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An Integration Of Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency And Content-Based Instruction, Fu-Chuan Wang
An Integration Of Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency And Content-Based Instruction, Fu-Chuan Wang
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to provide more effective teaching strategies for ESL students through the integration of CALP and content area teaching.
Looking Into Phrasal Verbs, David Immanuel Kovitz
Looking Into Phrasal Verbs, David Immanuel Kovitz
Theses Digitization Project
The phrasal verb is a unique type of verb phrase that consists of a main verb, usually of only one or two syllables, followed by a particle, that works as a single semantic unit. Such meaning, however, is characteristically expressed in idomatic terms, which poses a formidable problem for students of English as a second language. To be understood, this meaning must be figuratively interpreted as well as literally translated.
Nutrition Education For English Learning In The Prison Context, Jeanie Jinwee Kim
Nutrition Education For English Learning In The Prison Context, Jeanie Jinwee Kim
Theses Digitization Project
This project addresses the need for English as a second language nutrition instruction for patients in a forensic mental institution. It incorporates concepts of motivation, situated learning, prison education, English for specific purposes, and content-based instruction into a model which guides the design of a nutrition curriculum, consisting of five lesson plans about the Food Guide Pyramid.
The Avoidance Of Absolute Commitment In Speech Acts: Modality, Deborah Kay Leavell
The Avoidance Of Absolute Commitment In Speech Acts: Modality, Deborah Kay Leavell
Theses Digitization Project
After defining speaker commitment as it pertains to propositional truth in speech acts and exploring influences and motivations that may effect speaker commitment, this thesis will introduce and define modality in the context of actual speech.
The Role Of Motivation Within An Activity System For Adults Learning English As A Second Language, Priscilla Beth Jenison
The Role Of Motivation Within An Activity System For Adults Learning English As A Second Language, Priscilla Beth Jenison
Theses Digitization Project
This project attempts to conceptualize the relationship between the language learner and the social world, developing a comprehensive theory of identity that integrates the language learner and the language learning context, while trying to keep motivation high.