Examining the Extent of and Factors Contributing to Adult Literacy in Utah County Utah

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Dr. Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Department of Linguistics and English Language and Dr. Brad Wilcox, Department of Education Students Melissa Young, Graduate Student, TESOL Candice Snow, Graduate Student, TESOL Rita Ma, Gradate Student, TESOL Judy Ma, Graduate Student, TESOL Tanisha Jensen, Undergraduate Bradley ELders, Undergraduate, Linguistics and English Language David Grant, Undergraduate, Accounting Stephanie Stallings, Undergraduate, Elementary […]

Motivational Strategies for Second Language Teaching and Learning

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Professor Neil J Anderson, Linguistics and English Language Evaluation of the Academic Objectives The academic objectives centered around five primary research questions: What is the relationship among (a) teachers’ view of the importance of motivational teaching strategies, (b) the frequency with which they report using motivational teaching strategies, and (c) the actual use of motivational […]

Multilingual Extraction Ontologies

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Dr. Deryle Lonsdale, Department of Linguistics and English Language On December 29, 2009 we were informed that our application for a 2010 MEG grant was approved. This final report sketches the accomplishments attained during the project’s timeframe since then. The project’s proposed academic objectives were as follows: Recruit, bring together, and mentor students from computer […]

Refinement
 and 
Validation 
of 
Elicited 
Imitation 
as 
a 
Measure
 of 
Oral
 Proficiency


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Dr. Dan Dewey, Department of Linguistic and English Language We 
were 
able 
to 
achieve 
most 
of 
the 
goals 
established
 in 
the 
MEG 
proposal 
we
 submitted
 in 
the 
Fall 
of 
2008 
(for
 a 
grant 
Winter, 
2009). 

We 
did 
end 
up
 adjusting
 the 
project 
and 
use 
of 
the 
funds 
slightly 
to 
adapt 
to 
changing 
needs 
and 
to […]