July 21, 1999
Instructor: C.A. Edington
Following are the names and thesis statements from students in Academic Writing I, April-July, 1999:
- Aisu, Mio
The increase in the number of working women, which is a factor in the lower birth rate in Japan, is due to several social and economic changes since World War II.
Ebina, Satoko
Child prostitution is a social problem that can be decreased by greater public awareness in Japan.
Goshi, Misato
Japanese people do more code-switching to be polite than do speakers of English because of differences in cultural backgrounds.
Hamada, Chiemi
(none) Tess as the heroine of a tragedy in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Ubervilles.
Ishizaka, Harunobu
The Pygmalion Effect on teachers' expectations is that teachers may unconsciously support students they regard as "good."
Kajiwara, Makiko
The choice of a demonstrative (KO/SO/A) by a speaker depends on a combination of the distance between the speaker and a reference, and to whose territory the referent belongs.
Kawaguchi, Tamami
(none) The difficulty of sharing the housework between men and women in homes with a working woman in Japan.
Kogami, Kazumi
The word "brother" has a special meaning in African American English for several reasons.
Kubo, Mayumi
In order to improve the deteriorating classroom situation in Japan, the existence of Learning Disorders has to be acknowledged and understood.
Matsui, Nobuyasu
In children's comprehension of the structure of arithmetical word problems, wrong solutions occur primarily in the second state, i.e., the integration process.
Mikami, Akira
An appropriate mix of phonics and the whole word approach should be used in teaching beginning English to junior high school students in Japan.
Nagata, Megumi
(none) Differences between Japanese and English speakers in strategies when making requests.
Nakasato, Rie
(none) Exploration of teaching of English in China vs. in Japan.
Otake, Manami
(none) The changes in the pattern of romantic love among Japanese youth over the past 10 years and the causes.
Taguchi, Atsuko
(none) Cognitive differences in languages
Takahashi, Ai
Everyone in Japanese society (including members of family and the community as well as school teachers) has to cooperate in disciplining primary school children.
Takeda, Nobuaki
The degree to which people can bear the state of loneliness influences how they associate with others, either superficially or intimately.
Yamada, Yuko
(none) A comparison of elementary schools (subjects, class size, events) in Japan and the U.S.
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