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1. 500 Essential English Words for ESL Missionaries 500 Essential English Words for ESL Missionariesspecialized corpus, corpora, word-lists, missionaries, ESLIn order to help ESL missionaries teach the gospel from their hearts using their own words, I have developed a 500-word list of core gospel vocabulary in English. To enhance the 500-word list, I incl
2. A Computer-Based Course to Teach Speech Acts: Prototype for the Technology Assisted Language Learning A Computer-Based Course to Teach Speech Acts: Prototype for the Technology Assisted Language Learning Programspeech acts, computer-based, TALLThe following report discusses the design and formative evaluation of a prototype for a computer-based course to teach speech acts as part of the Technology Assisted Language Learning (TALL) program.
3. A Corpus of Second Language Attrition Data A Corpus of Second Language Attrition DataL2A, Second Language Attrition, Language Attrition, attrition of second language, L2, second language, language loss, loss of language, loss of language skills, language skill, language skills, SLA, Second Language AcquisitionThis report addresses the lack of progress in the field of Second Language Attrition (L2A). Review of L2A history and literature show this to be cause by lack of appropriate data. Five criteria for ap
4. A Correlation of Pronunciation Learning Strategies with Spontaneous English Pronunciation of Adult ESL A Correlation of Pronunciation Learning Strategies with Spontaneous English Pronunciation of Adult ESL Learnerstaxonomy, pronunciation, strategies, pronunciation strategies, pronunciation learning, pronuciation taxonomy, English as a Second Language, ESL, language learning, language learning strategies, pronunciation learning strategies, self-regulated learning, pronunciation acquisitionIn the last thirty years, language learning strategies have been used in the field of English as a Second Language (ESL) to help learners autonomously improve their English listening, speaking, readin
5. A Family Literacy Curriculum for Community ESL Courses A Family Literacy Curriculum for Community ESL CoursesFamily Literacy, Family, ESL, TESOL, Family Literacy Curriculum, CurriculumThis project describes the piloting of a family literacy curriculum developed for use in a community ESL course. The purpose of this curriculum was to teach family-literacy-oriented English to student
6. A Formal Semantic Analysis of Autistic Language: The Quantification Hypothesis A Formal Semantic Analysis of Autistic Language: The Quantification Hypothesisautism, language, quantification, scope, psycholinguisticsAutism is characterized by language dysfunction ranging from mild and peculiar language usage to a total lack of expressive language function. These language oddities are manifest in the form of phono
7. A Grammatical Description of the Early Classic Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions A Grammatical Description of the Early Classic Maya Hieroglyphic InscriptionsMaya, hieroglyphics, Mayan languages, grammar, Early ClassicThe purpose of this thesis is to describe the grammatical system of Classical Ch’olti’, the language of the Classic Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions, as attested in inscriptions of the Early Classic
8. A Learner-Centered and Participtory Approach to Teaching Community Adult ESL A Learner-Centered and Participtory Approach to Teaching Community Adult ESL ESL, EFF, Equipped For the Future, English as a Second Language, learner-centered, participatory, adultThis MA project examines the creation, implementation, and effectiveness of the guidebook, "Moving Forward: A Learner-Centered and Participatory Approach to Teaching Community Adult ESL", designed to
9. A Two-level Engine for Tagalog Morphology and a Structured XML Output for PC-Kimmo A Two-level Engine for Tagalog Morphology and a Structured XML Output for PC-Kimmotwo-level, pc-kimmo, finite state, morphology, Tagalog, xml, fsa, engine, pckimmo, kimxm, BYU, Brigham Young University, computational linguisticsThis paper presents a two-level morphological description of Tagalog for use in PC-Kimmo and a mechanism created for updating the results output from PC-Kimmo in order to meet the standards for curren
10. A Web-based Tool for Oral Practice and Assessment of Grammatical Structures A Web-based Tool for Oral Practice and Assessment of Grammatical Structuresassessment, grammar, oral, speaking, testing, ESL, language learning, task, tasks, online, web-based, internet, computer, softwareThe grammar course objectives at Brigham Young University’s English Language Center (ELC) are a list of grammar structures for each level that students are expected to be able to master. These
11. An English for Specific Purposes Curriculum to Prepare English Learners to Become Nursing Assistants An English for Specific Purposes Curriculum to Prepare English Learners to Become Nursing AssistantsEnglish for specific purposes, ESP, TESOL, ESL, curriculum development, needs analysis, situation analysis, language goals and objectives, syllabus design, teaching procedures and techniques, teaching materials development, language testing, English for the workplace, EFL, English for nursing, English in a hospital setting, classroom management.This project details the designing and implementation of an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Curriculum to prepare English learners to become Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) at Utah Valley Regio
12. An Evaluation of a Curriculum for Basic Training in TESOL An Evaluation of a Curriculum for Basic Training in TESOLTESOL, English as a Second Language, English as a Foreign Language, volunteer, teacher training, novice, international internship, basic training, minimal trainingA formal evaluation of BYU’s Basic Training in TESOL course shows the strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum of this course. Interns take this course in preparation for international internship
13. An Evaluation of Brigham Young University's Local TESOL Internship Program An Evaluation of Brigham Young University's Local TESOL Internship ProgramTESOL, evaluation, internship, teacher trainingAn evaluation of BYU’s Local TESOL Minor Internship program shows the strengths and weaknesses of this academic internship program. Students are required to complete 150 hours of TESOL-related
14. Beliefs about the Education of Children: A Comparison of Hispanic Immigrant and Anglo-American Parents Beliefs about the Education of Children: A Comparison of Hispanic Immigrant and Anglo-American Parentsparental beliefs, Hispanic immigrants, home-literacy, child-rearing beliefs, educational attitudesIn light of the fact that the number of Hispanic children enrolled in American schools is dramatically increasing and that these children are at higher risk of academic difficulty than any other group
15. Computer-Aided Self-Access Pronunciation Materials Designed to Teach Stress in American English Computer-Aided Self-Access Pronunciation Materials Designed to Teach Stress in American Englishpronunciation, stress, English, ESL, second language learning, computer-assisted language learning, CALL, self-access, autonomy, self-directed language learning, suprasegmentalsIn recent years, increasing attention has been placed on providing pronunciation instruction that meets the communicative needs of nonnative speakers (NNSs) of English. Empirical research and pronunci
16. Crossing Dependencies in Persian Crossing Dependencies in PersianPersian, Farsi, crossing dependencies, cross-serial dependencies, context-free grammar, planarity, split headedness, syntax, linguistics, BYULanguages occasionally have syntactic constructions that are difficult, if not impossible, to describe using a context-free grammar. One such construction is a crossing dependency. Crossing depe
17. Curriculum development of Elang 105: A GE first-year academic literacy course for international students Curriculum development of Elang 105: A GE first-year academic literacy course for international studentssecond language writing, academic literacy, freshman composition, first-year writing, GE course, ESL, L2 writing, writing, curriculum development, ELang 105, international studentsEach year more international students enroll in American universities, and administrators nationwide must determine how to meet students’ unique writing needs. Compared to similar institutions of hi
18. Developing A Teachers' Handbook for Content-based Instruction at Brigham Young University's English Language Developing A Teachers' Handbook for Content-based Instruction at Brigham Young University's English Language CenterCBI, content-based instruction, ELC, English Language Center, TESOL, teacher training, handbook, project, materials development, language teaching, curriculum development, sheltered instruction, adjunct, theme-based instruction, sustained content language teachingIn Winter semester of 2005 the English Language Center (ELC) began plans to implement a content-based program for students at its highest proficiency level in order to provide them with more effective
19. Developing an Electronic Film Review for October Sky Developing an Electronic Film Review for October SkyEFR, ESL, EFL, video, film, October SkyThe purpose of this Electronic Film Review (EFR) Project was to take the feature film October Sky and apply the EFR approach to an ESL setting. By the use of a special EFRaid player, high-intermediate
20. Developing Writing Fluency Through Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication Developing Writing Fluency Through Synchronous Computer-Mediated CommunicationSCMC, CMC, Writing FluencyDrawing from sociocultural theory, this research investigated the effects of synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) in the development of writing fluency. Likewise, the study aimed at co
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