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The genesis of the Hunter Figure: A study of the dialectic between the biographical and the aesthetic in the early writings of Hunter S. Thompson
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2018)
Hunter S. Thompson revolutionised American journalism in the 1970’s with the publication of ‘The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved’, in Scanlan’s Monthly, and ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’, in Rolling Stone magazine. ...
“A Crooked Mark” - An Examination of the Effectiveness of Using Authentic Materials in Teaching Apostrophe Use in an ELT Context.
(2018-02-07)
This thesis focuses on two types of teaching intervention, prescriptive and descriptive, to
determine which type may be more beneficial to English language learners in learning correct
apostrophe application. The role ...
Exploring Synchronous Online Communication and its Effect on Non-Native Speakers of English
(2018-02-07)
It is estimated that there are 1.5 billion people worldwide who speak English, of whom only 375 million are native speakers (Statista 2016). Jenks (2012) notes that the use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) is growing ...
Content and Language Integrated Learning in Italian upper secondary schools – A Case Study
(2018-02-07)
The term ‘Content and Language Integrated Learning’ (CLIL) was coined in the mid-1990’s to describe and enhance practices in content-based language learning (Coyle, Hood, & Marsh, 2010). The rapid integration of Europe ...