Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Prosodic Analysis of Wh-indeterminate Questions in L2 Korean, Jung In Lee
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Critical Analysis of Anti-Asian Hate in the News, Benardo Douglas Relampagos
A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of NASA's Instagram Account, Danica Lynn Tomber
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
A Computer Science Academic Vocabulary List, David Roesler
Variation in Female and Male Dialogue in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Multi-dimensional Analysis, Amber Morgan Sanchez
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Differences in Syntactic Complexity in the Writing of EL1 and ELL Civil Engineering Students, Santiago Gustin
A Mixed Methods Analysis of Corpus Data from Reddit Discussions of "Gay Voice", Sara Elizabeth Mulliner
Relationship Between Empathy and Language Proficiency in Adult Language Learners, Mika Sakai
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
College Student Rankings of Multiple Speakers in a Public Speaking Context: a Language Attitudes Study on Japanese-accented English with a World Englishes Perspective, John James Ahlbrecht
Grammatical Errors by Arabic ESL Students: an Investigation of L1 Transfer through Error Analysis, Aisha Saud Alasfour
Foreign Language Anxiety, Sexuality, and Gender: Lived Experiences of Four LGBTQ+ Students, James Donald Mitchell
Verb Stem Alternation in Vaiphei, Jesse Prichard
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Teacher and Student Perceptions of World Englishes (WE) Pronunciations in two US Settings, Marie Arrieta
Escalating Language at Traffic Stops: Two Case Studies, Jamalieh Haley
Lexical Bundles in Applied Linguistics and Literature Writing: a Comparison of Intermediate English Learners and Professionals, Kathryn Marie Johnston
Multilingualism and Multiculturalism: Opinions from Spanish-Speaking English Learners from Mexico, Central America, and South America, Cailey Catherine Moe
An Analytical System for Determining Disciplinary Vocabulary for Data-Driven Learning: an Example from Civil Engineering, Philippa Jean Otto
Loanwords in Context: Lexical Borrowing from English to Japanese and its Effects on Second-Language Vocabulary Acquisition, Andrew Michael Sowers
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Identity Construction and Language Use by Immigrant Women in a Microenterprise Development Program, Linda Eve Bonder
"That's the test?" Washback Effects of an Alternative Assessment in a Culturally Heterogeneous EAP University Class, Abigail Bennett Carrigan
Wiki-based Collaborative Creative Writing in the ESL Classroom, Rima Elabdali
A Study of the Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Interpretability of Standard Marine Communication Phrases as Perceived by Chinese Mariners, Lillian Christine Holland
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Empowering All Who Teach: A Portrait of Two Non-Native English Speaking Teachers in a Globalized 21st Century, Rosa Dene David
A Corpus Based Analysis of Noun Modification in Empirical Research Articles in Applied Linguistics, Jo-Anne Hutter
Sound Effects: Age, Gender, and Sound Symbolism in American English, Timothy Allen Krause
Perspectives on the College Readiness and Outcome Achievement of Former Intensive English Language Program (IELP) Students, Meghan Oswalt
The Cognitive Development of Expertise in an ESL Teacher: A Case Study, Lyndsey Roos
Identity and Investment in the Community ESL Classroom, Jennifer Marie Sacklin
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Code Switching Between Tamazight and Arabic in the First Libyan Berber News Broadcast: An Application of Myers-Scotton's MLF and 4M Models, Ashour S. Abdulaziz
Self-Efficacy in Low-Level English Language Learners, Laura F. Blumenthal
The Impact of Wiki-based Collaborative Writing on English L2 Learners' Individual Writing Development, Gina Christina Caruso
Opportunities for Incidental Acquisition of Academic Vocabulary from Teacher Speech in an English for Academic Purposes Classroom, Eric Dean Dodson
Emerging Lexical Organization from Intentional Vocabulary Learning, Adam Jones
Effects of the First Language on Japanese ESL Learners' Answers to Negative Questions, Kosuke Kanda
"Had sh'er haute gamme, high technology": An Application of the MLF and 4-M Models to French-Arabic Codeswitching in Algerian Hip Hop, Samuel Nickilaus McLain-Jespersen
Is Self-Sufficiency Really Sufficient? A Critical Analysis of Federal Refugee Resettlement Policy and Local Attendant English Language Training in Portland, Oregon, Domminick McParland
Explorations into the Psycholinguistic Validity of Extended Collocations, J. Arianna Morgan
A Comparison of Linguistic Features in the Academic Writing of Advanced English Language Learner and English First Language University Students, Margo K. Russell
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The First Year: Development of Preservice Teacher Beliefs About Teaching and Learning During Year One of an MA TESOL Program, Emily Spady Addiego
L1 Influence on L2 Intonation in Russian Speakers of English, Christiane Fleur Crosby
English Loan Words in Japanese: Exploring Comprehension and Register, Naoko Horikawa
The Role of Expectations on Nonnative English Speaking Students' Wrtiting, Sara Marie Van Dan Acker
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Informal Learning Choices of Japanese ESL Students in the United States, Brent Harrison Amburgey
Iktomi: A Character Traits Analysis of a Dakota Culture Myth, Marianne Sue Kastner
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Motivation in Late Learners of Japanese: Self-Determination Theory, Attitudes and Pronunciation, Shannon Guinn-Collins
Foreign Language Students' Beliefs about Homestays, Sara Racheal Juveland
Teaching Intonation Patterns through Reading Aloud, Micah William Park
Disordered Thought, Disordered Language: A corpus-based description of the speech of individuals undergoing treatment for schizophrenia, Lucas Carl Steuber
Emotion Language and Emotion Narratives of Turkish-English Late Bilinguals, Melike Yücel Koç
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
A Library and its Community: Exploring Perceptions of Collaboration, Phoebe Vincenza Daurio
A Structural and Functional Analysis of Codeswitching in Mi Vida Gitana 'My Gypsy Life,' a Bilingual Play, Gustavo Javier Fernandez
Writing Chinuk Wawa: A Materials Development Case Study, Sarah A. Braun Hamilton
Teacher Evaluation of Item Formats for an English Language Proficiency Assessment, Jose Luis Perea-Hernandez
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Building Community and Bridging Cultures: the Role of Volunteer Tutors in Oregon’s Latino Serving Community-Based Organizations, Troy Vaughn Hickman
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Beyond the Classroom Walls: a Study of Out-Of-Class English Use by Adult Community College ESL Students, Tracey Louise Knight
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
A Dialect Study of Oregon NORMs, Lisa Wittenberg Hillyard
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
The Acquisition of a Stage Dialect, Nathaniel George Halloran
Self-perceptions of non-native English speaking teachers of English as a second language, Kathryn Ann Long
The Development of Language Choice in a German Immersion School, Miranda Kussmaul Novash
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Writing in the Contact Zone: Three Portraits of Reflexivity and Transformation, Laurene L. Christensen
A Linguistic Evaluation of the Somali Women's Self Sufficiency Project, Ann Marie Kasper
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Attitudes at the Bank : A Survey of Reactions to Different Varieties of English, Sean Wilcox
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
A Comparison of the Child Directed Speech of Traditional Dads With That of Stay-At-Home Dads, Judith Nancarrow Barr
Error Correction Preferences of Latino ESL Students, John Burrell
The Relationship Between Chinese Character Recognition Strategies and the Success of Character Memorization for Students of Mandarin Chinese, Hui-yen Emmy Chen
Portland dialect study: the story of /æ/ in Portland, Jeffrey C. Conn
On Communicative Competence : Its Nature and Origin, Mary Lou Emerson
The Influence of Cultural Backgrounds on the Interpretations of Literature Texts Used in the ESL Classroom, Barbara Jostrom Gates
Chinese Numeratives and the Mass/Count Distinction, David Goodman
Learning, Motivation, and Self : A Diary Study of an ESL Teacher’s Year in a Japanese Language Classroom, Laura Ruth Hawks
Portland Dialect Study - High Rising Terminal Contours (HRTs) in Portland Speech, Rebecca A. Wolff
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
The Bolinger Principle and Teaching the Gerunds and Infinitives, Anna Maria Baratta-Zborowski
Training for Volunteer Teachers in Church-Affiliated English Language Mission Programs, Janet Noreen Blackwood
Šawaš ılıˀ--šawaš wawa: A Participant Observation Case Study of Language Planning by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, Gregry Michael Davis
Phonological Processing of Japanese Kanji Characters, Randy L. Evans
Academic ESL Reading : Semantic Mapping and Lexical Acquisition, Jeffrey Darin Maggard
The Representation of Gender in Current ESL Reading Materials, Kyunghee Ma
Perception of English Passives by Japanese ESL Learners : Do Adversity Passives in L1 Transfer?, Koichi Sawasaki
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Non-Literate Students in Adult Beginning English as a Second Language Classrooms - A Case Study, Sandra Lynn Banke
A Case Study of Twelve Japanese ESL Students' Use of Interaction Modifications, Darin Dooley
The Home-School Connection: Parental Influences on a Child's ESL Acquisition, Catharine Jauhiainen
A Comparison of Two Second Language Acquisition Models for Culturally and Linguistically Different Students, Karen Dorothy Kuhn
ESL CD-ROM Principles and their Application: A Software Evaluation, Stephanie Burgi LaMonica
Developing a Language in Education Policy for Post-apartheid South Africa: A Case Study, Nancy Murray
Video Self-Monitoring as an Alternative to Traditional Methods of Pronunciation Instruction, P. C. Noble
Analysis of Rhetorical Organization and Style Patterns in Korean and American Business Fax Letters of Complaint in English, Mi Young Park
Ethnic and Language Identity Among a Select Group of Vietnamese-Americans in Portland Oregon, Jay Owen Peterson
The Importance of Time for Processing in Second Language Comprehension and Acquisition, Jennifer Lee Watson
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
The Constraints of a Typological Implicational Universal for Interrogatives on Second Language Acquisition, Dee Anne Bess
An Assessment of the Needs of International Students for Student Services at Southern Oregon State College, Molly K. Emmons
The relationship between a pre-departure training program and its participants' intercultural communication competence, Daniel Timothy Ferguson
An Exploratory Evaluation of Language and Culture Contact by Japanese Sojourners in a Short-term US Academic Program, Elizabeth Anna Hartley
Correction of Classroom Oral Errors: Preferences among University Students of English in Japan, Akemi Katayama
An Analysis of Japanese Learners' Comprehension of Intonation in English, Misako Okubo
An Evaluation of English Spoken Fluency of Thai Graduate Students in the United States, Sugunya Ruangjaroon
A Cross-cultural Study of the Speech Act of Refusing in English and German, Charla Margaret Teufel