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Christian Values for Future Foreign Language Teachers in the Applied Linguistics Course Tertiary-LifelongThe author "describes and presents some examples of how Christian values may be communicated in an applied linguistics course designed principally for the training of future foreign language teachers." This paper was presented at the 31st... -
Communicating in Today's Classroom Kindergarten-LifelongCross-cultural misunderstandings are a fact that teachers must recognize. Aspects of culture are more than just language. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and Edward Hall's theory are important. Teachers should assume that students want to cooperate to make clear responses,... -
Computer-mediatedTeaching - Pedagogical and Linguistic Changes TertiaryThe purpose of this article is to point out some pedagogical and linguistic changes that may occur in the teaching/learning process in the digital context. A clearer understanding of the nature of these issues will help us to base proposals that aim to explore... -
Creative Writing - Making Meaning Grade 9-LifelongCreative writing is a necessary part of a schools' curriculum. Teaching necessary writing skills goes beyond assigning themes, research papers, or articles for the school newspaper. Jones argues that creative writing classes allow students to "use language... -
Educating With the Brain in Mind Kindergarten-Grade 12Christine Goad demonstrates how a teacher can combine key principles of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory and Marian Diamond's research on Enriched Environments to create a dynamic classroom setting that provides opportunities for optimum learning.... -
Embracing Language Minority Students Kindergarten-Grade 12Instead of retaining students for one or two years until their language skills are proficient, or tossing them into the classroom in a 'sink or swim' situation, Norka Blackman-Richards presents a strong case for structured inclusion of non-native speakers... -
Letters in the Bible - A Textual Genre Analysis TertiaryThis paper analyzes the linguistic structure of letters present in the context of the Jewish community of biblical times. The goal is to verify whether the letters in the Bible present a content characteristic of colloquial and intimate utterances. To this... -
Linguistics Speak to Biblical Interpretation, Creation, and Babel Tertiary-LifelongThis paper highlights "the centrality of language to human experience, and shows linguistics to be a science with a lengthy history, reflecting enduring human interest in it... True to its nature, the Bible has essential things to say about linguistics... -
The Flood - Just a local catastrophe? Tertiary-LifelongThis article is an examination of archaeological evidence, linguistics, and literary traditions shows that a local Mesopotamian river valley flood cannot adequately explain the biblical flood.