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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"language history"”.
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Cleansing Czechland : the Prague Uprising and the end of a multiethnic Bohemia
… acts of brutality. No significant English language history has yet to be written on the subject, and as a result, one of the primary objectives of the thesis will be to provide the English reader with a comprehensive overview of the Prague Uprising. Who were the main characters of the drama …
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Egypt for Which Egyptians? Copts and the Egyptian Nationalist Movement, 1882-1919
… to envision their heritage via conceptions of language, history, religion and culture, Copts felt little connection to prevailing discourses invoking Islamic sentiments. Indeed they had more affinity to the then-lesspopular ideals regarding a Pharaonic heritage. As a result of a growing sense …
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A Study of the Effect of School-Sponsored, Extra-Curricular Activities on High School Students' Cumulative Grade Point Average, SAT Score, ACT Score, and Core Curriculum Grade Point Average
… in the core curriculum subjects of foreign language, history/English (an interdisciplinary subject at the studied school), mathematics, and science with musicians scoring significantly higher than athletes in all subjects. It is recommended that further studies be conducted to investigate …
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Examination of Gender in Advanced Placement Tests
… female and male students taking math, science, language, history and English on the advanced placement tests? (3) What are the teacher perceptions with regards to gender equity in the classroom and in the Advanced Placement Program? (4) How do teachers’ perceptions connect to the school’s …
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Formal teacher competence and its effect on learner reading achievement in multilingual learning contexts of Livingstone district in Zambia.
… d = 0.85) and those with degrees in English Language/History (Cohen's d = 0.84). These results highlight that higher qualifications specifically tailored for primary education lead to improved learner reading achievement in multilingual classrooms. Furthermore, the study found that teachers …
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Formal teacher competence and its effect on learner reading achievement in multilingual learning contexts of Livingstone district in Zambia.
… d = 0.85) and those with degrees in English Language/History (Cohen's d = 0.84). These results highlight that higher qualifications specifically tailored for primary education lead to improved learner reading achievement in multilingual classrooms. Furthermore, the study found that teachers …
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EXPLORING THE ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: LEXICAL BORROWING FROM CISTERCIAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND FRENCH SIGN LANGUAGE
American Sign Language (ASL) is the natural and preferred language of the Deaf community in both the United States and Canada. Woodward (1978) estimated that approximately 60% of the ASL lexicon is derived from early 19th century French Sign Language, which is known as langue des signes …
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Towards a curriculum in the history of American English : a feasibility study, with suggestions and resources for a senior secondary school course in the history and development of American English
… the question: How can the study of the English language best be taught to secondary school students in the United States? It is the result of an intensive six-year study of position papers on the definition, role and function of English in the high school, of curriculum theories and theoretical …
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Narrativa Moçambicana Pós-Colonial: Constantes & Singularidades
Tato diplomová práce analyzuje rysy moderní mosambické výpravné prózy (přesně řečeno románu). S ohledem na to, že mosambická literatura je rozvíjející se postkoloniální literatura, zaměřuje se diplomová práce na otázku, jak literatura obecně přispívá k procesu upevnění národní a kulturní identity …
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In the Shadow of the Horseman: The Petrine Era and the Search for Russian Nationhood, 1811-1941
A new take on the development and nature of Russian nationhood through an analysis of Petrine historiography from the earlier nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century. The thesis specifically attempts to develop a connection between imperial and Stalinist discourses concerning Russian …
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Speech in space and time: Contact, change and diffusion in medieval Norway
… theory put forward by Peter Trudgill on the history of Norwegian. The theory includes several effects of societal factors on language change. Most discussed is the proposal that ‘intensive’ language contact causes simplification of language grammar. In the Norwegian case, the claim is that …