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Mrowa, Colette. "Communication, discourse, interaction in language classes. /." Title page, contents and summary only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phm939.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Linguistics, 1997.Amendments and errata are in pocket on front end paper together with covering letter. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-185).
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Macioti, Paola Gioia. "Language classes as acts of citizenship." Thesis, Open University, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.664519.
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This thesis is about the possibility of political transformation from the margins through language and language classes in the context of citizenship management, migration controls and exclusionary language policies in the European Union. To enquire into this argument, the thesis analyses the work of three different language classes projects in the UK, Germany and Spain, which, amongst other practices, teach the language to undocumented migrants and foster political mobilisation for their rights. By means of challenging exclusionary logics and dualisms, and pursuing a dialogic analysis of la~guage and politics from the margins through understanding citizenship as enactment, this thesis reworks the relationship between language, agency, and political transformation in the context of restrictive use of language tests and classes, making it possible to understand the transformative capacity of the practice of language classes. This work argues that language functions as site in which citizenship as exclusionary can be reproduced (e.g. through language tests for accessing citizenship), but also as a site for dialogue, interaction and political organising for claiming one's rights, and for the transformation of citizenship as we know it. The possibility of engendering new political sUbjectivities and transformation from the margins through enhancing dialogue makes of any language class, official or not, a potential site of transformative citizenship. The work of the projects analysed demonstrates how, through language and language classes, migrants who are excluded from citizenship and the realm of the political actually may engage in enacting, disrupting and transforming citizenship. Whilst it recogmses the unpredictability of language and its possible oppressive effects, this thesis ultimately reads these language classes and some of their practices and actions as fragile but nevertheless transformative 'acts of citizenship' from the margins.
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McGarry, Theresa, and J. Mwinyelle. "Inductive Language Teaching in Large Classes." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6165.
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Gunnell, Sarah. "Integration of Nutrition Education Classes Into English As Second Language Classes For Refugees." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1211.
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Recently resettled refugees are at high risk for food insecurity and its health consequences. This observational study evaluated the effectiveness of integrating nutrition lessons into English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at a work-site training center for refugees. The lessons focused on making healthy choices with a limited budget. Through the assistance of ESL teachers, nutrition educator assistants (NEAs) from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) taught nutrition lessons to 98 refugees from 17 different countries for 12 weeks. Food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) for 49 participants were matched pre and post 12 weeks of class. A Wilcoxon test was used to determine differences in intake of fruits, vegetables, meats, whole grains, refined grains, dairy, sugar, fat, and alcohol. No significant difference was found between median intake for fruit, vegetables, whole grains, refined grains, sugar, and alcohol. The median intake of meat (2.5 to 1 servings per day, p=0.006), dairy (2.5 to 1 servings per day, p=0.013), and fat (1 to 0.7 servings per day, p=0.01) significantly decreased. Food purchase receipts were gathered to evaluate feasibility of assessing food expenditures in this population. Fifty percent (49/98) of the refugees completed all 12 lessons. Receipts were collected from 59 different participants and 93% (55/59) of the participants had receipts that used SNAP funds. Receipts reflected food purchased from supermarkets and ethnic food stores by 92% (54/59) and 59% (35/59) of the participants. The model of delivering nutrition education through ESL classes addressed barriers refugees face. Further research is needed to develop culturally sensitive nutrition education and validated assessment tools for refugees.
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Manasse, Eunice. "Teaching reading in multilingual classes." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_8609_1318508550.
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This qualitative study investigated the teaching of reading in Grade 3 multilingual classes in one school in the Western Cape. It focused on the teaching strategies employed by teachers in teaching reading, the challenges teachers encountered in teaching reading to multilingual classrooms and the resources available to enhance reading in these classes. Data were collected by means of classroom observations and interviews with teachers. The findings of the study show that teachers experience problems with regard to the teaching of reading in Grade 3 classes. Firstly, learners have no competence in English which is the main language of learning and teaching and this has a negative impact on their reading abilities. Secondly, while code switching is one of the popular strategies in facilitating teaching and learning, it may be problematic in multilingual classrooms in that it may exclude other learners from the content explained in a different language. Thirdly, print rich environments enhance learnersâ reading skills, but many underprivileged schools lack multilingual materials. The study concludes that teacher development is essential for the development of literacy in schools.
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Mohamed, Ayman Ahmed Abdelsamie Larson-Hall Jenifer. "Investigating incidental vocabulary acquisition in ESL conversation classes." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12165.
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Wallace, Ray B. Brosnahan Irene. "English for specific purposes in ESL undergraduate composition classes rationale /." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1985. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p8514787.
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Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, 1985.Title from title page screen, viewed June 22, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Irene Brosnahan (chair), Russell Rutter, William Piland, Ronald Fortune, Maurice Scharton. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-96) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Sjons, Johan. "Automatic Induction of Word Classes in Swedish Sign Language." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Avdelningen för datorlingvistik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-90824.
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Identifying word classes is an important part of describing a language. Research about sign languages often lack distinctions crucial for identifying word classes, e.g. the difference between sign and gesture. Additionally, sign languages typically lack written form, something that often constrains quantitative research on sign language to the use of glosses translated to the spoken language in the area. In this thesis, such glosses have been extracted from The Swedish Sign Language Corpus. The glosses were mapped to utterances based on Swedish translations in the corpus, and these utterances served as input data to a word space model, producing a co-occurence matrix. This matrix was clustered with the K-means algorithm. The extracted utterances were also clustered with the Brown algorithm. By using V-measure, the clusters were compared to a gold standard annotated manually with word classes. The Brown algorithm performs significantly better in inducing word classes than a random baseline. This work shows that utilizing unsupervised learning is a feasible approach for doing research on word classes in Swedish Sign Language. However, future studies of this kind should employ a deeper linguistic analysis of the language as a part of choosing the algorithms.
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Morris, John Garrett. "Type Classes and Instance Chains: A Relational Approach." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1010.
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Type classes, first proposed during the design of the Haskell programming language, extend standard type systems to support overloaded functions. Since their introduction, type classes have been used to address a range of problems, from typing ordering and arithmetic operators to describing heterogeneous lists and limited subtyping. However, while type class programming is useful for a variety of practical problems, its wider use is limited by the inexpressiveness and hidden complexity of current mechanisms. We propose two improvements to existing class systems. First, we introduce several novel language features, instance chains and explicit failure, that increase the expressiveness of type classes while providing more direct expression of current idioms. To validate these features, we have built an implementation of these features, demonstrating their use in a practical setting and their integration with type reconstruction for a Hindley-Milner type system. Second, we define a set-based semantics for type classes that provides a sound basis for reasoning about type class systems, their implementations, and the meanings of programs that use them.
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Stiefvater, Andrea L. "Language Socialization in ESL Writing Classes: A Systemic Functional Analysis." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1226983324.
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Thesis (Dr. of Education)--University of Cincinnati, 2008.Advisor: Gulbahar Beckett. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Feb.16, 2009). Includes abstract. Keywords: 2nd Language Writing; TESL; EAP; SFL. Includes bibliographical references.
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Calton, Cindee Jean. "Teaching respect: language, identity, and ideology in American sign language classes in the United States." Diss., University of Iowa, 2013. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/4950.
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This dissertation examines the connection between language ideologies and second language learning, specifically in the case of American Sign Language.
I argue that students' and teachers' ideologies about American Sign Language (ASL) influence the goals and pedagogies of ASL teachers. ASL students enter the classroom with ideologies that conflate ASL with gesture or view it as simplified visual English. ASL students also view deafness as a disability that needs to be fixed.
This contrasts with ASL teachers' view that Deaf people are a distinct cultural minority who wish to remain Deaf. As a result, ASL teachers' goals focus on teaching ASL students to respect Deaf people and their language.
This leads to three major pedagogical differences with teachers of spoken languages.
First, ASL teachers focus their cultural lessons on teaching their students a non-pathological view of Deafness.
Second, ASL teachers are far more likely than spoken language teachers to think that a member of Deaf Culture should teach ASL.
Finally, ASL teachers go to greater lengths than spoken language teachers to avoid the use of English in their classrooms.
This research was conducted at five different public universities in the United States. I observed ASL classes at all five universities and a Spanish class at one university. I administered a survey at four of the five universities. I interviewed ASL teachers and teachers of other languages at all five universities.
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He, Baozhang. "Situation types and aspectual classes of verbs in Mandarin Chinese /." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487779914827623.
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Lam, Chit-yi. "The use of mixed-code in F.1 English Language classes in Hong Kong CMI and EMI schools." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21160946.
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Leung, Lai-kum. "A study of the use of connectives in students' writing in AL classes." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1355430X.
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Watts, John Graham. "Crow language teachers' views of the incorporation of the written form of Crow in language classes." Diss., Montana State University, 2005. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2005/watts/WattsJ0505.pdf.
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TERRA, KARIN RANGEL. "THE CONVERSATIONAL HUMOR IN TALK IN INTERACTION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=12941@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROO presente trabalho busca investigar o papel do humor conversacional nas interações em uma sala de aula de língua inglesa, na qual a pesquisadora exerceu o papel de professora. A orientação da pesquisa é qualitativa e interpretativa, com o suporte teórico da Sociolingüística Interacional, da Análise da Conversa e de Teorias sobre o Humor, buscando analisar dados compostos por gravações de aulas em fitas de áudio e notas de campo. Foi realizada uma análise sociointeracional do discurso, baseada na noção de enquadres de brincadeira conversacional, visando perceber como estes são estabelecidos e finalizados, de que forma eles influenciam na socioconstrução de conhecimento e nas relações estabelecidas entre os participantes do contexto pesquisado. Os enquadres de brincadeira conversacional podem ser iniciados e finalizados tanto pela professora quanto pelos alunos, demonstrando a influência do estilo flexível da professora na utilização do humor em sala de aula. Os resultados apontam que o humor conversacional exerce papel fundamental para o envolvimento e a diminuição da assimetria entre os participantes, podendo atuar auxiliando na construção de conhecimento na língua alvo. A principal contribuição do trabalho é um maior entendimento do papel do humor nas interações em sala de aula, trazendo uma maior compreensão das interações no contexto educacional.
This study investigates the role conversational humor plays in na English language classroom, in which the researcher was also the teacher. The research orientation is qualitative and interpretative, and the theoretical basis lies on Interactional Sociolinguistics, Conversation Analysis and theories of humor, in order to analyze data constituted by audio-taped classes and field notes. A sociointeractional discourse analysis was done, based on the construct of conversational play frame and intends to notice how these frames are initiated and ended and how they influence social construction of knowledge and the relation established between the participants of the investigated context. The conversational play frames may be initiated and ended not only by the teacher, but also by the students, which demonstrates the influence of the flexible style of the teacher in the humor use in the classroom. The results show that conversational humor is essential to promote involvement and to reduce asymmetry between the participants, and is also an auxiliary in the social construction of knowledge in the target language. The main contribution of this study is the understanding of the role conversational humor plays in classroom interactions, resulting in a better comprehension of the interactions that occur in the educational context.
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Steinen, Nancy Sears. "A study of the use of wordmapping in ninth-grade remedial English classes." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2007%20Fall%20Dissertations/Steinen_Nancy_15.pdf.
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Lannin, Amy A. "Freewriting for fluency and flow in eighth and ninth grade reading classes." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4762.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on February 15, 2008) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Amir, Alia. "Doing Language Policy : A Micro-Interactional Study of Policy Practices in English as a Foreign Language Classes." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för språk och kultur, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-100202.
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This study investigates foreign language classroom talk and micro-level language policy-in-process from an ethnomethodological conversation analytic perspective. The study is based on 20 hours of video recordings from 20 lessons in an English as a Foreign Language classroom (EFL) in grades 8 and 9 of an international compulsory school in Sweden between the years 2007 and 2010. The main purpose of the study is to shed light on some of the distinguishing features of how a target-language-only policy is materialised in situ in a foreign language classroom. The study demonstrates the relative ease with which teachers and pupils uphold a strict language policy in the classroom, but also the considerable interactional work that is done, by both teachers and pupils, in cases where upholding the policy becomes problematic. An interactional phenomenon which arises in such cases is language policing, where the teacher or pupils restore the policy-prescribed linguistic order. Such sequences are analysed in detail. The study increases our understanding of how language policy is lived out in practice, through interaction in the classroom.I denna studie undersöks klassrumsinteraktionen i undervisning i främmande språk och språkpolitisk praktik på mikronivå i ett etnometodologiskt och samtalsanalytiskt perspektiv. Studien bygger på 20 timmars videoinspelningar av 20 lektioner i engelska i årskurs 8 och 9 i en internationell grundskola i Sverige. Inspelningarna utfördes mellan 2007 och 2010. Studiens huvudsyfte är att belysa några särdrag i hur en målspråksexklusiv språkpolitik materialiseras in situ i undervisning i främmande språk. Studien påvisar att en sådan språkpolitik är förhållandevis enkel att upprätthålla i den dagliga interaktionen men den dokumenterar också det betydande interaktionella arbete som utförs, av både lärare och elever, i problematiska fall där språkpolitiken äventyras. Ett interaktionellt fenomen som uppträder i sådana fall är language policing, interaktiva sekvenser där lärare eller elever återupprättar den språkpolitiska ordningen. Sådana sekvenser analyseras i detalj. Denna studie bidrar till att öka vår förståelse av hur språkpolitik görs i praktiken, i den dagliga interaktionen i klassrummet.
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Mohamed, Ayman Ahmed Abdelsamie. "Investigating incidental vocabulary acquisition in ESL conversation classes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12165/.
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This study examined incidental receptive and productive vocabulary gains within conversation-class interactions. Eleven Mexican learners of English attended four videotaped conversation lessons where 40 target words were incorporated in different types of exposure. Stimulated recall interviews with students highlighted the effect of cognates, learners' access to passive vocabulary, and use of their vocabulary knowledge in learning related words. Posttests revealed a correlation between frequency and receptive/productive gains. Mean scores showed that words mentioned with synonyms were learned most often, followed by task-essential words and last those mentioned without explanation. A two-way ANCOVA revealed main effects for cognates, and a statistical interaction between cognate status and types of exposure. A statistical correlation was found between receptive and productive gains. Aptitude scores correlated with productive gains but not with receptive gains. The results provide implications for ESL teachers who consider incidental learning of vocabulary within their conversation lessons.
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Kwok, Hong-lok. "Developing an error analysis and error correction strategy for form 6 English composition classes in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31949071.
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Ferreira, Ana Cristina Martins. "Refinamento de diagramas de classes: análise e verificação." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/3981.
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Dissertação apresentada na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia InformáticaA qualidade do Software foi sempre uma das grandes preocupações das empresas de desenvolvimento de software. O suporte à constante necessidade de actualização e adaptações dos sistemas é essencial ao sucesso dos mesmos. O paradigma orientado a objectos centraliza uma grande parte dos seus esforços, na criação de sistemas de software bem planeados, robustos, modificáveis e, sempre que possível, reutilizáveis. O UML (Unified Modelling Language) é uma linguagem de modulação visual, complementada pela linguagem de especificação formal de restrições OCL (Object Constraint Language). O OCL permite aumentar a expressividade dos diagramas, mas não consegue colmatar totalmente a informalidade do UML. O refinamento baseia-se na premissa de que temos uma dada especificação e através de um conjunto de regras bem-formadas podemos obter uma segunda especificação aperfeiçoada, em que o comportamento inicialmente observado é mantido. O Alloy é uma linguagem de especificação formal, orientada a objectos, direccionada para a criação de micro-modelos, que nos possibilita a análise e verificação formal, através da ferramenta associada Alloy Analyzer. Com o objectivo de verificar a correcção das transformações de refinamento de diagramas de classe do UML, propomos a definição de um conjunto de regras de refinamento. Com base nessas regras e nos modelos (modelo original e concreto), propomos usar a ferramenta Alloy Analyzer para a verificação formal automática da correcção do refinamento.
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Bughio, Faraz Ali. "Improving English language teaching in large classes at university level in Pakistan." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2013. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/45170/.
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This thesis describes a collaborative Action Research project that works to improve the quality of English language teaching (ELT) and learning in a public sector university in Pakistan. It demonstrates how teachers and students can take responsibility for engaging in active learning and teaching by developing their roles beyond traditional models of teaching and learning. The findings of the study are validated through critical thinking, the active critique of colleagues and students who participated in the study, reflection on critical aspects of data collection and by contextualising findings within existing literature. The thesis comprises eight chapters. Chapter one provides an introduction. It presents the overall organization of the thesis. This includes the aims of the study, rationale of the research, brief overview of methodology and the structure of the thesis. In chapter two, the literature review focuses on the defining factors of large class teaching and learning. Much of the research on large classes is written in the context of the West and has limited application to the problems of developing countries. Existing literature suggests a need for further work on large class teaching and learning in the developing world. In chapter three I present the Context of the Study. I provide an historical overview of language policies in Pakistan which have influenced the educational structure and the development of the country. The status and importance of the English language in Pakistan is highlighted. I outline the classification of various English language teaching institutes in Pakistan. The chapter concludes with an account of teaching and learning and the sociopolitical conditions that affect the educational process at University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan (UoSJP), the site of the project. Chapter four discusses the methodology of the study. It is divided into two sections. In section one I outline the rationale behind the choice of Action Research as a methodological framework for an intervention strategy. In the second section, I discuss the research design, and various data collection tools used for the study. In chapter five, I discuss the first reconnaissance phase of data collection. This has several foci: the teaching methods currently used in large classes at UoSJP; the students and teachers perceptions of ELT and the socio-political conditions that affect teaching and learning. Overall this chapter exposes the complexities involved in teaching at UoSJP and provides the basis for developing an intervention strategy. Chapter six presents the intervention phase of the action research strategy aimed at introducing cooperative practices. It contains the narrative of how a new teaching strategy was planned and collaboratively conducted in two different classes. Chapter seven focuses on the findings of the research and the analysis of data. I also reflect on the key emerging themes of both phases of the project. Evaluation criteria in action research are also discussed along with the monitoring strategy. The final chapter looks at the future implications of the study and offers practical guidelines on the management of large classes. There is a concluding reflection on critical issues that might affect future research. The thesis promotes ‘learner-focused' teaching through critical reflection on professional practice. The study also suggests how students can be empowered to take control of their own learning, by giving them autonomy and, by creating a socially just and democratic atmosphere in class. It also shows how large classes, exceeding a hundred students, can be managed by changing teaching methods and by increasing students' participation through group learning and the deployment of group leaders.
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Whale, Susan Gaye. "Using language as a resource: strategies to teach mathematics in multilingual classes." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1669.
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South Africa is a complex multilingual country. In the majority of schools in the Eastern Cape, a province in South Africa, the teachers and learners share the same home language, isiXhosa, but teach and learn mathematics in English. The purpose of this study was to encourage teachers to use the home language as a resource to teach mathematics in multilingual classes. The study follows a mixed method design, using both qualitative and quantitative data. Qualitative data were collected from a survey and poetry, which teachers crafted, in which they highlighted their perceptions about language in their lives. They also reflected on their practices and submitted pieces of contemplative writing. Quantitative data were collected from participating teachers who administered a pre-test to their learners as well as a post- test approximately nine months later after conducting an intervention. The results showed that where strategies, such as the implementation of exploratory talk and code switching which used language as a resource, had been introduced mathematical reasoning improved and classroom climate became more positive. The learners’ lack of confidence in being able to express their reasoning in English was prevalent throughout the reflective writing. By enabling learners to use isiXhosa in discussions the teachers felt that the learners gained in both confidence and mathematical understanding. This study has demonstrated that using the learners’ and teachers’ home language unlocks doors to communication and spotlights mathematical reasoning, but there is still an urgency to encourage learners to become fluent in Mathematical English. It is important to note that a positive classroom climate is essential for learners to build confidence and to encourage them to attempt to formulate sentences in English - to start on the journey from informal to formal usage of language as advocated by Setati and Adler (2001:250). My main conclusion is that an intervention that develops exploratory talk by using language as a resource can improve learners’ mathematical reasoning. I wish to emphasise that I am not advocating teaching mathematics in isiXhosa only, but the research has shown the advantages of using the home language as a resource together with English in Eastern Cape multilingual mathematics classes. Learners need to be able to express themselves in English, written and spoken, in order to achieve mathematically. This study therefore shows that teachers can gauge their learners’ improvement in mathematical reasoning after an intervention that develops exploratory talk in class by using the home language as a resource.
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Cheng, Mo-yin Catherina. "Testing and re-testing in Hong Kong F.5 and F.6 English secondary classes." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13554372.
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Charalambous, Constadina. "Learning the language of ’the other’ : a linguistic ethnography of Turkish-language classes in a Greek-Cypriot school." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.558296.
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This thesis is a linguistic ethnographic study of the introduction of Turkish-language classes in Greek-Cypriot Formal Education, a new initiative taken by the Cyprus Ministry of Education in 2003. Taking into account the history of conflict between the two communities, this project deals with the discursive (re-)negotiations of ethnic difference and ethnic relations that occur in classes where the subject to be taught is the language of 'The Other'. Focusing in particular on two Turkish-language classes in a Greek-Cypriot secondary school, the thesis draws mainly on data collected during five months of ethnographic fieldwork. With post-structuralist and anti-essentialist theoretical tools informing the ethnographic approach, and analytical frameworks from interactional sociolinguistics, it investigates how the details of classroom interaction connect with larger-scale processes, such as: i) the history of intercommunal/interethnic hostility and rival nationalisms; ii) educationald iscourseso f `Hellenic Paideia'; iii) processesa nd discoursess hapedb oth inside and outsideC yprus (i. e. EU entry, initiatives for reconciliation); iv) students' repertoires shaped in contexts outside the classroom (i. e. youth organisations, football fan-clubs etc). At the institutional level, the setting up of the language classes emerged as part of an effort to improve the relations of the two communities and was thus in line with EU processes and the attempts at the time to resolve the `Cyprus Issue'. However, the empirical investigation shows that the ideology of 'rapprochement' underpinning this initiative was not compatible with the hegemonic institutional ideology of Hellenocentrism that sees the neighbouring community as 'The Other'. Both the teacher and the students appeared to recognise the formal lesson as a site that did not permit any alternative discourses (e. g. leftist discourses) and such discourses were silenced, whispered, or met with resistance. The ideological conflict between 'rapprochement' and `Hellenic Paideia' appeared to pose significant complications to the teaching process, and in the classes studied, the Turkish-language teacher struggled to mediate the two ideologies and simultaneously deal with the history and the current situation in Cyprus. Nevertheless, when talking outside the frame of a formal lesson, there were students who appeared competent in discussing Cyprus politics and demonstrated the ability to handle the tension caused by the ideological contestation involved.
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Tognini, Rita. "Interaction in languages other than English classes in Western Australian primary and secondary schools theory, practice and perceptions /." Connect to thesis, 2007. http://portalapps.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2008.0013.html.
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Ruhl, Janice Elisabeth. "American Deaf Students in ENNL Classes: A Case Study." PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4920.
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Many deaf students who seek post secondary education need some sort of developmental education in reading and writing to ensure success in college. These students often end up in college preparatory or remedial classes that are designed for native speakers of English. For many of the deaf students entering college, English is a second language or a first language that they have failed to achieve fluency in. This study describes the experience of two deaf students enrolled in English as a Non-Native Language classes for the first time at an Oregon community college. The Office of Students with Disabilities and the ENNL department cooperated in this trial to determine whether the ENNL program is an appropriate place for American deaf students needing developmental education in English. Observations, interviews and writing sample analysis were used to provide a multi-layered description of the experience from several perspectives. The deaf students were found to display similar errors in their writing samples as traditional ENNL students at the same level and benefited from instruction geared to non-native speakers of English. The rehabilitation counselor and ENNL instructors agreed that placement of the deaf students in ENNL classes is appropriate and the program continues in fall term. The deaf students of this study stated that they were better served by ENNL classes than by Developmental Education Classes. Curriculum and methodology used in ENNL classes were found to meet the educational needs of the deaf students, and only minor modifications were made to accommodate the students. The experience from these classes has convinced the ENNL department to continue accepting deaf students to the program and enrollment of deaf students in ENNL classes is expected to increase.
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Mungthaisong, Sornchai. "Constructing EFL literacy practices : a qualitative investigation in intertextual talk in Thai university language classes /." Title page, abstract and table of contents only, 2003. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phm9962.pdf.
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Langroodi, Sayedeh Parvanak Fassihi. "Student response systems' virtual interaction effects on learning in adult second language classes." Thesis, Boston University, 2010. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/34591.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
In an English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL) class, special emphasis is often put on interaction and negotiation as a means of learning and understanding the language being taught (Long, 1981; Pica, 1994). However, student-student interaction as well as student-teacher interaction could be difficult to achieve in students who, for various reasons, avoid opportunities to practice their oral communication knowledge and skills with their peers and teachers. Student response systems (SRSs) are known to increase student achievement and/or interaction in a variety of grade levels in content domains such as math and physics. Students utilize individual hand-held devices, similar to television remote controls, to respond to multiple-choice questions. The public display of aggregate student responses allows for instantaneous feedback to the teacher and students through bar graphs or pie charts. This quasi-experimental mixed-method study investigates the effects of SRS use on student engagement, interaction, and achievement for three intermediate ESL grammar units in two adult higher education settings. Data were collected from five treatment groups using SRSs and five control groups not using SRS. Students' achievements and the robustness of their learning were quantitatively assessed through the analysis of their pre-test, post-test and delayed post-test grades. Qualitative data were also gathered in this study by using classroom video-taping and analyzing students' behavior in SRS and non-SRS classes. An independent samples T-test was conducted on the difference of post-test and pre-test scores in order to identify achievement, and on the difference of delayed post-test and post-test scores in order to determine whether students' learning is robust. Neither of these comparisons resulted in statistically significant differences between combined SRS and combined non-SRS classes. Results of the qualitative portion of the study revealed that students in the SRS classes paid more attention to the lecture and engaged in more discussion, and as a result student-student and student-teacher interaction was achieved. In conclusion, the results of this study reveal that SRSs have a positive impact when used to facilitate active learning strategies and promote interaction in the ESL classroom. These results provide evidence to support the claim that interaction and active learning are possible through the use of SRS-implemented instruction. From the results of the study, it is concluded that while the tool itself has had no statistically significant effect on students' immediate achievement, rather the study demonstrates that Student Response Systems provide the conditions necessary for form-focused student-to-student and student-to-teacher interaction . This active learning encourages the production of language, which can lead to achievement over time.
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Shihab, Mahmud. "Web 2.0 Tools Improve Teaching and Collaboration in High School English Language Classes." NSUWorks, 2008. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/303.
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Web 2.0 tools, namely blogs, wikis, podcasts, and RSS were introduced to change teaching practices of in-service high school teachers to improve the collaboration of today's students in the English language classroom. Two high school teachers of English language and their classes participated. The teachers were interviewed about their current teaching practices and provided with training to develop teaching units that use Web 2.0 to engage students as active collaborators in their learning. They integrated blogs, podcasts, wikis, and RSS into their teaching. Additional interviews were conducted during and after the implementation stage. Implementation strategies, changes in teaching practices, challenges encountered, and the impact on student interaction and collaboration were closely examined. Students were surveyed at the conclusion. Teachers found that Web 2.0 tools made them more efficient in teaching. Blogging was the most powerful tool for journal writing and sharing ideas. Wikis were more difficult to use but were useful to facilitate group planning and collaborative construction of knowledge. Podcasts were useful for publishing audio recordings of interviews, speeches, and poetry recitals. RSS feeds made it easy for teachers and students to track updates on websites, posts on blogs, collaborations on wikis, and audio recordings on podcasts. Both teachers and students enjoyed the interactions and collaboration that took place in the English classroom using Web 2.0 tools.
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Vinyard, Deirdre W. "Voices in revision : case studies of L1 and L2 students in college compositiion classes /." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2005. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/dissertations/fullcit/3209124.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2005."August, 2005." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 321-327). Online version available on the World Wide Web. Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2005]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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Lam, Chit-yi, and 林捷意. "The use of mixed-code in F.1 English Language classes in Hong Kong CMIand EMI schools." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31945065.
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Thornberg, Göran. "High performing students’ attitude towards motivation in English classes." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för språkdidaktik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-86957.
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This study aims towards high performing students’ perspective on motivation and how they consistently obtain high grades in English classes. Different characteristics from Skolverket’s study that were common for high performing students along with Reeve’s self-determination theory was used as background research. Qualitative interviews were used to analyse the high performing students’ perception of how they are challenged in English classes and how they motivate themselves. The results show that high performance in English classes is not so much an innate ability, which some are born with, but rather a question of motivation and character.
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Wijetunge, W. A. Sumudu Nishamani. "The stigma of "not pot English" in Sri Lanka a study of production of /o/ and /O/ and implications for instructions /." unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04212008-152752/.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2008.Title from file title page. John M. Murphy, committee chair; Lucy Pickering, Gayle L. Nelson, Sara C. Weigle, committee members. Electronic text (98 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed June 11, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-82).
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Shelton, Suzanne L. "Teacher's perspectives on content-based classes for K-12 Arabic speakers in an English-only context." Thesis, Capella University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10103211.
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This qualitative case study explored the teacher’s experiences, attitudes, beliefs and perceptions of teaching content-based classes in tandem with English. This study included K-12 Arabic speaking, English Language Learners (ELLs) among the English-only context at 5 international private schools in Saudi Arabia. Second language acquisition (SLA) was examined through the lens of an English-only context that has long been debated as the preferred learning environment for ELLs. This study was concerned with understanding how teachers form their pedagogical attitudes, beliefs and perceptions towards the use of a student’s first language (L1) to facilitate the learning of a student’s second language (L2) within a monolingual teaching environment for content area instruction in K-12 classes. The study’s findings revealed the views of 17 teachers’ perceptions and how their attitudes and beliefs have influenced SLA. Additionally to filing the gap in the literature, this case study found that teachers preferred to use English-only in their classrooms, however; there was a need for the teacher to use Arabic translation when teaching ELLs. The student’s L1 was needed to facilitate the student’s L2 learning. The study recognized that teachers supported the efficacy of English L2 acquisition strategies and there were variant amounts of L1 used by the teacher and between the learners to facilitate the learning of L2. The study showed the teacher’s L2 effectiveness across the curriculum and what had minimal and maximum impact on their students when learning L2. Teachers were sensitive to their student’s sociocultural needs and used cooperative learning to facilitate L1 translation. This case study included 17 teacher interviews, classroom observations and documents as the data collection method. Recommendations for further research include a similar study to be conducted among the pre-school and pre-kindergarten populations.
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Cornell, Carohn. "Script-writing for English second language classes in Cape Town : a contribution to liberatory education." Thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23676.
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Leung, Lai-kum, and 梁麗琴. "A study of the use of connectives in students' writing in AL classes." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31956579.
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Seifart, Frank. "The structure and use of shape-based noun classes in Miraña (north west Amazon) /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016988620&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Gklouzeli, Adamantia. "The role of interactive whiteboards in 'English as a foreign language' classes in Greece." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2015. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/e81d8a8c-18b9-435d-94ac-c32dd6986465.
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This study investigates the potential of the interactive board to affect the interaction in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes in Greece. In Greece, the long term goals of the EFL classes are to prepare learners to cope with the demands of our times, that is, to use the target language appropriately to handle real world information in a wide range of interactional transactions. The Greek Ministry of Education, acknowledging these needs and the importance of interaction in EFL classes, proposes a syllabus that encourages communicative classrooms and activities that inspire interaction. Despite the innovations the curriculum suggests, there is research reporting that the teaching of English as a foreign language in Greece remains unchanged over the years.
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Hillesheim, Sabrina. "An action research on how to implement intercultural teaching activities in english language classes." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2014. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/128602.
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Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Inglês: Estudos Linguísticos e Literários, Florianópolis, 2014.Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-05T20:09:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 332275.pdf: 1984997 bytes, checksum: 6c749dcf6101af7104dcd89ca6008839 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014
Abstract : In language teaching, the concept of culture has been understood in different ways over time by different methodological approaches. Even though some of those approaches have recognized that culture and language are strongly connected, culture still does not play a central role in the English language classroom (Corbett, 2003). Often cultural "facts" are used as excuses to simply make the classes more interesting to the students, and even sometimes reinforcing stereotypes and prejudices (Corbett, 2003; Kramsch, 1993; Gimenez, 2002). Thus, by understanding that culture is related to the everyday lifestyle of a community, and that, it is an expression of its values and beliefs; the intercultural language teaching has emerged as an approach that aims at overcoming those drawbacks (Corbett, 2010; Larsen-Freeman, 2000). Also, an intercultural teaching emphasizes that language and culture are nor static neither homogeneous, and it aims at raising learners? intercultural awareness. Therefore, this work, grounded on literature related to the intercultural approach, was carried out as an action research and investigated how to implement the approach through a set of intercultural activities adapted from a unit of the New Interchange student?s book in an English language class. For the study, a group of thirteen students from a lower intermediate level of the Extracurricular course at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil was chosen. The teacher-researcher adapted the activities and applied them during six classes along the semester. The classes were recorded. The data analysis was based on the transcriptions from recordings of the classes, as well as, the notes from the teacher's diary, and showed that although idealizations, stereotypes and prejudices are present in the interaction of the English language classes, the adoption of an intercultural perspective, which allows to discuss these issues explicitly, might increase the students' awareness about culture and raise their interest for language and culture related aspects. Finally, this study brought important insights to the teacher-researcher and her practice in class such as the difficulty of doing the didactic transposition between the theory and the real class, in addition of dealing with prejudices and stereotypes.
No ensino de línguas, o conceito de cultura foi entendido de diferentes formas ao longo do tempo por diferentes abordagens metodológicas. Mesmo que algumas dessas abordagens tenham reconhecido que a cultura e língua estão fortemente interligadas o conceito de cultura ainda não desempenha um papel central na aula de língua Inglesa (Corbett, 2003). Muitas vezes, "fatos" culturais são usados como desculpas para simplesmente tornarem as aulas mais interessantes para os alunos, e até mesmo, muitas vezes, reforçando estereótipos e preconceitos (Corbett, 2003; Kramsch, 1993; Gimenez, 2002). Desta forma, por entender que a cultura está relacionada ao estilo de vida cotidiana de uma comunidade e que ela é uma expressão de seus valores e crenças; o ensino da língua intercultural surgiu como uma abordagem que visa superar estas dificuldades. (Corbett, 2010; Larsen-Freeman, 2000). Além disso, um ensino intercultural enfatiza que a língua e a cultura não são estáticas nem homogêneas, e busca aumentar a consciência intercultural dos alunos. Portanto, este trabalho, fundamentado na literatura relacionada à abordagem intercultural, foi realizado como uma pesquisa-ação e investigou como implementar esta abordagem através de um conjunto de atividades interculturais adaptadas a partir de uma unidade do livro do estudante New Interchange em uma turma de Inglês. Para o estudo, um grupo de treze alunos de nível intermediário do curso extracurricular na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina no Brasil foi escolhido. A professora e pesquisadora adaptou as atividades e aplicou-as durante seis aulas ao longo do semestre. As aulas foram gravadas. A análise dos dados baseou-se nas transcrições das gravações das aulas, bem como as notas do diário do professor, e mostrou que idealizações, estereótipos e preconceitos estão presentes na interação das aulas de língua inglesa. Além disso, a análise mostrou que a adoção de uma perspectiva intercultural permite discutir estas questões de forma explícita e pode aumentar a consciência dos alunos sobre a cultura e também aumentar o interesse dos alunos para a língua e aspectos culturais relacionados. Finalmente, este estudo implicou em importantes reflexões para a professora e pesquisadora no que diz respeito a sua prática em sala de aula, reflexões tais como as dificuldades em fazer a transposição didática entre a teoria e a pratica, e lidar como lidar com preconceitos e estereótipos.
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Sanja, Kostadinova. "Some classes of integral transforms on distribution spaces and generalized asymptotics." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2014. https://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=87772&source=NDLTD&language=en.
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In this doctoral dissertation several integral transforms are discussed.The first one is the Short time Fourier transform (STFT). We present continuity theorems for the STFT and its adjoint on the test function space K1(ℝn) and the topological tensor product K1(ℝn) ⊗ U(ℂn), where U(ℂn) is the space of entirerapidly decreasing functions in any horizontal band of ℂn. We then use such continuity results to develop a framework for the STFT on K'1(ℝn). Also, we devote one section to the characterization of K’1(ℝn) and related spaces via modulation spaces. We also obtain various Tauberian theorems for the short-time Fourier transform.Part of the thesis is dedicated to the ridgelet and the Radon transform. We define and study the ridgelet transform of (Lizorkin) distributions and we show that the ridgelet transform and the ridgelet synthesis operator can be extended as continuous mappings Rψ : S’0(ℝn) → S’(Yn+1) and Rtψ: S’(Yn+1) → S’0(ℝn). We then use our results to develop a distributional framework for the ridgelet transform that is, we treat the ridgelet transform on S’0(ℝn) via a duality approach. Then, the continuity theorems for the ridgelet transform are applied to discuss the continuity of the Radon transform on these spaces and their duals. Finally, we deal with some Abelian and Tauberian theorems relating the quasiasymptotic behavior of distributions with the quasiasymptotics of the its Radon and ridgelet transform.The last chapter is dedicated to the MRA of M-exponential distributions. We study the convergence of multiresolution expansions in various test function and distribution spaces and we discuss the pointwise convergence of multiresolution expansions to the distributional point values of a distribution. We also provide a characterization of the quasiasymptotic behavior in terms of multiresolution expansions and give an MRA sufficient condition for the existence of α-density points of positive measures.U ovoj doktorskoj disertaciji razmotreno je nekoliko integralnih transformacija. Prva je short time Fourier transform (STFT). Date su i dokazane teoreme o neprekidnosti STFT i njena sinteza na prostoru test funkcije K1(ℝn) i na prostoru K1(ℝn) ⊗ U(ℂn), gde je U(ℂn) prostor od celih brzo opadajućih funkcija u proizvoljnom horizontalnom opsegu na ℂn. Onda, ovi rezultati neprekidnosti su iskorišteni za razvijanje teorije STFT na prostoru K’1(ℝn). Jedno poglavlje je posvećeno karakterizaciji K’1(ℝn) sa srodnih modulaciskih prostora. Dokazani su i različiti Tauberovi rezultata za STFT. Deo teze je posvećen na ridglet i Radon transformacije. Ridgelet transformacija je definisana na (Lizorkin) distribucije i pokazano je da ridgelet transformacija i njen operator sinteze mogu da se prošire kako neprekidna preslikava Rψ : S’0(ℝn) → S’(Yn+1) and RtΨ: S’(Yn+1) → S’0(ℝn). Ridgelet transformacija na S’0(ℝn) je data preko dualnog pristupa. Naše teoreme neprekidnosti ridgelet transformacije su primenjene u dokazivanju neprekidnosti Radonove transformacije na Lizorkin test prostorima i njihovim dualima. Na kraju, dajemo Abelovih i Tauberovih teorema koji daju veze izmedju kvaziasimptotike distribucija i kvaziasimptotike rigdelet i Radonovog transfomaciju.Zadnje poglavje je posveceno multirezolucijskog analizu M - eksponencijalnih distrubucije. Proucavamo konvergenciju multirezolucijkog razvoja u razlicitih prostori test funkcije i distribucije i razmotrena je tackasta konvergencija multirezolucijkog razvoju u tacku u distributivnog smislu. Obezbedjena je i karakterizacija kvaziasimptotike u pogled multirezolucijskog razvoju i dat dovoljni uslov za postojanje α-tacka gustine za pozitivne mere.
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Naylor, A. P., Edward J. Dwyer, and L. B. Bliss. "Attitudes of Students in Education Classes Toward Censorship." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1995. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3311.
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Allan, Elizabeth G. "Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacies in Architecture Studio Classes." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2009. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/56764.
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This qualitative ethnographic study investigates the multimodal literacy practices and rhetorical strategies of undergraduate architecture students and studio professors in the first-year, third-year, and fifth-year studio classes of a five-year B. Arch. program. As they assume the disciplinary identity of architects, students develop studio ethos, a network of discipline-specific practices and values shaped by studio culture. Data was gathered through field observations, interviews, collection of textual artifacts, and photographs documenting students' visual work and presentations. Using a constant comparative analysis approach, I identify similarities between the design studio pedagogy practiced by the studio professors in this study, sophistic rhetorical pedagogy, and the pedagogy of multiliteracies developed by the New London Group of multimodal literacy theorists. Analysis of the data reveals a shifting relationship between verbal and visual literacies across the arc of the program. First, verbal literacy practices scaffold the development of discipline-specific visual literacies as novice students produce, translate, and synthesize knowledge by working iteratively across multiple modes. Then, the visual displaces the verbal as students present design arguments to an architectural audience. At the same time, verbal peer critique and presentations to non-architects require an increased rhetorical awareness. Finally, the verbal and visual are realigned according to disciplinary values in the fifth-year students' formal design thesis papers and independent thesis projects. A rhetorical analysis of the architects' practices reveals a conceptual connection to three components of sophistic rhetorical pedagogy: melete, the belief in the transformative power of iterative practice through agonistic encounters; kairos, the sense of appropriate and timely response; and metis, a flexible, cunning intelligence. I theorize that the relationship between multimodal literacy and rhetoric hinges on the interplay of modal affordances(what a particular mode can and cannot convey) and the available means of persuasion(rhetorical exigencies determined by cultural values). I argue that understanding the academic multimodal and rhetorical practices of a visually-based discipline can enhance how new media texts are composed and deployed in composition and rhetoric and literacy studies.
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Niedfeldt, Kathryn. "A study of the impact of time lapse on language retention in beginning level Spanish classes." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001niedfeldtk.pdf.
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Chiu, Chak Kwan Larry. "A comparative study of motivation for learning English in CMI and EMI classes." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2004. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/570.
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Eroz, Betil. "An ethnographic examination of international students in English composition classes: Cultural patterns, classroom dynamics, and adjustment difficulties." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289929.
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Two of the mandatory English composition classes offered by the Writing Program at the University of Arizona are all-international (NNS) and mixed (NNS/NES) sections of composition. The NNS sections consist solely of international students who are non-native speakers of English. The NNS/NES sections, on the other hand, are open to both American and international students; therefore, they are mixes of non-native and native speakers of English. This study investigates classroom interaction patterns of 35 international and 9 American students enrolled in one NNS and one NNS/NES section of composition. Data was collected through classroom observations, Teacher's Journal, questionnaires, one-on-one interviews with the participants, and videotaped lectures, in-class small group work, and teacher-student conferences. The study attempts to identify common interaction patterns within five culture groups in the two classes: Asian Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Middle Easterner, and American. Classroom interaction patterns that reveal the students' home culture or interaction norms in educational institutions in their country are examined for this purpose. This study also compares classroom dynamics in the two sections to report whether mixing Americans with international students causes differences in the classroom atmosphere and the ease of communication among students. Finally, this study reports international students' perspectives about being in a mixed section with Americans, their thoughts and feelings about American culture and people, their adjustment difficulties in the United States and the classroom manifestations of these difficulties. The results of this study have pedagogical and methodological implications and suggestions. Pedagogically, the results and interpretations of this project can enable instructors to have a better understanding of the difficulties and interaction patterns of international students. This may lead to better teacher preparation and improved interaction between teachers and students in these types of classes. Methodologically, this study presents an application of sociolinguistic and ethnographic research in a pedagogical context. Interaction analysis in the classroom through the use of technologically-advanced data collection methods, such as video- and audio-taping, in collaboration with more common data collection techniques such as observations, questionnaires, and interviews may be inspiring to teacher-researchers who are looking for more consistency, credibility, and practicality in their research studies.
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Cheng, Mo-yin Catherina, and 鄭慕賢. "Testing and re-testing in Hong Kong F.5 and F.6 English secondary classes." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31956348.
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Sorhagen, Nicole. "Exploring social class differences in the development of elaborated word meanings." Click here for download, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com.ps2.villanova.edu/pqdweb?did=1930212961&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=3260&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Abdi, Klara. "Spanish heritage language learners in Canadian high school Spanish classes : negotiating ethnolinguistic identities and ideologies." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12569.
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Many young people today are growing up with two or more languages. The development of their heritage language (HL) plays a role in the learners’ intellectual development, cultural identification, and family and HL community relations. Growing numbers of students are thus choosing to enrol in high school or post-secondary language classes for their HL development, posing challenges for teachers who generally have to teach them alongside other (non-HL) “foreign language” (FL) students. Although this area of research, particularly in relation to the teaching of Spanish in the United States, is growing, few studies have looked at the interactions of HL and FL students in mixed classes at the high school level in Canada or elsewhere.
This ethnographic case study investigated the interactions and positionings of Spanish HL (SHL) students in intermediate high school Spanish FL (SFL) classes. Three classes were observed over a six-month period and interviews were conducted with all participating students and teachers. One class was then chosen for in-depth analysis for this thesis. The goal of the study was to analyse the nature of the interactions of SHL and SFL students in order to provide insights into how best to accommodate various types of students in one language course.
The study found that the SHL students were positioned in various ways depending on the instructional (whole class or group) setting and the nature of the students’ relationships to those they were working with. Their various types and levels of language expertise was one factor in how they were perceived, with greater oral expertise at times making their cultural heritage more salient to their teacher and classmates. The SHL students’ ages and social group affiliations were also important factors affecting their status in class. In fact, their ages or particular groups of friends were sometimes found to be greater factors in how their classmates and teacher perceived them than their language expertise.
The study offers new insights into the complex nature of teaching SHL and SFL students in one class at the high school level and offers implications for pedagogy, theory and future research.