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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"language and languages"”.
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The change of language and the language of change : a consideration of some of the assumptions behind non-governmental language planning projects : implications for language in education policy
Language planning and language policy are currently being debated by both politicians and educationists. Language policy is seen by both Afrikaner nationalists and some progressive educationists as the key to political and economic power. This dissertation argues that language policy-making alone …
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The Medium of Instruction in Zambian Primary Schools
… the Educational Psycholinguistic, Psycho-social and Cultural effects of the use of heterogeneous student populations' foreign language as a medium of instruction. The study set out to deal with two basic issues:should English be the medium of instruction immediately a child enters school in …
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Teachers' perceptions on the use of local languages as medium of instruction from grade 1-4 in selected Private Schools of Lusaka
… the perceptions of teachers on the use of local languages as Medium of Instruction (MoI) from grades 1 to 4 in selected private schools in Lusaka. This study was prompted by the 2013 new language policy in education in Zambia, which holds that the use of local languages for initial literacy …
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Role of close vowel in juxtaposed lexemes in Sesotho and IsiZulu : a para-morphophonological aspectual comparison
… outlines the aim of the study, research design and the statement of problem It further explains the methods of research that will be used. A theoretical background is discussed to clarify the research problem. Chapter two gives the background to the study of vowels in Sesotho and isiZulu. …
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Contemporary linguistic theory and stylistic analysis
… submitted to the department of English Language and Medieval Literature, University of Durham in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of M.A. in applied Linguistics(with special reference to teaching English as a foreign language)
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Expressing emotion: how emotion is encoded in language and the role of emotion during conflict transformation
… the results of an analysis of a study about how language encodes emotion and how emotion is used during negotiation. I review canonical literature on emotions, and come to the conclusion that there are no empirical grounds to identify a set number of emotions. It is more appropriate to …
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I know "I can": a validity study of a foreign language self-assessment
… of self-assessments in the realm of secondary language learning. Additionally, self-assessment measures have provided substantial insight into the performance of students in foreign language learning. The Foreign Languages and Literatures Faculty at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga …
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Assessment of strategy inventory of language learning (sill) in students learning a second language
Language learning strategies (LLS) employed by students learning a second language are evaluated for frequency of use and relationship to measures of linguistic competency and grades. LLS are measured here by use of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL), version 5.1 for native English …
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Final year student teachers’ preparedness to use the communicative approach to teach english as a second language at Nkrumah university, Zambia
… approach to teach English as a second language at Kwame Nkrumah University. Three objectives guided this study, i.e. to establish final year student teachers’ use of the characteristics of CLT to teach English as a second language? To determine final year student teachers’ understanding …
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Effects of the Use of Chinyanja to teach literacy in a predominantly Soli speaking area of Lwimba,in Chongwe District
… mainly focused on the effects of using Nyanja language as a medium of teaching initial literacy in a predominantly Soli speaking area of Lwimba in Chongwe district. The study was mainly a case study at Chongwe and Lwimba basic schools in Chongwe district. The population comprised all grade one …
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Final year student teachers’ preparedness to use the communicative approach to teach english as a second language at Nkrumah university, Zambia
… approach to teach English as a second language at Kwame Nkrumah University. Three objectives guided this study, i.e. to establish final year student teachers’ use of the characteristics of CLT to teach English as a second language? To determine final year student teachers’ understanding …
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Effects of the Use of Chinyanja to teach literacy in a predominantly Soli speaking area of Lwimba,in Chongwe District
… mainly focused on the effects of using Nyanja language as a medium of teaching initial literacy in a predominantly Soli speaking area of Lwimba in Chongwe district. The study was mainly a case study at Chongwe and Lwimba basic schools in Chongwe district. The population comprised all grade one …
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The effects of interpair and intrapair association and instructions on verbal discrimination learning
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Psychology, 1967
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Progressive place assimilation in optimality theory
… & Prince, 1995, 1999). A large typology of such languages is presented and examined to detail a broad swath of phenomena. The main line of inquiry over this typology is how direction of assimilation is formally represented. This work argues that simple phonological mechanisms explain the …
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Metaphoric perspective theory: Language to action for the self, individuals, communities, and culture
<p>Metaphoric and tropic language have been a hallmark of human communication throughout the ages. From ancient examples and first attempts at scholarly understanding to postmodern lexicons of metaphor theory in two-dozen disciplines, the understanding of this lingual phenomenon has evolved and …
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An Annotated Bibliography on Linguistics as Related to Style
This annotated bibliography was prepared for the beginner who has an interest in linguistics as related to the study of style. The items within each section are listed in order of difficulty for a beginner. It is not meant to be used simply as a bibliography, but as a device for individual progress …
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A grammatical sketch of Kunda Language
… provides a grammatical sketch of Kunda language which is spoken in the Eastern province of Zambia, particularly in Mambwe district. The dissertation focuses on the three levels of linguistic analysis and these are phonology, morphology and syntax. The analysis described in this …
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