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Pax Populi: Utilizing Technology And Education As A Means To Achieve Peace, Anand Balar
Pax Populi: Utilizing Technology And Education As A Means To Achieve Peace, Anand Balar
Engagement & Service-Learning Summit
This project of Pax Populi was presented to the students in the Honors course called Beyond Afghanistan taught by Dr. Brite as an opportunity to do service learning. The goal of Pax Populi as taken from their mission statement is to “put the tools of peacemaking into the hands of ordinary people through initiatives that advance peace through education and economic development within a framework of human rights.”
The tool we used in this case was Skype web conferencing to communicate with an Afghan tutee the students were individually partnered up with to teach English skills to whether they be …
Using Corpus To Facilitate Vocabulary Teaching In The Data-Driven Learning Classroom, Ge Lan
Using Corpus To Facilitate Vocabulary Teaching In The Data-Driven Learning Classroom, Ge Lan
Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference
The synthesized paper covers the topics of “corpus linguistics” and “language instruction and pedagogies”. I would like to do a presentation to highlight the key points in my paper.
The Design And Research Potential Of Crow In Language Research And Teaching, Jie Gao, Sherri Craig
The Design And Research Potential Of Crow In Language Research And Teaching, Jie Gao, Sherri Craig
Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference
The proposal describes Crow’s developing background, preliminary structure, and research potentials. Possible scenarios and samples will be presented, opening ground for further contributions and suggestions. Crow serves as an example of how interdisciplinary projects could be launched, meanwhile integrating the use of corpus and database in language teaching and research.
Language Ideologies Of Tertiary Teachers In China: A Deeper Look Into English Educational Language Policy In Chinese Universities, Carrie Anne Thomas
Language Ideologies Of Tertiary Teachers In China: A Deeper Look Into English Educational Language Policy In Chinese Universities, Carrie Anne Thomas
Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference
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Error Types In Esl Writing In The United Arab Emirates, Hadi Banat
Error Types In Esl Writing In The United Arab Emirates, Hadi Banat
Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference
This study investigates the error types in second language writers’ papers at an institution in the United Arab Emirates. Morphological, syntactic, lexical, linguistic and semantic problems were highlighted and interpreted through error analysis and by comparing the linguistic systems of L1 and L2.
Passport To Privilege: English For Survival In Pakistan, Sham Haidar
Passport To Privilege: English For Survival In Pakistan, Sham Haidar
Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference
This qualitative study focuses on students, teachers, and administrators in different schools, from high to low SES, perceptions about the importance of English in academic, professional, and social life. Most study participants consider English competence a prerequisite for survival in Pakistan due its symbolic power and pragmatic need in life.
Effects Of Online Repetition Practice With Animated Visual Aid On The Acquisition Of Japanese Pitch Accent And Special Moras, Natsumi Suzuki, Mayu Miyamoto
Effects Of Online Repetition Practice With Animated Visual Aid On The Acquisition Of Japanese Pitch Accent And Special Moras, Natsumi Suzuki, Mayu Miyamoto
Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference
This preliminary study examines the effectiveness of online repetition practice using an animated visual aid, "Karaoke Style", in promoting acquisition of Japanese pitch accent and special moras that could be applied to the curriiculum without using any class time.
A Reconceptualization Of Identity In Sla And Writing Research, Zhaozhe Wang
A Reconceptualization Of Identity In Sla And Writing Research, Zhaozhe Wang
Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference
In this article, I argue for a reconceptualization of identity in SLA and writing studies that would problematize and complicate the current notion of identity as a property with or without clearly-defined boundaries and that views the construction and negotiation of identity as unidirectional.