From this starting point, I found many thought-provoking articles that built upon and highlighted the inclusive and progressive MI theory in practice in Language Arts classrooms. ... Smagorinsky gives an account of his own collaborative research in the school system and the accounts of individual students and their experiences of being in a classroom that integrates a MI theory approach into learning Language Arts. ... She takes a look at her own practices as a teacher and discusses how she decided to transform her Language Arts classroom into one that would incorporate a MI theory approac...

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Whilst paying tribute to Tajfel and Turner's paper on cognitive aspects of conflict (1979 cited in Brown 2007) Billig (2002 cited in Brown 2007) suggests that categories cannot be explained in terms of cognitive psychological theories as we actively construct meanings using the language that happens between us and around us thus making categories flexible and dynamic and open to change. ... This essay will put forward Tajfel and Turner's social identity theory giving their arguments for a cognitive social theory and how it originated. ... Billig argues that this cognitive aspect of ...

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As is always the case when broaching the forum of semiotics, there are many varying and sometimes conflicting theories that place different emphasis on certain aspects of the "sign". ... Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist who has been hailed the "founder not only of linguistics but also...semiotics"#, based his theory on a linguistic model that has been employed by most structuralists. ... Saussure placed specific emphasis on the role of language as the most effective form of signification. Text, and the communication of it, is intrinsic to many theatrical genres, making the breakdown ...

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The May of Wnyhdam City Outcomes from my first assessment indicated that the city of Wyndham has an increasing population of people that speaks different languages other than English, and that over 30% of this population have some difficulties in speaking and understanding English language (2015 profile id, city of Wyndham).These findings also identify that this could have direct impacts on how people from these communities access their health care services. ... There will also be a allocated section in the building design with easy to access technology such as desktop computers and reading a...

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With that being said, I intend to devote the first two parts of my essay to applying a Marxist reading to this passage using the theories of Michele Foucault and of Louis Althusser; while in the last part, I will attempt to draw a parallel between the actual sociopolitical situation in the farm and that in the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution and under the rule of Joseph Stalin. ... Althusser's theory can be applied to the sociopolitical situation in the farm. ... Their significant persuasive impact on the animals typifies the ability of language to propagate and maintain ide...

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Other academics argue the case of a vulgar pragmatic approach that relies on structure and 'the notions of theory and practice' (Williams: 1983). ... Is it not the goal of EAP programs to develop in a student their proficiency and articulation of the academic English language, including skills in research that will aid their participation at a tertiary level? ... True critical pedagogy thus begins to take on a 'political agenda' (Weimer: 2009), rendering EAP instruction far too complicated and too far fetched from its actual purpose; giving students the skills to develop ...

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This overarching theme of the downtrodden masses versus the empowered elite minority is constant throughout the narrative, thus leaving the novel openly suitable for analysis from the Marxist perspective of literary theory. ... Given the socio-political and economical nature of Marxist theories in general and of the book itself, it is predictable that the analysed area will be focused mainly on the context and underlying themes, rather than merely in the main character of the novel or the narration and plot of the book, although the two are intricately linked. ... The term 'Proles'...

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Formalism proposes that artwork's value and meaning are principally constructed from its form or language rather than from its pure content or subjects. In the light of film theory, formalism is thus the creative production process of movies by means of artistic expression in composition, rhythm and editing. Moreover, this formalistic expression shaped the remarkable developments in film theory and provided a new norm for distinctive and creative production of films by Russian producers during the 1920s. ...

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Elizabeth initially struggled to prove her legitimacy as Queen due to her sex, religion and parents, however through a series of calculated speeches, Elizabeth populized the medieval theory of the king's two bodies, constructing an image of herself, exploiting femininity, and simultaneously exerting power reserved for a male monarch. Elizabeth's use of language to describe herself resonates with the way gender, power and sexuality were used in the literature of the time. Marie Axton equates this resurgence of the theory of the king's two bodies as "an attempt to deal with parad...

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The modern concept of the diagnostic entity has emerged from influences starting from the late 19th century. The diagnostic term "borderline" came from English psychiatrist C.H Hughes in 1884, which wrote an article called "Borderland Psychiatrist Records" where he mentioned borderline for the very first time. Symptoms of BPD were not clustered by either neurosis or psychosis. Borderline Personality disorder is a psychological condition characterized by interpersonal dysfunctions, unstable relationships, emotional dysregulation, suicidal behavior, impulsive aggression, an...

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When large segments of populations are displaced by natural or man-made disasters, people become separated from time-honored roots of language, culture, and social bonds. As a result, displaced peoples are forced to create new social and economic relations in the areas to which they re-locate, as we...

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Finally, there is the language: dialects suddenly emerged in films, and most of them were characterised by a plurilingualism such as German, Italian, or English. For the first time in Italian cinema history dialects were considered as important as official languages. ... The film portrays an odyssey through Rome by Antonio Ricci: thanks to Zavattini's theory of "pedinamento" - the following of someone - the audience is conscious of what the character in the film is doing at all times. ...

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Notions of "us" vs "them" were also promoted as exemplified by the talk show program hosted by Sean Hannity, as the use of language in the news headline "Radicial Islam in America" denoted ideas of America being subtly invaded by Islam by juxtaposing the two. ...

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