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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"oral discourse"”.
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Linguistic poetic and rhetoric of Eastern Chatino of San Juan Quiahije
… the Otomanguean stock. There is a wide range of discourse genres practiced in the community including prayers, persuasive talk, political speeches, narrative, jokes, and everyday conversation. The analysis presented here is based on six ritual texts, three of which are presented in their …
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Teacher Perceptions about Diversity and the Achievement Gap: Understanding the Discursive Construction of Whiteness
… in focus groups that engaged them in discourse about the achievement gap (definitions, contributing factors, and solutions). Finally, the participants submitted written statements related to diversity, multiculturalism and critically reflective practice. Critical discourse analysis of …
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‘Αθήνα – η πιο ξένη πρωτεύουσα’: urban estrangement in Greek poetry, 1912-2012
… investigates the gap between written and oral discourse, especially the poets’ debts to the tradition of the folk songs of ξενιτιά and their effort to include their work in a form of Greek oral tradition. This PhD thesis rehabilitates Palamas as an influential figure for Greek poets’ …
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Meaning and narrative : a phenomenological enquiry, with reference to psychotherapy
… The primordial form of narrative is shown to be oral. A commentary on Heidegger's analysis of boredom is undertaken and it is shown that the essential structure of narrative is given by the ecstatic temporality of Dasein that is not bored. The event of non-boring oral storytelling is analysed in …
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Realizations of Two Speech Acts of Heritage Learners of Korean: Request and Apology Strategies
… in the Midwest. Data were collected using oral Discourse Completion Tests (DCT) that consisted of ten items for request and apology, respectively. In addition to performing on DCT, the participants responded to the interview questions regarding the thinking processes that they experienced …
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An Inquiry Into Discourse Choices As Indicators Of Gender Attitudes In A Non-profit Conservative Christian Business
This paper is an inquiry into the discourse styles of men and women who work together in a conservative Protestant Christian business. Many conservative Protestant Christian churches teach that the Bible forbids women from holding positions of authority over men. Yet in the communications …
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Investigating the contradictions in pre-service teachers' perceptions about the process of teaching and learning in South Africa's classrooms : an activity theory analysis
… (2005b) is used to surface contradictions in oral discourse. South Africa has gone through immense transformation over the past decade and the education system has been a part of this change. Engeström's Activity Theory is used as it explains innovation and change through expansive learning: …
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Language ideologies and Stakeholder responses to the proposed implementation of Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education in Grade 5 Natural Science.
… already, though this remains mainly in oral discourse. They welcome MTBBE as a new model for teaching bi/multilingual learners, if training and resources are provided. Furthermore, parents play a huge role in the promotion and preservation of African languages as they continue to speak …
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Metadiscourse in oral discussions and persuasive essays of children exposed to collaborative reasoning
Speakers and writers use metadiscourse to guide, caution, and implore their audiences. Written metadiscourse is a term for self-reflective expressions that help writers negotiate interactional meanings, assist in expressing viewpoints and engagement with readers (Hyland, 2005), or convey attitudes …
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Emerging Pathways: A Teacher/Researcher's Reflexive Journey Implementing Literacy-Based Science Interventions With Adolescent English Language Learners
<p>This study explored the impact of instructional interventions with four Middle School English Language Learners in Science. The initial focus was to determine the impact of explicit academic vocabulary instruction, including cognates, and small-group guided discussions in order to facilitate the …
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Spanish pragmatic markers' usage patterns in second language and heritage speakers
… by comparing their performances in a series of oral tasks. The investigation is guided by two main goals: 1) to analyze whether these groups display the same patterns of pragmatic markers’ usage in terms of frequency, variety of markers and range of functions; 2) to examine how the variables of …