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Distinguishing learning disabilities from language acquisition in LEP students

There are often difficulties in differentiating between intrinsic processing disorders and extrinsic factors that affect student performance, such as language acquisition proficiency. Lock & Layton (2002).

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Hynes and Suewin (1982) conducted a study on Internet commerce as practiced by Hong Kong individuals and the association between individual characteristics and their tendency to use the Internet for shopping.

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Growing up multilingual and multicultural in Jerusalem

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Dlugosz's study of early reading in foreign language instruction for children

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Massachusetts Bay Colony versus Virginia: economic and social comparison

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John Locke's empiricism and the shift from democratic to aristocratic ideals

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Imperialism and cultural collapse in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a compelling story of imperialism in Africa and how it tears the native people apart.

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