Academic Exchange Quarterly articles from March 2006

Academic Exchange Quarterly archives from March 2006

Approaches to language.(Editorial)
March 22, 2006... In his Maximes, La Rochefoucauld reminds us that "language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms." Through language, we communicate with our fellow human beings, expressing our emotions, thoughts, and desires. To learn another...

Service-learning.(Editorial)
March 22, 2006... This special issue features a variety of scholarly articles that explore applied research on service-learning and its potential for expanding student learning, improving communities, and building bridges across cultural/social/geopolitical...

Standards in Internet-based newspaper project.(second language learning)
March 22, 2006... Abstract This paper discusses a study exploring the Internet as a tool to address Standards for Foreign Language Learning. Data were collected from student productions during an Internet-based newspaper project in an advanced,...

Weblogs transform service-learning reflection.
March 22, 2006... Abstract In every service-learning project, the component of reflection is an integral aspect of the learning process. Intentional, systematic reflection of the experience must take place for students to make that critical connection...

Mood selection: a look at Northern Nevada Latinos.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This study investigates the stability of Spanish among various Spanish-speaking generations of Latinos in Reno, Nevada by studying mood selection. The goal of the study is two-fold: 1) to present an empirical analysis of Spanish...

Cognitive factors in children's L1 and L2 reading.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This study aims to identify the similarities and differences in cognitive and metacognitive skills employed by native English (NE) speakers and English (L2) learners at the elementary school level, and how these skills relate to...

ESL college writing in the mainstream classroom.(english as second language)
March 22, 2006... Abstract Some attention has been given to non-native writers' performance in the ESL classroom, but no studies to my knowledge have examined ESL student writers' achievement in the mainstream college classroom. With a survey of college...

Enhancing language & culture learning through P2P.(peer-to-peer networks)
March 22, 2006... Abstract A variety of digital realia available on Peer-to-Peer networks (P2P), such as Emule, KaZaa and Bittorrent, can enhance the learning process for students of foreign language and culture, and the quality of the instructor's...

Dyslexia and foreign language learning.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This case study considers inclusive practice in learning and teaching in the context of session design and delivery in the foreign language classroom, focusing on a dyslexic student. It suggests that in a subject whose core...

Forgotten alumni: online learners as donors.
March 22, 2006... Abstract The article encourages university development officials and leaders in the field of distance education to actively view online learners as future members of the alumni community. This paper synthesizes literature related to alumni...

Online pedagogy: beyond digital "chalk and talk".
March 22, 2006... Abstract Courseware provides efficient data-management for higher education; however, less clear are the ways it serves pedagogical innovation and democratic practice. This article illustrates the challenges of creating an authentic online...

Speech adaptation and situational optimality.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Language serves as a primary means of human adaptation. This paper critically examines attempts to identify certain phonological aspects of language systems as particularly adaptive. These postulate that the CV (consonant plus...

Service-learning & college student success.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This study investigates the linkages between service-learning, academic and social integration and undergraduate persistence. Results reveal that first-year college students who engaged in service-learning had significantly higher...

Fostering service-learning in teacher preparation.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Service-learning is often used as an instructional strategy in social studies methods courses at the university level. Teacher candidates engage in service-learning projects through community organizations working with children...

Factors for adopting the Internet for instruction.
March 22, 2006... Abstract In this study the factors that influenced faculty in the decision to adopt the Internet for instruction at a southeastern United States university were examined. The main purpose was to determine the personal, social, and...

Subversion: teaching a blue novel in a red state.(Personal account)
March 22, 2006... Abstract In an increasingly conservative climate, teachers may need to recognize that the potentially objectionable language and possibility of moral uncertainty in some novels contradict the clarity and conviction that some students...

A writing/publishing project in a French class.
March 22, 2006... Abstract The purpose of implementing a student-centered writing and publishing project in an intermediate French curriculum, was to give students an opportunity to engage in meaningful writing in the target language. In a survey, students...

Commissioned assignments in environmental policy.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This paper outlines the communication process surrounding a commissioned assignment in an upper-level technical writing class. The commissioned assignment reflects the new interdisciplinary model of technical communication for...

Service learning abroad and global citizenship.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Service learning courses present unique challenges, including developing community partnerships, assessing and meeting community needs, and balancing academic learning requirements and personal growth experiences for students....

MPBL: equipping the African university lecturer.(Modified Problem-Based Learning)
March 22, 2006... Abstract Modified Problem-Based Learning (mPBL) can be useful to the African university because it enables the lecturer to transmit to the African learner critical skills needed to work with others in groups, organizations and communities...

Counseling interns learning lessons of life.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Service Learning has long been a key component of the counseling internship at the University of Houston Clear Lake. However, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita swept the interns up into the winds of service learning on the levels of...

Promoting faculty commitment to distance learning.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Despite the rapid growth of distance learning programs, faculty are often resistant to moving their courses into a distance learning format. This manuscript synthesizes the sources of concern among resistant faculty as identified...

Teaching as acting and directing.
March 22, 2006... Abstract It is important that English professors teach literature in novel ways which will help students acquire skills they need to interpret texts. I believe that the professor can play the role of the buffoon and the director when...

Engaging and assessing students in online courses.
March 22, 2006... Abstract The current article discusses how to capitalize on the tools in online course management programs (e.g., WebCT, Blackboard, etc.) in order to engage students and assess student learning and performance. By using these tools...

Competency, readiness, and online learning.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This study investigates the effect of technology competencies and online readiness on preservice teachers' online learning experiences and preferences. A total of 99 preservice English teachers formed the sample of this study. The...

Instructor-student interaction: form/meaning chat.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This article reports on the Instructor-Student (IS) dynamic in two synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) environments, one form-and-meaning focused (FMF) and one meaning-focused (MF), in terms of...

The evolution of a service-learning course.
March 22, 2006... Abstract A natural fit in a Construction Management capstone course is the active pedagogical approach of service-learning; however, as a faculty member who is interested in issues related to diversity and cultural awareness, the combining...

Capacity building through service learning.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This paper explores how two university-based service learning programs enhance capacity building in the community. Analyzing the service learning programs in two universities, respectively at the University of Central Florida and...

Technocomplacency: the spellchecker and learning.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Is the electronic spellchecker a bane or a blessing? [1] This article discusses the emerging technology-engendered problem of complacency and its impact on conventional spelling and, by extension, on learning and information...

Updating how we teach (French) literary movements.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Our students who increasingly appear daunted by literature can benefit from understanding that the definition of literary movements presents a challenge for established critics just as it does for them. This article presents...

Studying Le Ballon rouge with false beginners.
March 22, 2006... Abstract False beginners--students who take beginning classes but who are not true beginners--populate both first- and second-year university foreign language classes, posing a unique challenge to their teachers. This problem is especially...

Service learning among students with EBD.(emotional and behavioral disturbance)
March 22, 2006... Abstract Students with emotional and behavioral disturbance require social skills instruction. One experiential learning method which encourages the development of social skills is service learning. Service learning projects can provide an...

Community-based learning and social justice.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This is a reflective essay on the ways in which community-based learning (CBL) enriches the work life of a faculty member who retains working-class roots and an interest in social justice. Using examples from courses and applied...

Sharing CAT memories: numbers as words as songs.(Fully Automatic High Quality Machine Translation)
March 22, 2006... Abstract The incidence of computers in translation ranges from the rather unsuccessful attempts to attain a Fully Automatic High Quality Machine Translation to the current widespread usage of translation memories. Gone are the years of...

Self-determination in adolescent bilingualism.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This article describes a short-term immersion experience of an American teenager learning his heritage language (HL) in Japan. The learner's pre-test and post-test results indicated little linguistic gain in vocabulary and...

Joyce's "The Dead"--teaching and critical theory.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Questions about the rightful place of critical theory in literature courses complicate teachers' decisions regarding theory in their classrooms. My experience of teaching Joyce's "The Dead" at three levels of undergraduate...

Teaching fiction using tangible questions.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Approaches to teaching fiction vary since instructors might disagree as to what and how exactly should be taught and later tested. I believe it is possible for students to discuss a literary text without prior knowledge of...

Philosophy across prison walls.(prison education and service-learning courses)
March 22, 2006... Abstract At the intersection of prison education with service-learning courses, university students discover the humanity of inmates via the latter's principled concern with ethics and morality. Service learning becomes opposition to our...

Nature and use of curriculum in special education.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This study reports the results of a district-wide survey about the nature and use of special education curriculum. Findings indicate that (a) special education teachers believe that the IEP constitutes the curriculum for students...

Possibilities or problems who's to say.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Critical pedagogy is teaching which aims to help students identify and disrupt the social systems which perpetuate inequity. This essay details the experiences of a teacher, school, and community surrounding a critical pedagogy...

Functional grammar in EFL literary translation.(english as a foreign language)
March 22, 2006... Abstract Translation of literary texts in their first language offers students of English as a foreign language a unique opportunity to develop further their skills and style of written expression in English. The application of functional...

Citizenship and service learning.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Research on service learning often fails to distinguish between service learning projects that increase students' social connections to their communities and service learning projects that deepen students' political connections to...

Reflection and validity in qualitative research.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Examples from two ethnographic studies illustrate how reflection is essential in order to perceive the truth of others. The first example describes how cultural misunderstandings between Moroccans and Canadians living in a small...

Elena's passion: ESL learning as TESOL method.(teaching english to Speakers of other languages)(english as a second language )
March 22, 2006... Abstract As colleges continue to serve linguistically diverse populations, one of their greatest needs is to identify effective methods for Teaching English to Speakers of other languages (TESOL). This teacher's narrative about how her...

More grammar gaps.(teaching)
March 22, 2006... Abstract As a teacher of teachers, I must address whether or how grammar belongs in instruction. The official National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) position, against formal grammar teaching, is that most honored in U.S. practice....

Service-learning and student attitudes.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This study sought to investigate the effects of the Lighthouse Partnership After-School Service-Learning Program on middle school students' attitudes and actions related to social and academic responsibility. Results indicated...

Students researching Victorian short fiction.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Though short fiction has recently begun to appear in anthologies of Victorian literature, the genre is relatively unexplored. Considering the vast number of short stories published during the Victorian age, the genre provides an...

The electronic dissemination of research findings.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Research findings can now be published by anyone on the Web, but electronic journals are needed to provide scientific and scholarly filtration. Higher degree theses or dissertations are also being published electronically. This...

Community service self-efficacy: research review.
March 22, 2006... Abstract The Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale (CSSES) measures the person's confidence in his or her own ability to make clinically significant contributions to the community through service. In the first section, research supporting...

The study of service-learning as a moral matter.
March 22, 2006... Abstract If moral development is a hoped for consequence of engagement in service-learning, any adequate construction and/or evaluation of service-learning programs requires a complete and comprehensive understanding of the moral...

Re-envisioning asynchronous communication.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Facilitating a collaborative community in an online class takes a delicate balance of technology and personal communication. This article explores the use of asynchronous communication tools, including threaded discussions,...

Service-learning synergy in teacher education.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Service-learning provided synergy at one regional, state university through redesign of teacher preparation programs supported by a Board of Regents grant. In an introductory teacher education course, the Jumpstart...

Strategies for gifted second language learners.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Gifted second language learners deserve an optimal learning environment in which to develop talent. Direct grammar instruction capitalizes on the strengths of high-ability students allowing them to form their understanding of the...

Service-learning and teacher empowerment.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This article presents a study conducted with 10 graduate students who were enrolled in a Masters of Bilingual Education Program and were full-time K-12 teachers. The participants completed an Instructional Theory course in which...