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J. A. Rice; Trini Stickle – Across the Disciplines, 2024
Comparing legal, policy, and statute writing--from stone records of ancient Britain civil servants to opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court--this article demonstrates how weaving threads of textual language variation and change can innervate writing in the disciplines and history of the English language courses, particularly courses designated for…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Across the Curriculum, Legal Problems, Jargon
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Steagall, Jeffrey W.; Falk, Peter; Gallo, Andres; Porter, Thomas W. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2021
The global nature of the modern business world has expanded the set of skills and attitudes necessary for success, even among new bachelor degree graduates. Although US business schools have primarily integrated international concepts through their curricula, students who stay at their home institutions for their entire degree programs do not live…
Descriptors: International Trade, Business Schools, Business Administration Education, Student Attitudes
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Frink, Melissa Daniel; Whitmire, Kathleen A.; Bogdan, Georgiann – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
A growing number of high school students with disabilities are planning to continue their education in postsecondary schools, including vocational and career schools, 2- and 4-year colleges, and universities (U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 2011). The transition from secondary settings to postsecondary settings presents…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, High School Students, Disabilities, College Bound Students
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Ullman, Ellen – Community College Journal, 2009
This article describes several community colleges across the country that provide services tailored to immigrant learners. The majority of colleges offer basic English as a second language (ESL) classes, but many programs strive to do more than simply breach the language barrier. The most successful programs teach important job skills with a focus…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Job Skills, Immigrants, Migrant Children
O'Keefe, Michael – 1998
The report explores the situation of francophone minorities in Canada and outside Quebec, focusing on the concepts of assimilation and community vitality in language-minority communities. Chapter 1 looks at the concepts of assimilation and community vitality both in Canada and internationally. Chapter 2 gives a broad description of the policy…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Demography, Federal Government, Foreign Countries
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O Riagain, Padraig; Shuibhne, Niamh Nic – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
A survey of literature since 1990 on minority languages and language rights focuses on five issues: definition of minorities; individual vs. collective rights; legal bases for minority linguistic rights; applications and interpretations of minority language rights; and assessments of the impact of minority rights legislation. A nine-item annotated…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Civil Liberties, Definitions, Language Planning
Morris, Daniel R. – 1994
A class project used in one college-level business French course in Oregon involves creation of a French company using a modified simulation approach. Students work in groups to determine what product or service they would like to develop and research the creation of a company. During this process, they simulate a number of situations encountered…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Assignments, Banking, Business Administration Education
Smith, Geoff P. – 1995
Acute intercultural communication problems posed by multilingualism in Papua New Guinea are discussed, and ways in which they are being addressed are examined. An introductory section outlines the language situation in Melanesia. It is noted that the area's language diversity and colonization and missionary activity have resulted in the emergence…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness, Developing Nations
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Child, Barbara – Journal of Legal Education, 1992
A technique to teach the drafting of contracts in legal education is offered. Two form contracts, for real estate sale and purchase, are compared to illustrate the need for careful drafting of contracts. Examination of provisions for repair and maintenance reveals potentially significant differences in language usage. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Contracts, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
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Steffen, Beth O. – English Journal, 1998
Describes a student-conceived, student-executed class research project carried out in a high school English class in which students investigated the issue of teenagers and the law. Notes the enthusiastic work contributed by students otherwise largely hostile to school, some of whom skipped all of their classes except English that term. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Class Activities, English Instruction, High Schools
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Wyld, David C. – CUPA Journal, 1997
Based on litigation patterns, discrimination because of accent occurs most frequently in colleges and universities, particularly in the classroom. Accent discrimination cases are unlike other employment discrimination cases because successful claims generally do not depend on qualifications, but on accent's effect on job performance. Specific…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Administration, College Faculty, College Students