c M a l d e n ‚ U SA S OI N S o c i o l o g i c a l I n q u i r y 0 0 3 8 - 0 2 4 5 © 2 0 0 8 A l p h a Ka p p a D e l t a X XX O r i g i n a l A r t i c l e s B OO K REV I EW ESSAY B OO K REV I EW ESSAY After Katrina: A Second Generation of Books (1) The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe ‚ by David L. Brunsma‚ David Overfelt‚ and J. Steven Picou‚ eds. Rowman & Littlefield‚ Lanham‚ MD‚ 2007. 288 pp. $29.95 (2) Through the Eye of Katrina:
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Language Learning 46:4‚ December 1996‚ pp. 713-749 Review Article SLA Theory Building: “Letting All the Flowers Bloom!” James P. Lantolf Cornell University This article presents a postmodernist critical analysis of the SLA theory building-literature as primarily represented in the writings of Beretta‚ Crookes‚ Eubank‚ Gregg‚ Long‚ and t o some extent Schumann. I argue that there is no foundational reason to grant privileged status to the modernist view of SLA theory these scholars espouse
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Learning a Second Language Acquiring a second language is a goal many adults set for themselves. Students have the ability to take foreign language courses early on in their education‚ but not many adults who attended school years ago had that option. The level of ease or difficulty in learning a second language is dependent on the stage of brain development and the style of learning. There are different options for learning a second language‚ and it can be most effective at a young age
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Second Language Acquisition Assignment: The subject assignment consists of answering this question: According to Swain‚ ... producing the target language may be the trigger that forces the learner to pay attention to the means of expression needed in order to successfully convey his or her own intended meaning. (Swain 1985: 249) In Swain’s view‚ learners need not only input‚ but output: they need to use language in order to learn it. Krashen‚ however‚ as recently as 2009‚ stated that:
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As we discuss the Second Punic war’s outcomes let us briefly point out how it unfolded. Carthage was a growing power. Rome knew this. Rome met them with some rules. The Carthaginians obliged. But the Carthaginians had a new commander which would change that pace of things. His name was Hannibal. Hannibal was destined to be on the offense against Rome‚ and the time had come when Quintus Fabius offered them peace and war‚ of which they chose either and the Second Punic wars broke out. These are the
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------------------------------------------------- Effects of Second Hand Smoke by Len Johnson. Derived from Wikipedia article: "Tobacco Smoking" Passive smoking (also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)‚ involuntary smoking or second hand smoke) occurs when the exhaled and ambient smoke from one person’s cigarette is inhaled by other people. Non-smokers exposed to second hand smoke are at greater risk for many of the health problems associated with direct smoking. In 1992‚ the Journal
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The Detrimental Effects of Second Hand Smoke on Children Most of us have heard somewhere that second hand smoking is not very good for your health. But have we stopped to consider why it is bad‚ and specifically how it can affect children ’s health? They are a vulnerable population because of the potential tobacco smoke has to damage a child ’s developing organs‚ such as the lungs and brain ("www.etnet.org‚" 2010). The children of smoking parents cannot escape these harmful fumes. The exposure
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The second Punic war was between Rome and Carthage; the struggle of Carthage to remain the power house in the western Mediterranean was the major cause of the war. It took place between 218 to 201 B.C. and during his period‚ cartage lost Spain and the Islands in Italy to Rome‚ which it was dominating prior to the second Punic war. Rome became vigilant because the Carthage was expanding her territory in the Spanish peninsula; Rome could not stand the chance to lose her grip on power. The Carthaginian
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Kevin Thomas Poetry 4‚ March‚ 2013 Nature: Our Second Mother The poetry of the English Romantic period often contained many descriptions and ideas of nature‚ not found in most writing. The Romantic poets shared several characteristics in common‚ certainly one of the most significant of these is their respective views on nature‚ which seems to range from a more spiritual‚ if not pantheistic view‚ as seen in the works of William Wordsworth as well as Emily Dickinson. The two
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been done on the disparity between grammatical and pragmatic competence. However‚ relatively less attention has been paid to how classroom-based instruction can contribute to the pragmatic development of foreign language learners. This article presents the activities of a four-week program aimed at developing students’ pragmatic competence by focusing on two speech acts‚ openings and closings. 16 J U L Y 2 0 0 4 E N G L I S H T E A C H I N G F O R U M 04-0219 ETF_16_21a
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