http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5221 2013-05-20T07:31:45Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5241 Instant fame: Message boards, mobile phones, and Clay Aiken Watkins, Erin E. 24 pages. TESOL Working Papers series 4. 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5240 What's the use of apostrophes?: Gender difference and linguistic variation in instant messaging Squires, Lauren M. A brief background on sociolinguistic variation, standards, gender, writing, speech, and computer mediated communication (CMC), followed by findings of an empirical study of the use of apostrophes in instant messaging conversations and an argument for the usefulness of the concept of “standard” in analyzing CMC linguistic behavior. 17 pages. TESOL Working Papers series 4. 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5239 The length of text messages and use of predictive texting: Who uses it and how much do they have to say? Ling, Rich 18 pages. TESOL Working Papers series 4. 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5238 Adjusting the volume: Technology and multitasking in discourse control Baron, Naomi 21 pages. TESOL Working Papers series 4. 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5237 The theoretical underpinnings of effective grammar instruction Biesenbach-Lucas, Sigrun; Couper, Elise; Woerner, Bryan Five pages. TESOL Working Papers series 3. 2005-06-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5236 TESOL Working Papers series 3 - Special Edition: Innovative and communicative materials for teaching grammar Shao, Tiffany; Leite, Katie; Yancey, Judith; Evans, Emily; Saxe, Jo-Anne; Couper, Elise A set of materials developed by American University TESOL students for teaching grammar structures. Comparatives without "than": Giving advice to someone while shopping - developed by Tiffany Shao; Comparatives without "than": Giving suggestions - developed by Katie Leite; What did she say?: Reported speech with tense shift (shifting present tense verbs to past tense) - developed by Elise Couper; Tag questions to show concern/to empathize - developed by Katie Leite; Any or some?: Quantifying count and non-count nouns in yes/no questions regarding cleaning supplies in the workplace - developed by Judith Yancey; Yes/no questions - present tense, "do" insertion: Helping someone make a decision - developed by Emily Evans and Jo-Anne Saxe. 2005-06-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5235 Using color and shape coding to teach sentence structure in Chinese Yang, Xiaohong Because learning disabilities are often due to certain kinds of processing deficiencies, it is often necessary to use multisensory instruction when working with students with learning disabilities (LD), so that they can learn through other cognitive pathways than those of conventional instruction which they cannot access effectively. The purpose of this study is to apply such principles to activities for helping LD students learn grammatical features, such as sentence structure in Mandarin Chinese, and to provide a detailed example of one such activity. TESOL Working Papers series 2. 2004-04-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5234 Dominance or preference?: A case study of cross-linguistic transfer in bilingual child language transfer Wright, Erin This case study examines the oral production of a 10 year-old French-English bilingual in an attempt to determine the nature of cross-linguistic transfer as it relates to language dominance and preference. While a variety of transfer phenomena were observed, this preliminary report focuses on the occurrence of lexical and syntactic transfer in oral language production. 16 pages. TESOL Working Papers series 2. 2004-04-01T00:00:00Z