Linguistic Terms
Do you teach or learn in the Department of English of a university or any other tertiary institution? You may be at your wit's end from time to time if there's little that you know about your field, or if colleagues (or students) ask baffling questions - especially on areas of study that they may presume you have a lot of knowledge on. To help you out at such times, see these links:
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/contents.htm
(Glossary of Linguistic Terms)
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/
http://sps.k12.mo.us/khs/linguistics/lingtrms.htm
Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
This page lists FREE resources for methods in program evaluation and social research. The focus is on "how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other methods. Most of these links are to resources that can be read over the web:
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/books.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_research
http://www.sherman.edu/research/Rsch510/research_methods_and_article_typ.html
Modern English
Modern English is sometimes described as the global lingua franca. English is a dominant international language in communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, radio and diplomacy. The influence of the British Empire is the primary reason for the initial spread of the language far beyond the British Isles. Since World War II, the growing economic and cultural influence of the United States has significantly accelerated the adoption of English. For more information, follow the following links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_English_as_a_foreign_language
http://www.odu.edu/al/jpbroder/modengling.html
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