867 words

Developing an educational philosophy for teaching English language learners

Philosophy of education is a study that has been around since the classical teachers. Socrates has a particular philosophy of education, which developed into a theory, the Socratic method.

~5 min read

View paper →

571 words

Multiple intelligences and humanistic theories for teaching English language learners

Teaching English Language Learners involves the same basic strategies and theories. The Multiple Intelligences theories are particularly useful in a diverse classroom in which students from different backgrounds need to approach the same course material.

~3 min read

View paper →

852 words

English, civil, and Roman law influences on American legal traditions

Common law. Roman law, etc.... compare and contrast the 4 legal traditions America was originally a British colony, so it should come as little surprise that the predominant influence upon American law is that of English law, with its system of Parliament and divided governance.

~5 min read

View paper →

875 words

English-language media bias in Cold War and post-Cold War geopolitics

English-language news media tend to provide a slanted perspective of world events and geopolitical political relations.

~5 min read

View paper →

580 words

Metaphorical language acquisition challenges for English language learners

"I have often found that even graduate [ELL] students have a limited understanding of metaphorical language" in English (Dong 2004: 29). Context is critical for understanding what is meant metaphorically and what is meant literally.

~3 min read

View paper →

646 words

Teacher beliefs and practices in English as second language instruction

The objective of this work is to state the beliefs held about primary language and second-language acquisition in terms of the public school's mission and responsibility for the development of language skills for students who are from multilingual/multicultural homes and families and the role of…

~4 min read

View paper →

948 words

English rule, Irish discontent, and the 1916 Easter Rising

England was intricately involved in the governing of Ireland in one form or another.

~5 min read

View paper →

602 words

English writing skills and their importance in business communication

Taking an English course can help not only in other courses. It can help in all other areas, especially in business writing where it is important in all correspondence / emails (including attachments such as letters and memos) and white papers.

~4 min read

View paper →

615 words

Fostering English instruction in Puerto Rico: language, culture, and nationalism

Language can carry powerful cultural and economic implications. The use of language as a political weapon against ethnic minorities, the imposition of language as a way of asserting occupational authority over a colonized culture or the use of linguistic barriers to exclude certain groups from the…

~4 min read

View paper →

686 words

Prescriptivism and descriptivism in English language usage

English language usage and the respective merits of the positions of linguistic "Prescriptivists" and "Descriptivists" in connection with what should be considered proper English grammar and usage.

~4 min read

View paper →