) What are the methods of recruiting, training, and tracking volunteer teachers?; and 4) What, if any, ESL resource …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 36, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

El Alcohol y sus Efectos 1
Tolerancia + Depender + Retractarse = Alcoholismo 2
How to Recognize a Drunk Driver 3
DWI Makes You A Loser 4
DWI 5
Unas Preguntas Para Considerar Si Tienes Problemas Con El Alcohol 6

Schema Theory And Vocabulary Acquisition In Culturally Familiar And Unfamiliar Contexts, Zohaa El Gamal

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Socio-Demographic Study Of Language Variation, Rose-Marie Wadie Shenouda

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 35, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

El General Edward Baca 1
Unos Dichos de Soldados 2
General Edward Baca's Drug Intervention Program/ Glossary/Glosario 3
Minority Persons in the National Guard 4
Mujeres en la Guardia Nacional 5
Una Canción 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 34, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Mora, Nuevo México 1
Las Medidas de las Mercedes 2
Small Communities Near Mora/ Questions 3
Fort Union/ Glossary/Glosario 4
El Condado de Mora 5
Rimas 6

Simultaneous Interpretation (Si): An Information Processing Approach And Its Implications For Practical Si, Doris Maria Ecker

Dissertations and Theses

Simultaneous interpretation (SI) is a special kind of translation where the interpreter listens to a speaker, processes the spoken (or signed) source language message and produces an equivalent output in a target language, i.e., the interpreter produces one part of the message in the target language while simultaneously listening to the next part of the message in the source language. This thesis examines the process of simultaneous interpretation from an information processing point of view and describes the implications of such an approach for practical SI. Following an overview of research issues in SI literature, a definition of SI is …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 33, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Ralph Sedano 1
ASL 2
More About ASL 3
Bilingual/ Trilingual Interpreter Preparation Program 4
American Sign Language 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 32, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Primavera: Estación de Esperanza 1
Canto de Primavera 2
More About The Aztec Calendar/ Glossary/Glosario 3
Why do we Have Seasons?/ An Activity 4
El Calendario Azteca 5
El Quinto Sol Tuyo 6

Harambee - Spring 1994, African-American Student Union

Harambee

Contents:

• "African prince educated at Otterbein" by James T. Scott
• "Progress leaves no time for games" by Darryl Peal
• "Road to freedom continues" by James T. Scott
• "Black Reign: The Color of Success"
• "Milestones in Black History"
• "Artist Series presents Black acting company"
• "I Am The Black Man" by Dr. Nathan Hare
• "Otterbein hosts first ever Black Student Weekend"
• "College observes King holiday for first time"
• "Students attend national conferences"
• "Moore makes court"
• "The African Pledge" by Anonymous
• "Career center complements education"

A Socio-Historic Analysis Of The Multicultural Education Movement And Its Relationship With Higher Education, Barbara D. Muncey

Masters Theses

The focus of this thesis is a socio-historic analysis of the multicultural education movement and its relationship with Higher Education. This research has four objectives: (1) to identify the multicultural education movement as a social movement; (2) to identify the historical background of the multicultural education movement and explain its relationship to the social movements of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s; (3) to identify and discuss the social theories developed to explain and understand these movements and their relationship to each other; and (4) to review and analyze data gathered concerning the impact of the multicultural education movement on higher …

Deixis (IltifāT) In The Qur'āN, Lobna Ismail

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Profiles Of Promise: Students With Learning Difference Prepare For Optimal Foreign Language Learning, Ludmilla Coven

Dissertations

Many secondary school counselors discourage students with diagnosed native language deficits from foreign language studies. They hold the unsubstantiated belief that these studies would jeopardize their hard-earned gains in native language learning. Research disproves that position, and some writers advocate foreign language study to improve language learning and enhance cognitive strategies. Improvement occurs more readily when the instructor has the expertise to choose from a repertoire of teaching styles the one most compatible with the learning style of the student. With the full inclusion promised by the regular education initiative becoming a reality, this study explores research, design, and team-teaching …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 31, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Esperanzas de una Madre Especial: Angie Martínez 1
En el Mundo No Hay Tesoro 2
Special Mothers 3
How to Keep Rodents Out of Your Home/ Glossary/Glosario 4
Hantavirus 5
Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 30, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Manuel Armijo Gobernador 1
Dichos de Guerra 2
Governors of New Mexico 3
Governors of New Mexico 4
El Palacio de los Gobernadores 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 29, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Mapa de Albuquerque, 1779 1
Albuquerque en la Mitad del Siglo XIX 2
Life on the Frontier of New Spain/ Glossary/Glosario 3
After War With Mexico 4
¿Como Era la Vida en la Mitad del Siglo XIX? 5
Un Mapa Tuyo 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 28, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Luis Jiménez 1
Study for Honky Tonk/ Para Luis/ The Illegals 2
Luis Jiménez/ Questions 3
Barn Owl 4
"Western Screech Owl" 5
Recetas 6

Topic Bibliography Of Sources Related To Servicelearning By Esl/Bilingual Students, Robin Vue Benson, Robert D. Shumer

Bibliographies

The sources listed on the following pages are in response to requests for information on using service-learning in an ESL/bilingual education context. They were obtained by conducting searches of the ERIC database on CD-ROM. Broad topics were chosen for a comprehensive selection of references. With several hundred records identified, only those with relevance to service-learning are included here. The search for more sources of information on this topic is ongoing and this compilation will be updated periodically.

Social Work Services And Social Work Training For African Americans In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1900-1930, Tawana Ford Sabbath

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The longstanding presence of African Americans in Philadelphia explains the establishment of social welfare institutions and agencies by more affluent African Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Armstrong Association of Philadelphia and Women's Christian Alliance are two of the more prominent and enduring efforts initiated by African Americans to serve their own. Both also provided a vehicle for training for African Americans who desired to join the new profession of social work.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 27, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Leonard Baca/ Philip Chinn/ Alba Ortiz 1
Pensamientos de los Ensayos de los Ganadores 2
Martín Lozano 3
Why Bilingual Education is Important to me 4
Sabino Molinar/ Josie Olivares/ Nancy Castillo 5
¿Cómo es tu Programa Bilingüe? 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 4, Número 26, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Coelophysis 1
Unos Insectos 2
Other Dinosaurs/ Activities 3
Spiders/ Glossary/Glosario 4
Cucarachas 5
Ejercicio 6