Colonial, Authoritarian, and Humanitarian Legacies in Sudan
Uncovers how colonial administrators, postcolonial governments and international aid agencies have promoted stability and their own visions of the rule of law in Sudan.
He appointed a former Gordon College law school classmate, Osman At'Tayyib,
to be the new chief justice and selected replacement judges more sympa' thetic
to socialist and pan'Arab causes.63 One former law professor I met speculated ...
This groundbreaking undergraduate textbook on modern Standard English grammar is the first to be based on the revolutionary advances of the authors' previous work, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002). The analyses defended there are outlined here more briefly, in an engagingly accessible and informal style. Errors of the older tradition of English grammar are noted and corrected, and the excesses of prescriptive usage manuals are firmly rebutted in specially highlighted notes that explain what older authorities have called 'incorrect' and show why those authorities are mistaken. This book is intended for students in colleges or universities who have little or no previous background in grammar, and presupposes no linguistics. It contains exercises, and will provide a basis for introductions to grammar and courses on the structure of English not only in linguistics departments but also in English language and literature departments and schools of education.
There are also a large number of prepositional idioms - idioms beginning with a
preposition. In particular, we examine here a ... Semantic relations of this kind do
not provide a reliable guide to syntactic analysis. For examples like those in [40i]
...
This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on testing young learners and features expanded chapters on common test techniques and testing overall ability. There is also an additional appendix on item banking and a revised appendix on statistical analysis of test data.
This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on testing young learners and features expanded chapters on common test techniques and testing overall ability.
Aimed at beginning to intermediate undergraduates and above, this textbook is designed to help the student achieve optimal success as a language learner and user. It teaches students to understand their own preferences in learning, develop individual learning plans and approaches, and select appropriate learning strategies. Each chapter contains an overview and review section, with learning activities that students can carry out either individually or in classrooms.
She has directed language programs at the Foreign Service Institute, the
Defense Language Institute, the American Global Studies Institute, and NASA,
and has provided consultation on language learning to ministries of education in
nearly ...
Classroom-based Evaluation in Second Language Education has been written to help foreign and second language educators in planning and carrying out effective and comprehensive evaluations in their classrooms. The book emphasizes the value of classroom-based assessment as a tool for improving both teaching and learning. The presentation is non-technical and does not require a specialized background in psychometrics, statistics, or research. The suggested assessment procedures are useful for a broad range of proficiency levels, teaching situations, and instructional approaches. Preview questions and follow-up activities assist the reader in applying the material discussed in each chapter.
A common view of the nature of language teaching and the work of second language teachers is that the primary concerns of language teachers lie with the
process of instruction itself, that is, with helping learners acquire the language
skills ...
Providing an authoritative, readable, and up-to-date guide to teaching writing to ESL Students, this book offers both pre- & in-service teachers advice that is grounded in current theory & research.
Learning how to write in a second language is one of the most challenging
aspects of second language learning. Perhaps this is not surprising in view of the
fact that even for those who speak English as a first language, the ability to write ...
7 Composing in English: effects of a first language on writing in English as a
second language Alexander Friedlander ... The belief is that if ESL writers do any
of their work in their first language, this will inhibit acquisition of the second ...
An integrated view of communication in second language classrooms that acknowledges the importance of what teachers and students bring to the class environment. Drawing on actual classroom transcripts from a range of instructional settings, Johnson constructs a conceptual framework through which teachers can recognize how patterns of classroom communication are established and maintained, how these patterns affect students' participation in classroom events, and how their participation shapes the ways they use language for learning and their opportunities for second language acquisition. Relevant research is presented from the areas of classroom discourse, language in communities, teacher cognition, classroom learning, and second language acquisition.
English as well as the rejection of government-mandated attempts to enforce
Afrikaans, the language of the white ... tend to develop a strong working
knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary, but are much less capable of using English ...
