California has a grave fire deficit, threatening public safety and ecological integrity. Increasing prescribed fire is a state priority. Yet despite California’s rich history of community-based prescribed fire, today’s private landowners are not light . . .

ABSTRACT LANGUAGE POLICY IN TAIWAN: AGE AS A FACTOR OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION by Pei-Ying Lee Master of Arts in Teaching International Languages California State University, Chico Spring 2009 Age has been viewed as the most important factor of la . . .

PRÉCIS This thesis is a study of the Mexican short story that reflects the Cristero Revolution between 1926-1929 and 1934-1941. The Cristero Revolution between Church and State takes place on two different occasions. The second revolution is a continu . . .

ABSTRACT LIFE IN JAPAN DURING WORLD WAR II: A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY FOR JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS by © Kotoe Ito 2010 Master of Arts in Teaching International Languages California State University, Chico Summer 2010 This project focuses on in . . .

ABSTRACT KINESTHETIC TEAMBUILDING ACTIVITIES FOR A GERMAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM by Steven Paul Wildhaber, Jr. Master of Arts in Teaching International Languages California State University, Chico Summer 2010 As a handbook, this project offers Ger . . .

ABSTRACT CONVERGING A GRADUATE TESOL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM INTO AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY by Susana Mercedes Murillo León Master of Arts in Teaching International Languages California State University, Chico Summer 2009 E-learning . . .

ABSTRACT ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (ESP): NURSING IN THE U.S. HOSPITAL by © Laura Medlin 2009 Master of Arts in Teaching International Languages California State University, Chico Fall 2009 Advances in medical technology have increased the human l . . .

For ESL/EFL students to develop a more complete knowledge of the target language, they must also possess general knowledge of the culture as well. The information in this thesis does not only apply to successfully learning a new language, but to other . . .

By addressing language acquisition and reading theory, the value of receptive input a first language (L1) provides and its significance to literacy within a family of incompatible modals (e.g., hearing parents and hearing-impaired child) was underscor . . .

ABSTRACT LA FRANCE ET LE MAGHREB (L’ALGÉRIE, LA TUNISIE, LE MAROC): PERCEPTIONS, ATTITUDES ET VALEURS CULTURELLES by Rose-Marie Lodi Master of Arts in Teaching International Languages California State University, Chico Summer 2010 Le grand nombre d’im . . .