Richard Rodriguez on Bilingual Education
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A 4 page research paper that examines writer and scholar Richard Rodriguez's autobiography Hunger of Memory to determine the author's opinions regarding bilingual education. Even though he grew up bilingual as the son of Mexican immigrants, Rodriguez is against bilingual education. The writer outlines his thoughts, which are based primarily on his conception of the use of public and private language in society. He argues that English fluency is a necessary component in becoming a functioning part of the larger public society. Quotations from the source. Bibliography lists book itself as only source.
Filename: Rodrich.wps

The Importance Of Bilingual Education
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A 6 page outline of the importance of bilingual education and how the availability of such bilingual programs affects a student's ability to perform adequately in the academic world. Annotated bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Bilin.wps

Gender Biased Language
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6 pages in length. This paper reviews three articles on the title subject and analyzes each article. There are people who use language that would be considered biased in use. The question that is raised is this: Is the language a cause of the bias or is the bias a cause of the language used? Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAlingu.doc

A Review of an Assessment of Whole Language Curriculum
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A 5 page review of a 1996 study published in the Journal of Educational Research assessing the successes and failures of whole language programs in several targeted school districts. A critique of the study and its conclusion is provided. The published study is attached to the critique. No other sources are cited.
Filename: Wholear2.doc

Lexical Study of Allomorphs and Conditions Surrounding Use
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Allomorphy is the group of suffixes and prefixes and other affixes to a word that change the meaning or application of the root word or root stem. In other words, an allomorph accomplishes a transformation from one word to another. The new word will have a different semantic use and quite possibly a different meaning, and often, both... Lexicon.... 9 Harvard style references. jvLexAlo.rtf
Filename: jvLexAlo.rtf

'Rethinking Language Arts' by Nina Zaragoza
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of Zaragoza's book. This paper supports the premises created by Zaragoza in applying her educational philosophy to classroom constructs. Bibliography lists no additional sources.
Filename: NinaZ.doc

“Comparison of linguistic terms in Malagasy and Guugu Ymidhirr”
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A six page paper which looks at the respective cultures of the Malagasy of Madagascar and the Guugu Ymidhirr of Hopevale, Australia and the ways in which certain socio-linguistic forms have been retained or modified by these two groups, depending on factors such as external cultural influences. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: JLmalagasy.wps

“Hooked on Phonics” -- A Product Designed to Take TeachingReading Back to Basics
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This 14 page report discusses the reading program “Hooked on Phonics” that is used to help children in learning to read and write. Proponents of the program believe that it is vitally important to understand that a great number of the children who appear to be unable to understand a concept or a set of directions are actually having problems recognizing actual words. As a result of having to direct their focus so carefully and devote so much attention to slowly and carefully figuring out the words, they focus less attention on what the text means. Children who recognize words more readily can focus more attention on meaning. That recognition can be enhanced through understanding the relationship that exists between sounds and letters in an alphabetic code. Phonics then establishes the basis for that process of decoding words. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: BWphonic.doc

“Interlanguage”
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A 3 page review of the concept of interlanguage as it occurs in second language acquisition. This paper summarizes the work of Elaine Tarone. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPlangInterlanguageDefined.rtf

“Mother Tongue” and “From Silence to Words”
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A 3 page paper which compares the way in which Amy Tan writes in “Mother Tongue” and Min-zhan Lu writes in “From Silence to Words: Writing as Struggle.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAtan3.rtf

“On the Variability of Interlanguage Systems”
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A 3 page summary of the article by Elaine Tarone. Tarone analyzes interlanguage speech production as it occurs among second language learners. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPlangInterlanguageVariability.rtf

“On Variation in Interlanguage: A Response to Gregg”
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A 3 page overview of the theory of interlanguage as it compares to the rationalist approach to language acquisition. This paper summarizes Tarone’s response to criticism of her interlanguage theory by rationalist Gregg. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPlangInterlanguageVariation.rtf

“Printed Circuit Boards in the Computer Industry”
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A nine page paper which looks at the way in which the computer industry has developed over the years, and why particular advances in technology such as the invention of the printed circuit board and the silicon chip have played such a significant part not only in the increased speed and efficiency of modern machines, but also the way in which the new generation of computer technology has revolutionised many aspects of modern society. Bibliography lists 3 sources
Filename: JLPCB.wps

“Task-Related Variation in Interlanguage: The Case of Articles”
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A 3 page review of the article by Elaine Tarone and Betsy Parrish. The authors suggest that both the communicative function of a task and the linguistic environment influence gramamatical accuracy for non-native speakers.
Filename: PPlangInterlanguageArticles.rtf

"Character"/A Dictionary Perspective
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A 4 page essay that looks at 3 definitions for the word "character," which the writer then argues is who we think we are, who other people think we are, and what we think of other people. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: kh3dic.rtf