Theses/Dissertations from 2015
A Motivational, Online Guide to Help English Language Learners with the Development,Implementation, and Evaluation of their Individual Pronunciation Improvement Plans, Sofia Laura Carreno Galdame
Teaching Practice and Motivation Among Albanian and Japanese Missionaries, Rebekah Susan Hoopes
The Language and Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Deception, Brent Logan Laing
The Role of Pronunciation in Speaking Test Ratings, Rui Ma
A Diachronic Analysis of North and South Korean Monophthongs: Vowel Shifts on the Korean Peninsula, Jessica M. Morgan
Parameters that Affect the Comfort Levels of Native English Speakers Communicating with Non-Native English Speakers, Kayla Marie Nymeyer
Syriac Rhetorical Particles: Variable Second-Position Clitic Placement, Patrick Brendon Pearson
A Qualitative Analysis of the English Language Teaching Practices of Latter-day Saint Missionaries, Rachel Tui Smith
Botheration and Recognition of Prescriptive Rules, Sara D. Smith
Establishing the Viability of the Multidimensional Quality Metrics Framework, Tyler A. Snow
Idioms as a Measure of Proficiency, Kyle Hugh Vanderniet
Grammatical Features of Structural Elaboration and Compression Common in Advanced ESL Academic Writing, Gyusuk Yang
The Vocabulary Research Database: A Compilation of State-of-the-Art Academic Vocabulary Research, Melissa Ann Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Effects of Quantitative and Qualitative Feedback on Speaking Fluency Development, Carlos Eduardo dos Santos
A Modified Approach to the Implementation of Dynamic Written Corrective Feedback, Brooke Elizabeth Eddington
Automatic Readability Detection for Modern Standard Arabic, Jonathan Neil Forsyth
Interpreting Standard Usage Empirically, Jacob F. Frandsen
Determining Dictionary and Usage Guide Agreement with Real-World Usage: A Diachronic Corpus Study of American English, Amanda Kae Fronk
Lessons Learned: The Process of Creating and Evaluating an Adult Literacy Curriculum for College Transition, Meredith Leigh Packard Gravett
The Effect of Computer-Based Pronunciation Readings on ESL Learners' Perception and Production of Prosodic Features in a Short-Term ESP Course, Caitlin Jolley
OntoSoar: Using Language to Find Genealogy Facts, Peter Lindes
The Effect of Age on Second Language Acquisition in Older Adults, Charisse Alaine Major
A Statistical Approach to Syllabic Alliteration in the Odyssean Aeneid, Cory S. Robinson
How We Feel About How We Talk: A Language Attitude Survey of Utah English, David Matthew Savage
Dynamic Written Corrective Feedback: Achieving Manageability, Angela Shelley
An Intonational Description of Mayan Q'eqchi', Karl Olaw Christian Wagner
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Adult Second Language Learners' Social Network Development and Perceived Fluency Gain in an Immersion Environment, Marie Naomi Bejarano
Pragmatic Transfer of Compliment Responses Among Chinese ESL LDS Missionaries, Courtney Price Bodily
Tutor Assisted Vocabulary Support: Easing the Vocabulary Load for Burundian Refugees Studying for the U.S. Citizenship Test, Eleanor Anne Clark
Six Principles of Self-Regulated Learning: Developing Self-Regulated Language Learners, Andrea Michelle Gonzalez
Assisting Novice Raters in Addressing the In-Between Scores When Rating Writing, Brittney Greer
Toward a More Inclusive Construct of Native Chinese Speaker L2 Written Error Gravity, Steven K. Holland
Bringing the Tutors to the Students: An Investigative Study of WAC Tutoring in Second Language Contexts, Kendon C. Kurzer
A Novice Teacher's Shoebox: A Volunteer EFL Teacher Training Curriculum, Piret Luik
Speaking Like a Brahmin: Social Aspects of a Register of Spoken Telugu, Bradley B. Miller
Areal Patterns of Possessive Morphology in the Languages of Eurasia, Garrett K. Nay
"At the Coal-Face of Standardization": Uncovering the Role of Copy Editors in Standardizing the English Language, Jonathon R. Owen
Understanding Chinese Language and Culture: A Guidebook for Teachers of English in China, Austin Cody Pack
Sparking Metacognition: Contextualizing Reading Strategies for Low-Proficient ESL Readers, Deborah L. Pratt
Perceptions of English Proficiency Levels: The Unspoken Expectations of Native English Speakers, Alison Divett Roberts
Pro-Drop and Word-Order Variation in Brazilian Portuguese: A Corpus Study, Stewart Daniel Smith
A Teacher's Guide to Academic Reading: Focusing on the Academic Reading Demands of ESL Learners, Rebecca Jean Stone
An Empirical Study on the Effects of Music and Sound Effects in Fiction E-Books, Alissa Eugenia Strong
Borrowing the Essentials: A Diachronic Study of the Semantic Primes of Modern English, Karen Esther Swan
Facilitating Language Learner Motivation: Teacher Motivational Practice and Teacher Motivational Training, Shelby Werner Thayne
A Dictionary of Unorthodox Oral Expressions for English Learners and Teachers, Eewen Ting
Curriculum Development for the Novice Developer, Darcy L. Whetten
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Punjabi Tonemics and the Gurmukhi Script: A Preliminary Study, Andrea Lynn Bowden
Fluency Features and Elicited Imitation as Oral Proficiency Measurement, Carl V. Christensen
Error Frequencies Among ESL Writers: A Resource Guide, Maria Teresa Company
Greening the Market: the Development and Effect of Environmental Terms on Consumer Perception of Products, Jae Parker Heiner
Ruqual: A System for Assessing Post-Editing, Jason K. Housley
A Study in Computerized Translation Testing (CTT) for the Arabic Language, Amanda J. Kuhn
The Effect of Pause Duration on Intelligibility of Non-Native Spontaneous Oral Discourse, Ryan Frederick Lege
The Development of Two Units for Basic Training and Resources for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: "Content-Based Language Classes" and "Multiple Skills in One Class", Amanda Staten Malaman
The Correlation of Arab ELLs' Academic Reading Fluency in Arabic and English, Jonathon C. McCollum
Using a Cognitive Architecture in Incremental Sentence Processing, Jeremiah Lane McGhee
Employment After Graduation: Career Path Trends of TESOL MA and Graduate Certificate Students, Eimi Priddis
Implementation and Evaluation of Curricular Changes in the Undergraduate TESOL Internship Program at Brigham Young University, Lydia Ripplinger
Visual Form and a Typology of Purpose: A Peircean-Based Approach to Visual Information Design Pedagogy, Christina Laraine Perkins Rosenquist
Students' Perspectives on Language Use Outside the Classroom in an Intensive English Program, Elena Vladimirovna Shvidko
Filling the Halls with English: Creating Self-Regulated Learners Through Co-Curricular Activities, Sharon Lynn Tavares
Nouns and Verbs in the Tagalog Mental Lexicon, Linda Walton
Courtroom Discourse as Verbal Performance: Describing the Unique Sociolinguistic Situation of the American Trial Courtroom, Seth William Wood
The Effects of Explicit Instruction on the Development of Reading Fluency, Michael Jeffrey Zwick
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
A Study of First Language Background and Second Language Order of Acquisition, Meghan Elizabeth Aitken
Full-time Employment Ads in TESOL: Identifying What Employers Seek in Potential Hires, Caprice L. Bailey
Unorthodox Oral Expressions in English Dictionaries, Corpora, Textbooks, and English Language Instructional Materials, Khemlada Chittaladakorn
Community Outreach English: Marketing a Community ESL Program, Carrie Lane Drake
Comparing the Effects of Two Forms of Dynamic Corrective Feedback On Four Characteristics of English Language Learner Writing, Judson Mc Kay Hart
The Instant Habit of Thought: Perceptual Priming in Slogans, Ann Marie Lewis
Computerized Oral Proficiency Test for Japanese: Measuring L2 Speaking Ability with ASR Technology, Hitokazu Matsushita
Oral Proficiency Assessment of French Using an Elicited Imitation Test and Automatic Speech Recognition, Benjamin J. Millard
Effects of Extended Explicit Systematic Phonics Instruction on Adult L2 Fluency, H. Vanessa Ocana
A Study of the Correlation Between Working Memory and Second Language EI Test Scores, Eve Kiyomi Okura
Teaching Vocabulary Through Data-Driven Learning, Erin Margaret Shaw
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Empirical Study of Information Design: Four Experiments, Noel Teresa Alton
Iconic Semantics in Phonology: A Corpus Study of Japanese Mimetics, Joshua Marrinor Caldwell
Utilizing Human-Computer Interactions to Improve Text Annotation, Marc A. Carmen
A Hybrid System for Glossary Generation of Feature Film Content for Language Learning, Ryan Arthur Corradini
Specifications for the Development of Effective Academic Vocabulary Activities in Intensive English Programs, Jared Nathan Garrett
The Relationship of Three L2 Learning Factors with Pronunciation Proficiency: Language Aptitude, Strategy Use, and Learning Context, Naomi Ofeina Haslam
PyAline: Automatically Growing Language Family Trees Using the ALINE Distance, Paul A. Huff
Students' Perceptions of Their ESL Training in Preparation for University Reading Tasks, Olha Kondiyenko
K-12 Teacher Perceptions Regarding Hispanic Family Educational Beliefs and Language and Literacy Practices, Marisa Lee
A Curriculum for General Academic Preparation, Teresa Ann Martin
The Foundations Prep Course for Low Proficiency Students at Brigham Young University's English Language Center, Jessica H. McGovern
Evaluating the Usefulness of an Aural Gapped Listening Summary as a Measure of Academic Listening Proficiency, Sarah Elizabeth Mottaghinejad
Developing Cued Pronunciation Readings for Latter-day Saint Missionaries Learning English, Holly A. Mueller
An Evaluation of the Learning Outcomes and the Curricular Organization of the Brigham Young University Undergraduate TESOL Internship Course, Marisa Irene Ontiveros