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The purpose of this field report is to demonstrate some effective strategies to teach
English communication to the intermediate- to advanced-level university students. The
report is based on my English communication class (at Rikkyo University in…

Guns have gone silent in Northern Uganda after the LRA war, but clouds of injustice are still
thick in the air. Perpetrators of injustice have disappeared in thin air. Victims of atrocities
languish in their villages with psychological and physical…

The literary responses to Fukushima disaster appeared in the last few years
highlighted the similarities with Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing
experiences as long as both tragedies were caused by an arguable usage of nuclear
power. What is…

Educational outcomes are the infrastructure for the future state competitiveness and
cohesiveness. Evaluation has a strong effect on educational outcomes. This paper
develops a conceptual framework for a more effective method to…

Coal mining adversely affects the eco-system as a whole. On the unstable earth; the unresting
mankind constantly uses a variety of resources for their daily lives. Coal is recognized to
have been the main source of energy in India for many decades…

Although reading is popularly considered to be a solitary experience, in linguistics
and literature studies the social nature of reading has been widely recognized.
Accordingly, it is posited here that due to their inherently interactive and…

The paper examines why Western culture achieved a position of hegemony in
global development in the 1800s and why non-Western cultures, particularly
Arabic, Indian, and Chinese cultures, did not achieve the same despite earlier
supremacy in…

Social science research suggests that using a red pen for essay marking evokes a
negative student response. Beyond the choice of marking color, ELL students are
often overwhelmed by the assorted scribbles, circles and slashes that teachers apply…

An intense interest in national identity is a paradoxical but an utterly human reaction
to globalization.

The paper considers the role of national literature in shaping and preserving national
identity with Russian classical literature as a…

The purpose of this research was to study the effect of teaching cooperative education
for students in Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Chiang Rai (RMUTL).
The research population was 62 students from Division of Electrical Engineering…