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Bridging Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement in ELL

Explores Krashen's comprehensible input theory and Gottlieb's assessment framework to help educators support English language learners academically.

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Australia's curriculum transformation for international student integration

As a nation historically dominated by racialist practices favoring the interests of English-speaking whites, Australia has struggled across recent decades to engage its population with a greater sense of egalitarianism.

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Historical accuracy and artistic truth in Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen

Macbeth and Richard III are considered two of the greatest tragedies ever written in the English language. However, the historical Macbeth killed a bad, rather than a good king, and the historical Richard III never committed illicit murder to gain the throne of England.

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Humor and seriousness in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn

There is often a misconception about books that are widely assigned in English courses; they are expected to be dry, humorless, full of serious contemplation, reflections of society, et cetera.

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Challenging stereotypes: the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study

One often hears that immigrants do not expect to have to learn English as part of their assimilation into American society, nor do they foster the same in their children. Many believe that immigrants come to the United States in order to live on welfare, and foster this sentiment in their children.

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Price comparisons for common products from 1986 to 2007

Christopher Wren, one of the greatest of English architects, who walked one day unrecognized among the men who were at work upon the building of St. Paul's cathedral in London which he had designed.

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The Great Escape: British POWs and World War II survival

Great Escape is another classic World War II film that depicts the English side of the war. It represents the air power side of the war as well, which also helped turn the tide of the war and keep the Nazis off British soil.

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Teaching gifted first graders in a mixed-ability classroom

Professional Background -- BA in Elementary Education, MA in English. 15-year veteran, taught English at the Middle School level, and both 3rd and 1st grade at the Elementary level. Additional curriculum certification in literacy.

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Cultural and educational backgrounds in ESL student performance

The purpose of this work is to interview a teacher who specializes in teaching English as a second language and to ask the teacher about the effect of students' cultural and prior educational backgrounds on their school performance.

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The development of Germany's railway system from 1835 to 1937

On December 7,1835, the first English manufactured train ran from Nurnberg to Furth, Germany. The locomotive was built by Robert Stephenson and Co in Newcastle England, and was first driven by an English engineer, Mr. Willam Wilson. Like the U.S.

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