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The Identity In Crisis: A New Approach To The Culture Shock Experience Of University Exchange Students, Christina Maria Luther Sep 1993

The Identity In Crisis: A New Approach To The Culture Shock Experience Of University Exchange Students, Christina Maria Luther

Dissertations and Theses

The relationship of language and culture is explored in this thesis for the purpose of better understanding why all sojourners, regardless of preparation, experience some degree of culture shock. The author begins with a review of literature on culture shock establishing that the native language of sojourners is not considered to be of any consequence to the sojourning experience. The fields of intercultural communication, social psychology and psychology are then explored to establish the link between language and culture and to introduce the notion of linguistic identity. Evidence found in each of these fields leads the author to conclude that …


The Effect Of Error On The Grading Of Esl And Native-Speaker Freshman Writing: A Comparison, Rita Kathlyn Somers Jan 1993

The Effect Of Error On The Grading Of Esl And Native-Speaker Freshman Writing: A Comparison, Rita Kathlyn Somers

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Tense, Aspect And Time Concepts In English And Bahasa Indonesia: Pedagogical Implications, S. Suwono Jan 1993

Tense, Aspect And Time Concepts In English And Bahasa Indonesia: Pedagogical Implications, S. Suwono

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The aim of the study has been to provide theoretical foundations on which padagogical approaches to the teaching of English tense-aspect complexes to EFL teacher trainees in Indonesian tertiary institutions can be based. The study investigates how expression of time and related concepts in English and Bahasa Indonesia (BI) can be compared with particular regard to pedagogical implications. Two major areas of investigation have been explored: 1. questions relevant to the general linguistic theory of tense and aspect and how the two languages compared fit into such a general theory; ii. questions relevant to how the teaching of English tense-aspect …


Lexical Cohesion In Expository Writing: Will A Study Of The Similarities Between An English And Chinese Paragraph Be Helpful To Esl Students?, Monica Fan Fan Chiu Jan 1993

Lexical Cohesion In Expository Writing: Will A Study Of The Similarities Between An English And Chinese Paragraph Be Helpful To Esl Students?, Monica Fan Fan Chiu

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Cooperative Learning And Second Language Acquisition: Parallels For Success In The Regular Classroom, Lisa Ann Lindberg Jan 1993

Cooperative Learning And Second Language Acquisition: Parallels For Success In The Regular Classroom, Lisa Ann Lindberg

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Lexical Development In Bilingual Infants And Toddlers: Comparison To Monolingual Norms, Barbara Zurer Pearson, Sylvia C. Fernandez, D.Kimbrough Oller Dec 1992

Lexical Development In Bilingual Infants And Toddlers: Comparison To Monolingual Norms, Barbara Zurer Pearson, Sylvia C. Fernandez, D.Kimbrough Oller

Barbara Zurer Pearson

This study compares lexical development in a sample of 25 simultaneous bilingual and 35 monolingual children for whom semilongitudinal data were collected between the ages of 8 and 30 months. A standardized parent report form, the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (1989), was used to assess the children's receptive and productive vocabulary in English and/or Spanish. A methodology was devised to assess the degree of overlap between the bilingual children's lexical knowledge in one language and their knowledge in the other. Using the measures presented here, there was no statistical basis for concluding that the bilingual children were slower to develop …