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'Reclaiming Voice : Enacting Social Discourse Communities in Belizean First-Year College Composition'

Creator:

Habet, André Antonio

Abstract:

This thesis explores the evolving purposes for the teaching of first-year English composition in Belize. Starting from an analysis of the underlying cultural assumptions of U.S. composition pedagogies, this thesis argues that American composition pedagogies need to be rethought when applied in a Belizean context to fulfill the country's unique...

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Masters Thesis

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both England and its Caribbean colonies caused Belize to adopt English as its national language and
A syntactical analysis of modern Japanese thought patterns as reflected in characteristics of the Japanese language

Creator:

Tsuboya, Yoko

Abstract:

This study had two purposes. The first purpose was to determine whether certain aspects of the Japanese language were reflected in examples of the Japanese cultural construct of contemporary essays. The second purpose was to show how these aspects of the Japanese language reflect the intuitive, non-logical nature of Japanese...

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Dissertation

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assisted me greatly in the area of cross-cultural communications, language and culture. Dr. Grigsby has