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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.

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English language bias and the evolution of "correct" speech

Language is a remarkably complicated but simple matter. Each language system -- French, Japanese, African languages, etc. -- has its own set of sounds or hand gestures that people who speak or use their hands to communicate other languages would find difficult to produce.

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English as a living, evolving language shaped by cultural change

The English language is one of the most interesting aspects of human history because it offers us a look into ourselves and our culture. We are not a people happy staying still in any generation.

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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.

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Political and economic causes of the English Civil War

There is a general debate among historians about precisely what started the English Civil War. While some historians hold that it was the disagreement among the king and the House of Lords and the House of Commons, others hold that this civil war was economically based.

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English grammar instruction in Hong Kong secondary textbooks

Globalization is the buzz word of the twenty first century and this can be simply explained through the numerous effects it has had upon the international community.

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English literature during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment

The Enlightenment was a stage in Western philosophy and culture which spanned the eighteenth century, and advocated Reason as the primary source of authority. England anticipated the rest of Europe by decapitating its king in the seventeenth century.

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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.

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English policy failures and colonial autonomy in American independence

There are many reasons sited by countless historians and even the primary sources of the American War for Independence, that presume to encompass the causes of America's relatively early insurrection from the colonial rule of England.

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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.

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