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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"own language"”.
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"Yn eu hiaith eu hunain" / "In their own language." The settlement and assimilation of the Welsh in Iowa County, Wisconsin, 1840-1920.
… More than any other factor, it was the Welsh language that distinguished them from their neighbours and compelled them to settle close to each other and worship in their own congregations. Therefore this dissertation not only traces the development of the Welsh ethnic community, but also …
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"Intonations of their Own Language": An Analysis of Leadership and Resonance in Two Progressive Young-Adult-Filled Congregations in the Pacific Northwest.
… created webs of significance and intonations of language (Weber, as cited in Hopewell, 1987, p. 6) that resonated with those seeking a spiritual home.</p> <p>The research strategy, by design, was emergent. Data were gathered in this focused ethnography by conducting individual and focus group …
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Young-Jo Lee's Variations on the theme of Baugogae: In search of his own language, a lecture recital, together with three recitals of selected works of J. Haydn, S. Rachmaninoff, R. Schumann, O. Messiaen, and F. Liszt
… is to examine Young-Jo Lee's (b. 1943) musical language as exhibited in his piano composition, Variations on the theme of Baugogae. Subjects of discussion include Lee's use of direct and indirect musical borrowings from past European composers and traditional Korean folk idioms. Also included …
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The effect of language proficiency on second-language lie detection.
I examined whether observers’ own language proficiencies would affect their lie detection judgments. In a previous study, native- and second-language English speakers were videotaped as they either lied or told the truth about having cheated on a test (Da Silva & Leach, 2013). A total of 284 …
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Grammar enhanced biliteracy: Naskapi language structures for facilitating reading in Naskapi
<p>The Naskapi language is the language of instruction in the early primary grades of the school in the Naskapi community. Only recently have Naskapi-speaking teachers received formal instruction in pedagogy, with a cohort of Naskapi teachers following courses for their Bachelor of Education degree …
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Negotiation through Identification: Elizabeth Tudor's Use of Sprezzatura in Three Speeches
… division and conflict through the use of her own language. In her 1564 speech at Cambridge, Elizabeth transforms the conflict surrounding her gender by acknowledging it and confronting it in a way that allows her to repudiate specific aspects of negative feminine constructions. When Parliament …
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Language games and computer-aided composition
Wittgenstein's theory of the "language game" looks at the specific context in which language finds meaning. This theory significantly influences composition theory and practice within the problematic context of the computer-aided classroom, a much more complex and fast-paced environment than the …
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The use of the international phonetic alphabet as a tool to develop a standard pronunciation in basic level students
… have emerged; everyone has developed their own code and ways of communication to supply different needs. This need of communication has allowed each community to develop and better an own language throughout the time. English is a worldwide spread language that attracts more learners …
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The English IPA ear trainer
… to take advantage of the Web 2.0 age for second language learning purposes. However, many applications lack a solid pedagogical foundation or evidence-based reasoning in the application’s design. This study focused on the creation of a browser-based language learning application to aid language …
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in and Beyond the Writing Classroom: Teaching Writing through Intersectional and Interdisciplinary Methods
… (DEI) initiatives like Students' Right to Their Own Language in writing and composition studies gets taken up in writing pedagogies. The project includes research into Gender, Race, and Identity (GRI) pedagogies as well. DEI practices were researched in three separate case studies: one in …
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Capturing the Significance of African American English (AAE): An Insider Perspective
… English (AAE) speakers understand and use their own language. The study is based on 10 individual interviews with participants who self-identified as fluent speakers of AAE and Mainstream American English (i.e., Standard English). Participants shared personal examples, stories, and disclosures as …
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The Politics of Iranian and Palestinian Cinema: Expressing Dissent Through Creativity
… cinema finds itself in need of finding its own language in order to counter this censorship. This marks the beginning of the creative process. Ultimately, this project makes the rather bold statement that cinema is not a simple entertainment, or else a propaganda tool, but can also be …
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IDENTIFYING INFLUENCERS FOR PSYOP
… foreign target audiences in their audience’s own language but have been slow to adapt to the use of social media as a means of influence. Drawing from principles used in influencer marketing, we ask, How can U.S. PSYOP forces and their partners best identify social media influencers with whom …
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Davidson and Conceptual Schemes
… conceptual schemes which are different from our own. He argues that conceptual schemes different to our own must be untranslatable into our own language, and further that the idea of untranslatable languages does not make sense. By considering three variants of conceptual relativism which can be …
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Self-Directed Learning And The Development Of Self-Efficacy In Basic Writing
… of efficacy beliefs as evidence through the language of their reflective writing assignments. Analysis of the data suggests three major arguments: first, that while self-efficacy is a complex construct to identify and analyze qualitatively, the multi-causal construct of goal articulation …
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Asking Appalachia: Appalachian English in the Writing Classroom
… room for these students to use and embrace their own language. This thesis investigates the responses of Appalachian people regarding their perception of Appalachian English, experience in writing classrooms, and exposure to Appalachian literature which establishes that as students they are …
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La crise d'Oka à la télévision : l'éloge du barbare
… knowledge that generates, through paradox, its own language games, rules of legitimacy, hierarchies of credibility, and hierarchies of values. As such, television constructs an implicit rationality, a local knowledge , that is incompatible with modern rationality. Finally, this narrative of …
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Cosmopolitan Encounters: Sanskrit and Persian at the Mughal Court
… early modern world and patronized Persian as a language of both literature and empire. Simultaneously, the imperial court supported Sanskrit textual production, participated in Sanskrit cultural life, and produced Persian translations of Sanskrit literature. For their part, Sanskrit …
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Experiences of Deaf and Hard of Hearing College Students Assessed in Standard English
… deficit in the comprehension of the English language. This deficit exists because the primary language for DHH students is American Sign Language (ASL) rather than the English language. ASL is considered and recognized as a visual language, which does not have an exact translation to the …
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Code-Switching and Gender: A Longitudinal Study of Spanish/English Speaking Fraternal Boy-Girl Twins
… to intensively examine naturally occurring child language production in the home environment. This qualitative, 5-year longitudinal, five-year case study continues the focus of previous research on child bilingualism and code-switching; however, it aims to strengthen the previously tenuous …
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