Brain-based teaching strategies for designing instruction can be adapted for any purpose. Conside... more Brain-based teaching strategies for designing instruction can be adapted for any purpose. Considering how to reinforce skills and knowledge into memory must be the basis for instructional design.
SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. The SWOT analysis is us... more SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. The SWOT analysis is useful for creating a strategic plan for a college or university. SUNEO universities are top down in governance, not shared governance. UNSIS is the center of SUNEO in the middle of Oaxaca, University. This information will be useful for people seeking work in Oaxaca, Mexico.
2015 RD Hobbs, Ed.D. book review of:
Spring, Joel (2013). Deculturalization and the struggle for... more 2015 RD Hobbs, Ed.D. book review of:
Spring, Joel (2013). Deculturalization and the struggle for equality; A brief history of the education of dominated cultures in the United States (7th Ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
This review covers monograph content for the purpose of sharing historical information on legislation and court decisions on racism and education. The text reflects current concerns in sociolinguistics on preserving minority languages. The support of minority language learning in dominant language contexts offers benefits to individual brain development as well as the improvement of social communicativeness and learning benefits. Preserving mother tongues offers cultural preservation benefits as well as self-esteem and motivation connected to appreciation of self-identity. University administrators selected this text as one of the alternative resources for graduate courses focusing on multicultural leadership.
Chapters:
1. Deculturalization and the Claim of Racial and Cultural Superiority by Anglo-Americans 2. Native Americans: Deculturalization, Schooling, Globalization, and Inequality 3. African American: Globalization and the African Diaspora 4. Asian Americans: Exclusion and Segregation 5. Hispanic/Latino Americans: Exclusion and Segregation 6. The Great Civil Rights Movement and the New Culture Wars 7. Resegregation of American Schools in a “Post-Racial” Society
The implication is that sociolinguists must increase their influence on educational leaders to support the growing populations of immigrants and protect their linguistic human rights.
Beautification projects in small towns can increase investment and income in small towns by makin... more Beautification projects in small towns can increase investment and income in small towns by making facades more attractive, hiding necessary but unattractive infrastructure, improving signage, creating focal points, and making closed businesses look ready to open. See the examples of BEFORE and AFTER.
Book Review:
James W. Pennebaker (2011). The Secret Life of Pronouns; What Our Words Say About Us... more Book Review: James W. Pennebaker (2011). The Secret Life of Pronouns; What Our Words Say About Us. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press.
Pennebaker was inspired to do his research by Erving Goffman, George Lakoff, Steven Pinker, Deborah Tannen, Ann Wierzbicka, Louis Gottschalk, and Walter Weintraub. Computer programs designed to analyze language in different ways assisted in many different analyses. Gender differences exist in the frequency of certain types of words. Pennabaker categorizes the words and analyzes the writing of famous writers for writing all characters as speaking like women, or all characters speaking as men, or characters speaking appropriate for their genders. Pennebaker also analyzes the speech of politicians and celebrities, as well as tweets. Implications for effective leadership dwell within the words spoken and written. Detecting the deceptive language of liars is possible. Surprising for this reviewer was the fact that speakers synchronize language, but synchronization does not necessarily mean that trust exists. Power, status, and heirarchy lie within the little words.
Supervision [of Employee or Teacher] Evaluation Models Analyses:
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP APPLICAB... more Supervision [of Employee or Teacher] Evaluation Models Analyses: MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP APPLICABILITY
Retention & Reducing Turnover [important factors] Cycles of Improvement: Component 1 Observations & Documentation: Component 2 Leadership Vision-building via Continuum Analyses: Component 3 7 Continua [Status Origin > stretch < Status Optimum] 3 Types of Diagrams: First: Engagement Second: Communication Third: Movement [no particular order] 100% of Researchers agreed on 3 points [surprising because of individual interviews and no contact between the 18 researchers; Nevertheless: Consensus and Conjecture only on minor points] REFERENCES
The succinct PowerPoint suggests 21st century assessment should embrace neuro-psycho-socio-lingui... more The succinct PowerPoint suggests 21st century assessment should embrace neuro-psycho-socio-linguistic research to reduce stress and increase learning. Phase 1: Recall, Phase 2: Recognition, Phase 3: Collaboration, Phase 4: Research, Phase 5: Reflection & Meta-Cognitive Analysis on Memory Retrieval & Learning Process
Key to English - Systematic Acquisition & Strategic Fluency;
A Guide for Curriculum
by Robert Dea... more Key to English - Systematic Acquisition & Strategic Fluency; A Guide for Curriculum by Robert Dean Hobbs [dr.rdhobbs@gmail.com] The text is a word list to be used for teaching LEVEL 1 Intermediate based on Word Frequency Research and supplemented with words based on Focus on Form Research with words added based on Psycholinguistic research recommending that common concepts and FAUX AMI be taught together. Level 1 is divided into 15 double lessons that can be subdivided. The anticipated workbook to be derived from the word lists will include definitions, sample sentences, explanations when appropriate, matching exercises, fill in the blanks, and an answer key.
The paper is to serve as a sample paper for students in graduate media studies, journalism, commu... more The paper is to serve as a sample paper for students in graduate media studies, journalism, communications, or linguistics programs to demonstrate a cross-discipline application of discourse. Section 1: Discussion of the Digital Media Monograph, Tactical Media, Communicative Capitalism, and Censorship; Changing Face of News Media: Rhetoric & Democracy; Tactical News Media & Technology. Section 2: Review of International Literature on New Media Meta Literature, Public Values, Censorship across borders, Discourse to Action, and Sample Activism Literature by Country: Australia, South Korea, and New Guinea. Section 3: The Input of Language Scholars Appendix A: Linguistic Notes Appendix B: International Identities of Authors & Interviewees Appendix C: Corroborating Literature Appendix D: Migration Studies Appendix E: Impact of Language on Emotions
The DNA & Genealogy PowerPoint is based on the publication by Colleen Fitzpatrick and Andrew Yeis... more The DNA & Genealogy PowerPoint is based on the publication by Colleen Fitzpatrick and Andrew Yeiser monograph titled DNA & Genealogy that was published in 2005 and obtained through interlibrary loan from the Hayden Library in Hayden, Idaho and delivered to the Kanawha County Public Library for the Riverside branch. DNA is described and explained succinctly. Special terminology is defined. Enzymes and free radicals are explained in reference to the importance of broccoli. A brief explanation of the Human Genome is offered. Examples of gene therapy are highlighted. Dolly the cloned sheep is not identical to her clone. Also explained briefly are: paleo-DNA, Forensic DNA, Paternity DNA, advantage and disadvantage of the sickle cell gene, Most Recent Common Ancestor calculation (MRCA), and the mystery of Anna Anderson or Anastasia identity.
The Day 1 Course Overview uses R. Jurmain, H. Nelson, L. Kilgore, & W. Trevathan (2000) Introduct... more The Day 1 Course Overview uses R. Jurmain, H. Nelson, L. Kilgore, & W. Trevathan (2000) Introduction to Physical Anthropology 8th Edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Learning) as the guide to introduce students to the terminology and major concepts of physical anthropology. Each slide represents a chapter or further explains the previous slide: 1. Intro 2. Development of an Evolution Theory 3. Biological Basis of Life 4. Heredity and Evolution 5. An Overview of the Living Primates 6. Fundamentals of Primate Behavior 7. Models of Human Evolution 8. Processes of Macroevolution 9. Paleoanthropology 10. Hominid Origins 11. Homo erectus 12. Neandertals 13. Homo sapiens sapiens 14. Microevolution in Modern Human Populations 15. Human Variation and Adaptation 16. Anthropological Perspective on Human Course of Life
The PowerPoint divides into three sections that include rationales, research evidence, and implem... more The PowerPoint divides into three sections that include rationales, research evidence, and implementation. The research review is concerning an interface of linguistics, neuroscience, and psycholinguistics. The participants in the research were neuroscientists, sociolinguists, and researchers in education, learning, and cognitive science/psycholinguistics.
The syllabus combines 8 publications and weekly You Tube documentaries and lectures to incorporat... more The syllabus combines 8 publications and weekly You Tube documentaries and lectures to incorporate many expert perspectives from around the globe. Students synthesize research for their presentations, research papers, and reflections.
Abstract: Harrison divides his book into 10 chapters:
1) Becoming a Linguist;
2) Siberia Calli... more Abstract: Harrison divides his book into 10 chapters: 1) Becoming a Linguist; 2) Siberia Calling; 3) The Power of Words; 4) Where the Hotspots Are [of endangered languages]; 5) Finding Hidden Languages; 6) Six Degrees of Language; 7) How Do Stories Survive? 8) Breaking Out in Song; 9) When a World is Running Down; 10) Saving Languages. In his Glossary, Harrison explains: Dialect; Endangered Language; Grammar; Language (Ln) Archive, Ln Death, Ln Documentation, Ln Prestige, Ln Revitalization, Ln Revival (or Reclamation), and Ln Shift; Linguistics; Moribund Language; Mutual Intelligibility; and Native Language. Harrison has 14 pages of 82 notes. The index is eight pages comprising over 600 terms, names, places, and concepts.
Book review: Cousins, M. (2011). The story of film. London, UK: Pavilion Books. Three divisions: ... more Book review: Cousins, M. (2011). The story of film. London, UK: Pavilion Books. Three divisions: Silent, Sound, Digital. The author attempts to be globally comprehensive in his historical review of the development of the world of cinema by discussing filmmakers and films of Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America, and Australia. Most of the book is decade by decade. The 500 page effort is commendable and destined to be the cinema fanatic's collectable. It's slick with photos on nearly every page. The visual media deserves a book that is visual!
RD Hobbs Book Review
Fox, M. (2007). Talking Hands. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
A team of res... more RD Hobbs Book Review Fox, M. (2007). Talking Hands. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. A team of researchers descend on a village in Southern Israel inhabited by a Bedouin tribe with 4% deaf population due to cousins marrying. The normal statistic for deaf population is one out of 1,000 to one out of 10,000, not four out of 100. Having deaf family members in the village is normal. Deaf children do not grow up in isolation. As a result, a deaf language organically evolved. The more dependable way of observing the evolved language is to observe a deaf child with his hearing sibling. The reason is that deaf children go to school and learn Israeli Sign language. So, when two deaf children get together from the village, their sign language will be mixed with Village sign and Israeli sign. Hearing children learn Village sign from deaf relatives at home and not in school, so they are unfamiliar with Israeli sign language. Chapters in Fox (2007) alternate between observations of Village Bedouins using Village sign and chapters on language and linguistics. The author tells of a Dublin School for the deaf that segregate boys from girls. As a result of the segregation, 70% of the signs are different. The authors explain that before Sandinistas taking power, deaf children grew up in isolation, so they were language impaired for the rest of their lives - having missed the threshold of time to learn a language. After the Sandinistas took power, education improved and deaf children attended school. Linguists report that the older children in the first cohort never learned Nicaragua Sign Language (NSL) adequately, but in the second cohort, children under age 7 enriched the rudimentary "language" they were given to create a bonafide language. Researchers were informed by other examples of Sign language. Thus, Fox (2007) takes on the roles of neurolinguists and psycholinguists in that they explain language in the brain, but also sociolinguists in that they explain deaf language in society as well as in culture and sub-cultures.
The Joint Command & Staff College had a history of testing secrecy and high-stakes testing. The c... more The Joint Command & Staff College had a history of testing secrecy and high-stakes testing. The commander asked the Academic Supervisor what he thought of the system and the answer was that it was the worst he had ever seen. So, the task at hand came to be renovating the curriculum to current TESOL, ESL, & EFL standards, policies, and practices. Professional development would follow. Here is the teachers' manual.
The Joint Command & Staff College of the Ministry of Defense had in place a high-stakes testing e... more The Joint Command & Staff College of the Ministry of Defense had in place a high-stakes testing environment. The proposal was to redesign to the program to include no-stress continuous alternative formative assessments in the multiple modalities to enhance the learning ambiance of the school. TESOL, TEFL, and ESL & EFL theories and practices guided the curriculum renovation.
Monograph Review: Schrauf, R. (2009). Longitudinal Designs in Studies of Multilingualism. In Kees... more Monograph Review: Schrauf, R. (2009). Longitudinal Designs in Studies of Multilingualism. In Kees de Bot & Robert W. Schrauf (Eds.), Language Development Over the Lifespan, pp. 245-270. New York, NY: Routledge.
KEY WORDS: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Aging, Gerontology, Psycholinguistics, Social Sciences, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Methodology, Cross-sectional Research, Longitudinal Research, Language Acquisition, Language Development, Language Decline, Language Attrition, Threats to Validity, Cohort Effects, Dynamic Language, Language Proficiency
I. NOTIONS: CHANGE; RESEARCH: DESIGNS A. Cross-sectional B. Longitudinal C. Cross-sectional & Longitudinal Sequential Designs II. THREATS TO VALIDITY: LONGITUDINAL STUDIES A. Threats to Validity: Multilingual Research 1. Change: language proficiency 2. Environment of language 3. Language frequency of use 4. Attrition B. Standard Threats: Longitudinal 1. Cohort effects 2. Test-Retest/Practice Effects 3. Recruit/Drop-out III. LONGITUDINAL: MONOLINGUALISM A. Vocab B. Picture/Confrontation/Action Naming C. Grammar Complexity & Density: Propositional IV. CONCLUSION The Robert W. Schrauf (2009) "Longitudinal Designs in Studies of Multilingualism" is important for understanding appropriate research methodology for obtaining desired outcomes as well as understanding the interdependency of lifespan variables. Schrauf (2009) shares the outcomes of various types of research with implications as to what types of designs result in what types of data, and how tweaking the design may offer richer data outcomes.
Brain-based teaching strategies for designing instruction can be adapted for any purpose. Conside... more Brain-based teaching strategies for designing instruction can be adapted for any purpose. Considering how to reinforce skills and knowledge into memory must be the basis for instructional design.
SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. The SWOT analysis is us... more SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. The SWOT analysis is useful for creating a strategic plan for a college or university. SUNEO universities are top down in governance, not shared governance. UNSIS is the center of SUNEO in the middle of Oaxaca, University. This information will be useful for people seeking work in Oaxaca, Mexico.
2015 RD Hobbs, Ed.D. book review of:
Spring, Joel (2013). Deculturalization and the struggle for... more 2015 RD Hobbs, Ed.D. book review of:
Spring, Joel (2013). Deculturalization and the struggle for equality; A brief history of the education of dominated cultures in the United States (7th Ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
This review covers monograph content for the purpose of sharing historical information on legislation and court decisions on racism and education. The text reflects current concerns in sociolinguistics on preserving minority languages. The support of minority language learning in dominant language contexts offers benefits to individual brain development as well as the improvement of social communicativeness and learning benefits. Preserving mother tongues offers cultural preservation benefits as well as self-esteem and motivation connected to appreciation of self-identity. University administrators selected this text as one of the alternative resources for graduate courses focusing on multicultural leadership.
Chapters:
1. Deculturalization and the Claim of Racial and Cultural Superiority by Anglo-Americans 2. Native Americans: Deculturalization, Schooling, Globalization, and Inequality 3. African American: Globalization and the African Diaspora 4. Asian Americans: Exclusion and Segregation 5. Hispanic/Latino Americans: Exclusion and Segregation 6. The Great Civil Rights Movement and the New Culture Wars 7. Resegregation of American Schools in a “Post-Racial” Society
The implication is that sociolinguists must increase their influence on educational leaders to support the growing populations of immigrants and protect their linguistic human rights.
Beautification projects in small towns can increase investment and income in small towns by makin... more Beautification projects in small towns can increase investment and income in small towns by making facades more attractive, hiding necessary but unattractive infrastructure, improving signage, creating focal points, and making closed businesses look ready to open. See the examples of BEFORE and AFTER.
Book Review:
James W. Pennebaker (2011). The Secret Life of Pronouns; What Our Words Say About Us... more Book Review: James W. Pennebaker (2011). The Secret Life of Pronouns; What Our Words Say About Us. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press.
Pennebaker was inspired to do his research by Erving Goffman, George Lakoff, Steven Pinker, Deborah Tannen, Ann Wierzbicka, Louis Gottschalk, and Walter Weintraub. Computer programs designed to analyze language in different ways assisted in many different analyses. Gender differences exist in the frequency of certain types of words. Pennabaker categorizes the words and analyzes the writing of famous writers for writing all characters as speaking like women, or all characters speaking as men, or characters speaking appropriate for their genders. Pennebaker also analyzes the speech of politicians and celebrities, as well as tweets. Implications for effective leadership dwell within the words spoken and written. Detecting the deceptive language of liars is possible. Surprising for this reviewer was the fact that speakers synchronize language, but synchronization does not necessarily mean that trust exists. Power, status, and heirarchy lie within the little words.
Supervision [of Employee or Teacher] Evaluation Models Analyses:
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP APPLICAB... more Supervision [of Employee or Teacher] Evaluation Models Analyses: MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP APPLICABILITY
Retention & Reducing Turnover [important factors] Cycles of Improvement: Component 1 Observations & Documentation: Component 2 Leadership Vision-building via Continuum Analyses: Component 3 7 Continua [Status Origin > stretch < Status Optimum] 3 Types of Diagrams: First: Engagement Second: Communication Third: Movement [no particular order] 100% of Researchers agreed on 3 points [surprising because of individual interviews and no contact between the 18 researchers; Nevertheless: Consensus and Conjecture only on minor points] REFERENCES
The succinct PowerPoint suggests 21st century assessment should embrace neuro-psycho-socio-lingui... more The succinct PowerPoint suggests 21st century assessment should embrace neuro-psycho-socio-linguistic research to reduce stress and increase learning. Phase 1: Recall, Phase 2: Recognition, Phase 3: Collaboration, Phase 4: Research, Phase 5: Reflection & Meta-Cognitive Analysis on Memory Retrieval & Learning Process
Key to English - Systematic Acquisition & Strategic Fluency;
A Guide for Curriculum
by Robert Dea... more Key to English - Systematic Acquisition & Strategic Fluency; A Guide for Curriculum by Robert Dean Hobbs [dr.rdhobbs@gmail.com] The text is a word list to be used for teaching LEVEL 1 Intermediate based on Word Frequency Research and supplemented with words based on Focus on Form Research with words added based on Psycholinguistic research recommending that common concepts and FAUX AMI be taught together. Level 1 is divided into 15 double lessons that can be subdivided. The anticipated workbook to be derived from the word lists will include definitions, sample sentences, explanations when appropriate, matching exercises, fill in the blanks, and an answer key.
The paper is to serve as a sample paper for students in graduate media studies, journalism, commu... more The paper is to serve as a sample paper for students in graduate media studies, journalism, communications, or linguistics programs to demonstrate a cross-discipline application of discourse. Section 1: Discussion of the Digital Media Monograph, Tactical Media, Communicative Capitalism, and Censorship; Changing Face of News Media: Rhetoric & Democracy; Tactical News Media & Technology. Section 2: Review of International Literature on New Media Meta Literature, Public Values, Censorship across borders, Discourse to Action, and Sample Activism Literature by Country: Australia, South Korea, and New Guinea. Section 3: The Input of Language Scholars Appendix A: Linguistic Notes Appendix B: International Identities of Authors & Interviewees Appendix C: Corroborating Literature Appendix D: Migration Studies Appendix E: Impact of Language on Emotions
The DNA & Genealogy PowerPoint is based on the publication by Colleen Fitzpatrick and Andrew Yeis... more The DNA & Genealogy PowerPoint is based on the publication by Colleen Fitzpatrick and Andrew Yeiser monograph titled DNA & Genealogy that was published in 2005 and obtained through interlibrary loan from the Hayden Library in Hayden, Idaho and delivered to the Kanawha County Public Library for the Riverside branch. DNA is described and explained succinctly. Special terminology is defined. Enzymes and free radicals are explained in reference to the importance of broccoli. A brief explanation of the Human Genome is offered. Examples of gene therapy are highlighted. Dolly the cloned sheep is not identical to her clone. Also explained briefly are: paleo-DNA, Forensic DNA, Paternity DNA, advantage and disadvantage of the sickle cell gene, Most Recent Common Ancestor calculation (MRCA), and the mystery of Anna Anderson or Anastasia identity.
The Day 1 Course Overview uses R. Jurmain, H. Nelson, L. Kilgore, & W. Trevathan (2000) Introduct... more The Day 1 Course Overview uses R. Jurmain, H. Nelson, L. Kilgore, & W. Trevathan (2000) Introduction to Physical Anthropology 8th Edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Learning) as the guide to introduce students to the terminology and major concepts of physical anthropology. Each slide represents a chapter or further explains the previous slide: 1. Intro 2. Development of an Evolution Theory 3. Biological Basis of Life 4. Heredity and Evolution 5. An Overview of the Living Primates 6. Fundamentals of Primate Behavior 7. Models of Human Evolution 8. Processes of Macroevolution 9. Paleoanthropology 10. Hominid Origins 11. Homo erectus 12. Neandertals 13. Homo sapiens sapiens 14. Microevolution in Modern Human Populations 15. Human Variation and Adaptation 16. Anthropological Perspective on Human Course of Life
The PowerPoint divides into three sections that include rationales, research evidence, and implem... more The PowerPoint divides into three sections that include rationales, research evidence, and implementation. The research review is concerning an interface of linguistics, neuroscience, and psycholinguistics. The participants in the research were neuroscientists, sociolinguists, and researchers in education, learning, and cognitive science/psycholinguistics.
The syllabus combines 8 publications and weekly You Tube documentaries and lectures to incorporat... more The syllabus combines 8 publications and weekly You Tube documentaries and lectures to incorporate many expert perspectives from around the globe. Students synthesize research for their presentations, research papers, and reflections.
Abstract: Harrison divides his book into 10 chapters:
1) Becoming a Linguist;
2) Siberia Calli... more Abstract: Harrison divides his book into 10 chapters: 1) Becoming a Linguist; 2) Siberia Calling; 3) The Power of Words; 4) Where the Hotspots Are [of endangered languages]; 5) Finding Hidden Languages; 6) Six Degrees of Language; 7) How Do Stories Survive? 8) Breaking Out in Song; 9) When a World is Running Down; 10) Saving Languages. In his Glossary, Harrison explains: Dialect; Endangered Language; Grammar; Language (Ln) Archive, Ln Death, Ln Documentation, Ln Prestige, Ln Revitalization, Ln Revival (or Reclamation), and Ln Shift; Linguistics; Moribund Language; Mutual Intelligibility; and Native Language. Harrison has 14 pages of 82 notes. The index is eight pages comprising over 600 terms, names, places, and concepts.
Book review: Cousins, M. (2011). The story of film. London, UK: Pavilion Books. Three divisions: ... more Book review: Cousins, M. (2011). The story of film. London, UK: Pavilion Books. Three divisions: Silent, Sound, Digital. The author attempts to be globally comprehensive in his historical review of the development of the world of cinema by discussing filmmakers and films of Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America, and Australia. Most of the book is decade by decade. The 500 page effort is commendable and destined to be the cinema fanatic's collectable. It's slick with photos on nearly every page. The visual media deserves a book that is visual!
RD Hobbs Book Review
Fox, M. (2007). Talking Hands. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
A team of res... more RD Hobbs Book Review Fox, M. (2007). Talking Hands. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. A team of researchers descend on a village in Southern Israel inhabited by a Bedouin tribe with 4% deaf population due to cousins marrying. The normal statistic for deaf population is one out of 1,000 to one out of 10,000, not four out of 100. Having deaf family members in the village is normal. Deaf children do not grow up in isolation. As a result, a deaf language organically evolved. The more dependable way of observing the evolved language is to observe a deaf child with his hearing sibling. The reason is that deaf children go to school and learn Israeli Sign language. So, when two deaf children get together from the village, their sign language will be mixed with Village sign and Israeli sign. Hearing children learn Village sign from deaf relatives at home and not in school, so they are unfamiliar with Israeli sign language. Chapters in Fox (2007) alternate between observations of Village Bedouins using Village sign and chapters on language and linguistics. The author tells of a Dublin School for the deaf that segregate boys from girls. As a result of the segregation, 70% of the signs are different. The authors explain that before Sandinistas taking power, deaf children grew up in isolation, so they were language impaired for the rest of their lives - having missed the threshold of time to learn a language. After the Sandinistas took power, education improved and deaf children attended school. Linguists report that the older children in the first cohort never learned Nicaragua Sign Language (NSL) adequately, but in the second cohort, children under age 7 enriched the rudimentary "language" they were given to create a bonafide language. Researchers were informed by other examples of Sign language. Thus, Fox (2007) takes on the roles of neurolinguists and psycholinguists in that they explain language in the brain, but also sociolinguists in that they explain deaf language in society as well as in culture and sub-cultures.
The Joint Command & Staff College had a history of testing secrecy and high-stakes testing. The c... more The Joint Command & Staff College had a history of testing secrecy and high-stakes testing. The commander asked the Academic Supervisor what he thought of the system and the answer was that it was the worst he had ever seen. So, the task at hand came to be renovating the curriculum to current TESOL, ESL, & EFL standards, policies, and practices. Professional development would follow. Here is the teachers' manual.
The Joint Command & Staff College of the Ministry of Defense had in place a high-stakes testing e... more The Joint Command & Staff College of the Ministry of Defense had in place a high-stakes testing environment. The proposal was to redesign to the program to include no-stress continuous alternative formative assessments in the multiple modalities to enhance the learning ambiance of the school. TESOL, TEFL, and ESL & EFL theories and practices guided the curriculum renovation.
Monograph Review: Schrauf, R. (2009). Longitudinal Designs in Studies of Multilingualism. In Kees... more Monograph Review: Schrauf, R. (2009). Longitudinal Designs in Studies of Multilingualism. In Kees de Bot & Robert W. Schrauf (Eds.), Language Development Over the Lifespan, pp. 245-270. New York, NY: Routledge.
KEY WORDS: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Aging, Gerontology, Psycholinguistics, Social Sciences, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Methodology, Cross-sectional Research, Longitudinal Research, Language Acquisition, Language Development, Language Decline, Language Attrition, Threats to Validity, Cohort Effects, Dynamic Language, Language Proficiency
I. NOTIONS: CHANGE; RESEARCH: DESIGNS A. Cross-sectional B. Longitudinal C. Cross-sectional & Longitudinal Sequential Designs II. THREATS TO VALIDITY: LONGITUDINAL STUDIES A. Threats to Validity: Multilingual Research 1. Change: language proficiency 2. Environment of language 3. Language frequency of use 4. Attrition B. Standard Threats: Longitudinal 1. Cohort effects 2. Test-Retest/Practice Effects 3. Recruit/Drop-out III. LONGITUDINAL: MONOLINGUALISM A. Vocab B. Picture/Confrontation/Action Naming C. Grammar Complexity & Density: Propositional IV. CONCLUSION The Robert W. Schrauf (2009) "Longitudinal Designs in Studies of Multilingualism" is important for understanding appropriate research methodology for obtaining desired outcomes as well as understanding the interdependency of lifespan variables. Schrauf (2009) shares the outcomes of various types of research with implications as to what types of designs result in what types of data, and how tweaking the design may offer richer data outcomes.
The PowerPoint is the presentation version of a tenure paper for a conference of professors and r... more The PowerPoint is the presentation version of a tenure paper for a conference of professors and researchers from 17 campuses and 9 universities to learn about brain-based strategies for teaching grammar. Perspectives include neuroscience, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and outcomes from other education researchers.
TENURE Screen Version Didactic Perspectives of English Grammar Pedagogy. Twelve strategies are of... more TENURE Screen Version Didactic Perspectives of English Grammar Pedagogy. Twelve strategies are offered based on neuro-psycholinguistic research. The research is succinctly explained, then the strategy is offered. Additional perspectives are offered in the Appendix. A POWERPOINT version will also be uploaded.
Dr. Hobbs used Common Cognate and Focus on Form research outcome recommendations to enhance the V... more Dr. Hobbs used Common Cognate and Focus on Form research outcome recommendations to enhance the Vocabulary List compiled by Townsend Press based on Word Frequency Research. This list is from the upper intermediate book called Improving Vocabulary Skills by Sherrie L. Nist. The series is excellent and students at all levels like these books. I have used these books in upper elementary school, middle school, high school, and university foundational English courses for native and non-native students in the USA and other countries as well.
Make students accountable for obtaining their own feedback.
Quick scoring & feedback builds relat... more Make students accountable for obtaining their own feedback. Quick scoring & feedback builds relationships. Simple Scoring for IN CLASS Assignments, peer-reviewed presentations, and student-designed graphic organizers for films. Students peer-evaluate with 3 to 4 page document to keep the room quiet while students give presentations: Page 1 lists presentations and presenters; Page 2 is a Matrix for students to evaluate characteristics of each presentation with simple quantitative scoring; Page 3 is a qualitative questionnaire; Page 4 is the Reconciliation and Rationale. Summary Follows + More information.
SAMPLE PAPER for Interdisciplinary Graduate Course
Publics?
New Media Changes
Tactics of Activism... more SAMPLE PAPER for Interdisciplinary Graduate Course Publics? New Media Changes Tactics of Activism Literature of New Media Meta Literature Censorship Hactivism Global Perspectives Language Scholar Perspectives
The Global Child offers perspectives from neuroscientists, psycholinguists, sociolinguists, and o... more The Global Child offers perspectives from neuroscientists, psycholinguists, sociolinguists, and other education researchers. The models represent schools, students, and brains. Devised tools help school leaders analyze the capabilities of their schools, teachers analyze the demographics of their classrooms, and students explore their identities. 978-3-659-88120-6.pdf
The Third Language Acquisition Model emerged from the stratified systematic grounded theory quali... more The Third Language Acquisition Model emerged from the stratified systematic grounded theory qualitative inquiry involving researchers in neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and various branches of education research. The author grants permission to reprint the model and offers citation possibilities.
This upload is the INTRODUCTION to Part 1 & complete book references for the monograph cited as: ... more This upload is the INTRODUCTION to Part 1 & complete book references for the monograph cited as: HOBBS, R.D. (2016). THE GLOBAL CHILD: How Experts Would Change Education; Research-Based Acquisition of Languages. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.
The book is an UPDATE to research conducted in 2010 and first published in 2011. More substantiat... more The book is an UPDATE to research conducted in 2010 and first published in 2011. More substantiating citations and references from 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 have been added. The author interviewed neurolinguists, psycholinguists, sociolinguists, and education researchers in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa, and has since conducted research in South America and the Middle East. Translators and simultaneous translators were interviewed. Uruguay changed from a monolingual education system to a bilingual education system seven years ago. Empirical evidence and observations have been added to the stratified systematic grounded theory qualitative study that focuses on improving education throughout the world based on input from experts.
The hope is that the technology curve of possibilities will become realities before the carbon em... more The hope is that the technology curve of possibilities will become realities before the carbon emissions curve destroys the biosphere.
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Papers by Dr. Robert Dean Hobbs
Spring, Joel (2013). Deculturalization and the struggle for equality; A brief history of the education of dominated cultures in the United States (7th Ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
This review covers monograph content for the purpose of sharing historical information on legislation and court decisions on racism and education. The text reflects current concerns in sociolinguistics on preserving minority languages. The support of minority language learning in dominant language contexts offers benefits to individual brain development as well as the improvement of social communicativeness and learning benefits. Preserving mother tongues offers cultural preservation benefits as well as self-esteem and motivation connected to appreciation of self-identity. University administrators selected this text as one of the alternative resources for graduate courses focusing on multicultural leadership.
Chapters:
1. Deculturalization and the Claim of Racial and Cultural Superiority by Anglo-Americans
2. Native Americans: Deculturalization, Schooling, Globalization, and Inequality
3. African American: Globalization and the African Diaspora
4. Asian Americans: Exclusion and Segregation
5. Hispanic/Latino Americans: Exclusion and Segregation
6. The Great Civil Rights Movement and the New Culture Wars
7. Resegregation of American Schools in a “Post-Racial” Society
The implication is that sociolinguists must increase their influence on educational leaders to support the growing populations of immigrants and protect their linguistic human rights.
James W. Pennebaker (2011). The Secret Life of Pronouns; What Our Words Say About Us. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press.
Pennebaker was inspired to do his research by Erving Goffman, George Lakoff, Steven Pinker, Deborah Tannen, Ann Wierzbicka, Louis Gottschalk, and Walter Weintraub. Computer programs designed to analyze language in different ways assisted in many different analyses. Gender differences exist in the frequency of certain types of words. Pennabaker categorizes the words and analyzes the writing of famous writers for writing all characters as speaking like women, or all characters speaking as men, or characters speaking appropriate for their genders. Pennebaker also analyzes the speech of politicians and celebrities, as well as tweets. Implications for effective leadership dwell within the words spoken and written. Detecting the deceptive language of liars is possible. Surprising for this reviewer was the fact that speakers synchronize language, but synchronization does not necessarily mean that trust exists. Power, status, and heirarchy lie within the little words.
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP APPLICABILITY
Retention & Reducing Turnover [important factors]
Cycles of Improvement: Component 1
Observations & Documentation: Component 2
Leadership Vision-building via Continuum Analyses: Component 3
7 Continua [Status Origin > stretch < Status Optimum]
3 Types of Diagrams:
First: Engagement
Second: Communication
Third: Movement
[no particular order]
100% of Researchers agreed on 3 points
[surprising because of individual interviews and no contact between the 18 researchers; Nevertheless: Consensus and Conjecture only on minor points]
REFERENCES
A Guide for Curriculum
by Robert Dean Hobbs [dr.rdhobbs@gmail.com]
The text is a word list to be used for teaching LEVEL 1 Intermediate based on Word Frequency Research and supplemented with words based on Focus on Form Research with words added based on Psycholinguistic research recommending that common concepts and FAUX AMI be taught together. Level 1 is divided into 15 double lessons that can be subdivided. The anticipated workbook to be derived from the word lists will include definitions, sample sentences, explanations when appropriate, matching exercises, fill in the blanks, and an answer key.
Section 1: Discussion of the Digital Media Monograph, Tactical Media, Communicative Capitalism, and Censorship; Changing Face of News Media: Rhetoric & Democracy; Tactical News Media & Technology.
Section 2: Review of International Literature on New Media
Meta Literature, Public Values, Censorship across borders, Discourse to Action, and Sample Activism Literature by Country: Australia, South Korea, and New Guinea.
Section 3: The Input of Language Scholars
Appendix A: Linguistic Notes
Appendix B: International Identities of Authors & Interviewees
Appendix C: Corroborating Literature
Appendix D: Migration Studies
Appendix E: Impact of Language on Emotions
1. Intro
2. Development of an Evolution Theory
3. Biological Basis of Life
4. Heredity and Evolution
5. An Overview of the Living Primates
6. Fundamentals of Primate Behavior
7. Models of Human Evolution
8. Processes of Macroevolution
9. Paleoanthropology
10. Hominid Origins
11. Homo erectus
12. Neandertals
13. Homo sapiens sapiens
14. Microevolution in Modern Human Populations
15. Human Variation and Adaptation
16. Anthropological Perspective on Human Course of Life
1) Becoming a Linguist;
2) Siberia Calling;
3) The Power of Words;
4) Where the Hotspots Are [of endangered languages];
5) Finding Hidden Languages;
6) Six Degrees of Language;
7) How Do Stories Survive?
8) Breaking Out in Song;
9) When a World is Running Down;
10) Saving Languages.
In his Glossary, Harrison explains: Dialect; Endangered Language;
Grammar; Language (Ln) Archive, Ln Death, Ln Documentation, Ln Prestige, Ln Revitalization, Ln Revival (or Reclamation), and Ln Shift; Linguistics; Moribund Language; Mutual Intelligibility;
and Native Language. Harrison has 14 pages of 82 notes.
The index is eight pages comprising over 600 terms, names, places, and concepts.
The author attempts to be globally comprehensive in his historical review of the development of the world of cinema by discussing filmmakers and films of Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America, and Australia. Most of the book is decade by decade. The 500 page effort is commendable and destined to be the cinema fanatic's collectable. It's slick with photos on nearly every page. The visual media deserves a book that is visual!
Fox, M. (2007). Talking Hands. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
A team of researchers descend on a village in Southern Israel inhabited by a Bedouin tribe with 4% deaf population due to cousins marrying. The normal statistic for deaf population is one out of 1,000 to one out of 10,000, not four out of 100. Having deaf family members in the village is normal. Deaf children do not grow up in isolation. As a result, a deaf language organically evolved. The more dependable way of observing the evolved language is to observe a deaf child with his hearing sibling. The reason is that deaf children go to school and learn Israeli Sign language. So, when two deaf children get together from the village, their sign language will be mixed with Village sign and Israeli sign. Hearing children learn Village sign from deaf relatives at home and not in school, so they are unfamiliar with Israeli sign language. Chapters in Fox (2007) alternate between observations of Village Bedouins using Village sign and chapters on language and linguistics. The author tells of a Dublin School for the deaf that segregate boys from girls. As a result of the segregation, 70% of the signs are different. The authors explain that before Sandinistas taking power, deaf children grew up in isolation, so they were language impaired for the rest of their lives - having missed the threshold of time to learn a language. After the Sandinistas took power, education improved and deaf children attended school. Linguists report that the older children in the first cohort never learned Nicaragua Sign Language (NSL) adequately, but in the second cohort, children under age 7 enriched the rudimentary "language" they were given to create a bonafide language. Researchers were informed by other examples of Sign language. Thus, Fox (2007) takes on the roles of neurolinguists and psycholinguists in that they explain language in the brain, but also sociolinguists in that they explain deaf language in society as well as in culture and sub-cultures.
KEY WORDS: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Aging, Gerontology, Psycholinguistics, Social Sciences, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Methodology, Cross-sectional Research, Longitudinal Research, Language Acquisition, Language Development, Language Decline, Language Attrition, Threats to Validity, Cohort Effects, Dynamic Language, Language Proficiency
I. NOTIONS: CHANGE; RESEARCH: DESIGNS
A. Cross-sectional
B. Longitudinal
C. Cross-sectional & Longitudinal Sequential Designs
II. THREATS TO VALIDITY: LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
A. Threats to Validity: Multilingual Research
1. Change: language proficiency
2. Environment of language
3. Language frequency of use
4. Attrition
B. Standard Threats: Longitudinal
1. Cohort effects
2. Test-Retest/Practice Effects
3. Recruit/Drop-out
III. LONGITUDINAL: MONOLINGUALISM
A. Vocab
B. Picture/Confrontation/Action Naming
C. Grammar Complexity & Density: Propositional
IV. CONCLUSION
The Robert W. Schrauf (2009) "Longitudinal Designs in Studies of Multilingualism" is important for understanding appropriate research methodology for obtaining desired outcomes as well as understanding the interdependency of lifespan variables. Schrauf (2009) shares the outcomes of various types of research with implications as to what types of designs result in what types of data, and how tweaking the design may offer richer data outcomes.
Spring, Joel (2013). Deculturalization and the struggle for equality; A brief history of the education of dominated cultures in the United States (7th Ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
This review covers monograph content for the purpose of sharing historical information on legislation and court decisions on racism and education. The text reflects current concerns in sociolinguistics on preserving minority languages. The support of minority language learning in dominant language contexts offers benefits to individual brain development as well as the improvement of social communicativeness and learning benefits. Preserving mother tongues offers cultural preservation benefits as well as self-esteem and motivation connected to appreciation of self-identity. University administrators selected this text as one of the alternative resources for graduate courses focusing on multicultural leadership.
Chapters:
1. Deculturalization and the Claim of Racial and Cultural Superiority by Anglo-Americans
2. Native Americans: Deculturalization, Schooling, Globalization, and Inequality
3. African American: Globalization and the African Diaspora
4. Asian Americans: Exclusion and Segregation
5. Hispanic/Latino Americans: Exclusion and Segregation
6. The Great Civil Rights Movement and the New Culture Wars
7. Resegregation of American Schools in a “Post-Racial” Society
The implication is that sociolinguists must increase their influence on educational leaders to support the growing populations of immigrants and protect their linguistic human rights.
James W. Pennebaker (2011). The Secret Life of Pronouns; What Our Words Say About Us. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press.
Pennebaker was inspired to do his research by Erving Goffman, George Lakoff, Steven Pinker, Deborah Tannen, Ann Wierzbicka, Louis Gottschalk, and Walter Weintraub. Computer programs designed to analyze language in different ways assisted in many different analyses. Gender differences exist in the frequency of certain types of words. Pennabaker categorizes the words and analyzes the writing of famous writers for writing all characters as speaking like women, or all characters speaking as men, or characters speaking appropriate for their genders. Pennebaker also analyzes the speech of politicians and celebrities, as well as tweets. Implications for effective leadership dwell within the words spoken and written. Detecting the deceptive language of liars is possible. Surprising for this reviewer was the fact that speakers synchronize language, but synchronization does not necessarily mean that trust exists. Power, status, and heirarchy lie within the little words.
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP APPLICABILITY
Retention & Reducing Turnover [important factors]
Cycles of Improvement: Component 1
Observations & Documentation: Component 2
Leadership Vision-building via Continuum Analyses: Component 3
7 Continua [Status Origin > stretch < Status Optimum]
3 Types of Diagrams:
First: Engagement
Second: Communication
Third: Movement
[no particular order]
100% of Researchers agreed on 3 points
[surprising because of individual interviews and no contact between the 18 researchers; Nevertheless: Consensus and Conjecture only on minor points]
REFERENCES
A Guide for Curriculum
by Robert Dean Hobbs [dr.rdhobbs@gmail.com]
The text is a word list to be used for teaching LEVEL 1 Intermediate based on Word Frequency Research and supplemented with words based on Focus on Form Research with words added based on Psycholinguistic research recommending that common concepts and FAUX AMI be taught together. Level 1 is divided into 15 double lessons that can be subdivided. The anticipated workbook to be derived from the word lists will include definitions, sample sentences, explanations when appropriate, matching exercises, fill in the blanks, and an answer key.
Section 1: Discussion of the Digital Media Monograph, Tactical Media, Communicative Capitalism, and Censorship; Changing Face of News Media: Rhetoric & Democracy; Tactical News Media & Technology.
Section 2: Review of International Literature on New Media
Meta Literature, Public Values, Censorship across borders, Discourse to Action, and Sample Activism Literature by Country: Australia, South Korea, and New Guinea.
Section 3: The Input of Language Scholars
Appendix A: Linguistic Notes
Appendix B: International Identities of Authors & Interviewees
Appendix C: Corroborating Literature
Appendix D: Migration Studies
Appendix E: Impact of Language on Emotions
1. Intro
2. Development of an Evolution Theory
3. Biological Basis of Life
4. Heredity and Evolution
5. An Overview of the Living Primates
6. Fundamentals of Primate Behavior
7. Models of Human Evolution
8. Processes of Macroevolution
9. Paleoanthropology
10. Hominid Origins
11. Homo erectus
12. Neandertals
13. Homo sapiens sapiens
14. Microevolution in Modern Human Populations
15. Human Variation and Adaptation
16. Anthropological Perspective on Human Course of Life
1) Becoming a Linguist;
2) Siberia Calling;
3) The Power of Words;
4) Where the Hotspots Are [of endangered languages];
5) Finding Hidden Languages;
6) Six Degrees of Language;
7) How Do Stories Survive?
8) Breaking Out in Song;
9) When a World is Running Down;
10) Saving Languages.
In his Glossary, Harrison explains: Dialect; Endangered Language;
Grammar; Language (Ln) Archive, Ln Death, Ln Documentation, Ln Prestige, Ln Revitalization, Ln Revival (or Reclamation), and Ln Shift; Linguistics; Moribund Language; Mutual Intelligibility;
and Native Language. Harrison has 14 pages of 82 notes.
The index is eight pages comprising over 600 terms, names, places, and concepts.
The author attempts to be globally comprehensive in his historical review of the development of the world of cinema by discussing filmmakers and films of Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America, and Australia. Most of the book is decade by decade. The 500 page effort is commendable and destined to be the cinema fanatic's collectable. It's slick with photos on nearly every page. The visual media deserves a book that is visual!
Fox, M. (2007). Talking Hands. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
A team of researchers descend on a village in Southern Israel inhabited by a Bedouin tribe with 4% deaf population due to cousins marrying. The normal statistic for deaf population is one out of 1,000 to one out of 10,000, not four out of 100. Having deaf family members in the village is normal. Deaf children do not grow up in isolation. As a result, a deaf language organically evolved. The more dependable way of observing the evolved language is to observe a deaf child with his hearing sibling. The reason is that deaf children go to school and learn Israeli Sign language. So, when two deaf children get together from the village, their sign language will be mixed with Village sign and Israeli sign. Hearing children learn Village sign from deaf relatives at home and not in school, so they are unfamiliar with Israeli sign language. Chapters in Fox (2007) alternate between observations of Village Bedouins using Village sign and chapters on language and linguistics. The author tells of a Dublin School for the deaf that segregate boys from girls. As a result of the segregation, 70% of the signs are different. The authors explain that before Sandinistas taking power, deaf children grew up in isolation, so they were language impaired for the rest of their lives - having missed the threshold of time to learn a language. After the Sandinistas took power, education improved and deaf children attended school. Linguists report that the older children in the first cohort never learned Nicaragua Sign Language (NSL) adequately, but in the second cohort, children under age 7 enriched the rudimentary "language" they were given to create a bonafide language. Researchers were informed by other examples of Sign language. Thus, Fox (2007) takes on the roles of neurolinguists and psycholinguists in that they explain language in the brain, but also sociolinguists in that they explain deaf language in society as well as in culture and sub-cultures.
KEY WORDS: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Aging, Gerontology, Psycholinguistics, Social Sciences, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Methodology, Cross-sectional Research, Longitudinal Research, Language Acquisition, Language Development, Language Decline, Language Attrition, Threats to Validity, Cohort Effects, Dynamic Language, Language Proficiency
I. NOTIONS: CHANGE; RESEARCH: DESIGNS
A. Cross-sectional
B. Longitudinal
C. Cross-sectional & Longitudinal Sequential Designs
II. THREATS TO VALIDITY: LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
A. Threats to Validity: Multilingual Research
1. Change: language proficiency
2. Environment of language
3. Language frequency of use
4. Attrition
B. Standard Threats: Longitudinal
1. Cohort effects
2. Test-Retest/Practice Effects
3. Recruit/Drop-out
III. LONGITUDINAL: MONOLINGUALISM
A. Vocab
B. Picture/Confrontation/Action Naming
C. Grammar Complexity & Density: Propositional
IV. CONCLUSION
The Robert W. Schrauf (2009) "Longitudinal Designs in Studies of Multilingualism" is important for understanding appropriate research methodology for obtaining desired outcomes as well as understanding the interdependency of lifespan variables. Schrauf (2009) shares the outcomes of various types of research with implications as to what types of designs result in what types of data, and how tweaking the design may offer richer data outcomes.
Quick scoring & feedback builds relationships.
Simple Scoring for IN CLASS Assignments, peer-reviewed presentations, and student-designed graphic organizers for films.
Students peer-evaluate with 3 to 4 page document to keep the room quiet while students give presentations:
Page 1 lists presentations and presenters;
Page 2 is a Matrix for students to evaluate characteristics of each presentation with simple quantitative scoring;
Page 3 is a qualitative questionnaire;
Page 4 is the Reconciliation and Rationale.
Summary Follows + More information.
Publics?
New Media Changes
Tactics of Activism
Literature of New Media
Meta Literature
Censorship
Hactivism
Global Perspectives
Language Scholar Perspectives