Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Language play"”.
-
A prospective study of prenatal cocaine exposure: language, play, and global cognitive abilities in 2-year olds
… and in the specific developmental abilities of language and play, rather than global cognitive skills. Cocaine-exposed toddlers (n = 100) were successfully group-matched with non-cocaine-exposed toddlers (n = 100) on selected maternal demographics, child characteristics, and other prenatal drug …
-
A study of the playful use of English among learners on an intensive language course
Humorous language play is integral to the building of many relationships. Research into its role in social interactions has tended to focus on native speakers in a shared cultural context, while the humorous language play of second language learners, especially in the classroom setting, has only …
-
Telling tales : a new way to encourage written literacy through oral language
… practice written literacy skills using oral language. Specifically, I argue that language composition is learned by practicing a set of cognitive skills that are independent of the medium in which the linguistic meaning is represented. Furthermore, I claim that tangible, technology-enhanced …
-
Useable space
… individuals and organization, freedom and language, play and structure, dialogue and community, design and technological systems. The hypothesis was that the pervasive effect of post-structural thinking in architectural theory and design education have created an environment that does not …
-
Curriculum implementation: A phenomenological study of a reading curriculum adoption and power relationships in one school district
… the role that binding operational decisions and language play within social systems describes the process by which attenuating mythologies arise and ultimately threaten the viability of curriculum initiatives. The connection between status functions, the leaders that declare them and maintain …
-
Irish as Symptom: Language, Ideology and Praxis in the Post/Colony
… about the rightful (non-)place of the Irish language in post/colonial society. It is a tautological narrative because the apparent unfitness of Irish for the exigencies of postmodern life both explains its disappearance and prevents its full revival (i.e., Irish is outmoded because it is …
-
The Role of Dramaturgy in Change Management in Shell Oman Marketing Company
… is blurred, that stories, metaphors and body language play an important role in performances, and that the audience perception of the authenticity, sincerity and genuineness of the performers is a key factor in their acceptance of the message. This research identifies a number of themes that …
-
Developmentally Appropriate Software: Its Effect on the Language of Young Children
… or less developmentally appropriate had on the language of young children. The guiding questions for the study were: (1) what common and varied patterns exist in children's language in response to software that has been designated by the Haugland/Shade Developmental Scale as more or less …
-
Reconceiving curriculum: an historical approach
… is highly selective. Wittgenstein’s concept of “language-games” offers curricularists a way to re-include some of these stories. The concept of curriculum emerges at the end of the Renaissance from Peter Ramus’s refinement of the art of dialectic into a pedagogical method of logic. The modern …
-
The Role of Dramaturgy in Change Management in Shell Oman Marketing Company
… is blurred, that stories, metaphors and body language play an important role in performances, and that the audience perception of the authenticity, sincerity and genuineness of the performers is a key factor in their acceptance of the message. This research identifies a number of themes that …
-
The trajectory of patients through the women's admissions unit at Valkenberg hospital : the factors involved
… of accessibility to health care as regards the language of patients was an issue. This research investigates the factors that influence the trajectory of female psychotic patients through the admissions unit at Valkenberg hospital. In particular it explores the role of language and race in the …
-
Making 'fritters with English:' Functions of Early Modern Welsh Dialect on the English Stage
… VIII actively suppressed the use of the Welsh language, even though many in the Tudor line selectively boasted of Welsh ancestry. Still, in the late-sixteenth century, there was a surge in London’s Welsh population which coincided with the establishment of the city’s commercial theatres. This …
-
Emergency Literacy in Children's play: A case of games played by children in two compounds in Kitwe
… knowledge and attitudes found in children’s play or games can be characterised as foundations of reading, writing (literacy)and numeracy or those that aid their development.The sample included 30 children (16 girls and 14 boys) and their parents. Purposive sampling was used in selecting the …
-
Emergency Literacy in Children's play: A case of games played by children in two compounds in Kitwe
… knowledge and attitudes found in children’s play or games can be characterised as foundations of reading, writing (literacy)and numeracy or those that aid their development.The sample included 30 children (16 girls and 14 boys) and their parents. Purposive sampling was used in selecting the …
-
Environmental and Cognitive Factors Influencing Children's Theory-of-mind Development
… development by impeding the rate of language acquisition, whereas parental cognitive talk may facilitate more advanced theory-of-mind understanding by encouraging more parent-child reciprocity during conversations. Next, the effects of cognitive factors on theory-of-mind development …
-
Managing linguistic and cultural diversity in Merseyside's primary schools : theory, policy and practice
Throughout the English-speaking world, minority language children (LMC) or children who speak English as an additional language (EAL) are being educated in mainstream classrooms where they have little or no opportunity to use their mother tongue. This study investigates how educators at primary …
-
Translation and adaptation of contemporary northeastern Brazilian drama through devising for performance: a case study of Aldri Anunciação's 'Namíbia, Não!'
… of contemporary Northeastern Brazilian plays for an English-speaking audience. It focuses on the analysis of the process of translation of Aldri Anunciação's Namíbia, Não! (2011) through working with a cast of two actors alongside the playwright and a creative team in order to …
-
Teaching-learning of Sinhala literacy skills in Deaf primary schools in Sri Lanka - A mixed methods inquiry
… hearing-impaired and are more likely to use sign language and receive education in residential Deaf schools, where one of the national languages (Sinhala) is the official medium of instruction. Highlighting particularly the importance of a child’s health condition, communication, and context, …