Thesis Archives Search
This search engine will let you explore the over 1800 theses written in Honors at The University of Maine since the Program’s inception in 1935. You may search our thesis archives based on any of the fields listed above. If the thesis is available at the Reynolds Library (Thomson Honors Center) or Fogler Library (Special Collections), the information will appear below the bibliographic data. At last count, we had about 1800 theses in the Reynolds Library.
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A Study of Anterior Regeneration in Three Spionid Polychaete Species
A STUDY OF ARABIC-SPEAKING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER’S SPOKEN COMPREHENSIBILITY
Major: French & Secondary Education Graduation Year: 2016 Thesis Advisor: Jane S. Smith
Description of Publication:
The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that affect the comprehensibility of oral language produced by English language learners whose first language is Arabic. This study will analyze four separate interviews with English language learners phonetically. Apart from the phonetic analysis, an analysis of supra-segmental errors, syntax, morphology, and semantics will be provided for each speaker. This study will also take into account the perceptions of a range of native speakers of the English language. Through each analysis the goal is to identify the factors that most affect comprehensibility in order to create an education plan for each individual English language learner which will highlight the aspects of the English language that will most improve their spoken comprehensibility and the educational strategies that could be used to help them achieve this improvement. The parameters of this study are limited by the fact that only four English language learners were interviewed and only fifteen native speakers rated them, not including the principal investigator. The data, therefore, are not significant quantitatively, however they are significant qualitatively. Analyzing four English language learners of the same language background can give researchers insight into common problems among learners of that language. It can also provide information about the key factors interfering with their comprehensibility and intelligibility. The linguistic information provided will, therefore, help a small subgroup of English language learners and teachers, yet the information provided concerning the instruction of these language learners can be applied to a larger population.
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URL to Thesis: https://digitalcommons.library.umtraining.lv-o-wpc-dev.its.maine.edu/honors/390
A Study of Chick Embryo Spleen Incorporation of Radioactive Phosphorus, and the Effect of the Isotope on the Splenomegaly Reaction and Embryo Development
A STUDY OF CHILDHOOD AND LATE ADOLESCENT FEAR: THE ROLE OF FEAR IN SOCIOEMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING
A Study of Congressional Reorganization: General Reform Trends Applied to a Discussion of Legislative Reorganization of Congress Under the Acts of 1946 and 1970
A STUDY OF CORRUPTION IN THE BULGARIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
A Study of Food Selection of Family Members in Two Socio-Economic Levels of Living in the Old Town, Maine Area
A STUDY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR
A STUDY OF INTENT BEHIND ALBRECHT DURER’S WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPES
Albrecht Du?rer is arguably one of the greatest artists of the Northern Renaissance
and the most influential German artist of all time. Known mostly as a print maker, he created dynamic and flowing compositions through use of line that has made him famous. The skilled, graphic use of fine line to show gradation, texture, and form is drastically different than the soft, washed watercolors that were created during the early years of his career. Selections of these approximately 32 watercolor landscapes are examined in this paper in the context of Du?rer’s own vast oeuvre. This discrete developmental focus provides a lens through which to better understand Du?rer’s intentions.
Through various case studies Du?rer ’s intentions come to the fore. With the roles and larger implications of each piece in place, we see that Du?rer varied the intent of the pieces reviewed from innovation, chronicling travels, showing us current culture, and documenting locations. In a time artistic growth, Du?rer was exploring the new shifts in thoughts through painting, creating unique pieces that symbolized his own changing ideas and those of artists he learned from.