Culminating Projects in English publishes work, primarily theses, conducted under the auspices of the graduate programs in English Studies and Rhetoric and Writing offered through the Department of English.
Culminating Projects from 2023
Agile Learning: Students’ Perceptions of Collaboration, Galyna Arabadzhy
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
What Factors Influence the Academic Success of Somali Graduate Students?, Tajir Rage
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Culminating Projects from 2022
English Language Learners’ Perceptions Regarding Media as Learning Technology, Frances H. Goldsmith
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
A Study on Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers’ Perceptions of Intercultural Communicative Competence, Yoonhee Hwang
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Metalinguistic Knowledge of Lexical Categories in Bilingual Students in Higher Education, Cayden Thao
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Chinese ESL Students’ Participation and Perception of Teacher Presence in Asynchronized Online Discussions, Dan Wu
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Culminating Projects from 2021
The Impact of Culture Shock on Motivation and Identity in L2 Learning, Thomas Edward Victor Abbey
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Effect of Wasta on Learning the English Language in Iraq, Fakhri Aladhami
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Vowel Intelligibility of Salvadoran-Accented English Vowels in Running Speech, Oscar Martinez Diaz
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Brazilian Portuguese-Accented English Vowels in Running Speech, Lucas Salotti Rodrigues dos Santos
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Culminating Projects from 2020
Vowel Intelligibility of Saudi Spoken English, Mahdi Duris
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Let's Dance Hasta el Amanecer: The Functions of Code-switching in Hispanic 'Spanglish' Music by Bilingual Singers, Emilia Espinal
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
A Study of ESL Learners’ Depth of Knowledge of Figurative MWUs, Eleanor Jefferson
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Chinese Student Perceptions on English Test Preparation Courses in China, XUE JIANG
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Maneuvering Bilingualism: Long-Term English Learners, Abbey G. Leier-Murphy
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Size Matters: Measuring the Receptive Vocabulary size of First Semester and Last Semester Students in the English Major at Higher Education Institutions in El Salvador, Claudia Lissett Membreno Quezada
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Written Corrective Feedback: Teacher Approaches Within the Structure of a Pathway Model, Kelly Nugent
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Culminating Projects from 2019
Somali American Parents’ Perception of Formal Education for Females, Abdirahman Abdullahi Abdirahman
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Acoustic Correlates of [ATR] Vowel Harmony in Somali, Erko Abdullahi
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Experience of Somali SLIFE Late Comers Students in the Midwest of the United States, Ahmed Ahmed
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
A Qualitative Study of Corrective FeedbackA Qualitative Study of Corrective Feedback, Rebecca Arndt
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Graduate Assistant Corpus Literacy, Jason Badger
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
A Phenomenological Study of Co-Teaching's Collaborative Decision Making Process in Taiwanese Elementary School, Aaron Beatty
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Teacher Perceptions on Effective Teaching Strategies for EFL Students, Greta Behan
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Sorry to Bother You - the perception of code-switching among African American males, Joseph Bukowski
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Article Use of English Learners Classified by the Givenness Hierarchy, Elizabeth Claessens
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The L2 English Non-Generic Definite Article Use of L1 Azerbaijani Speakers, David J. Giles
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
TAs’ Beliefs and Knowledge about Teaching Academic Writing in ESL Writing Courses, Seiko Hayashi
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
An English Language Learner Co-Teaching Narrative: Planning, Models, and Relationships, Madeline Justin
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Communication Strategy of Korean EFL Learners, Minsung Kim
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Language Learning Strategies: What I do isn’t always what I say I do, Valerie Knopp
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Acculturation Process and Influencing Factors for Adjustment for Female International Students, Miranda Kriesch
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Toward an English-Speaking Community: Chinese Students' Responses to Perceived Progress in a University EAP Program, Chad Kuehn
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Positive Influences of Culture Class on International Students’ Cultural Adjustment, Hoonam Kwon
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Outcomes of the Different Degrees of Explicitness in Teaching Grammar in a Second Language, Alexis Munaco
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Epik or Hagwon? Career Choice in South Korea: The Experiences and Occupational Decisions of NESTs in Public Schools vs. English Academies., Mohammad Panahi
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Effect of L1 and L2 Notetaking in Academic Lecture Listening on Listening Comprehension and Analysis of Notes, Hyoyoung Park
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Salvadorian-Accented English Vowels Produced by Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, Joel Alfredo Pena Coreas
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Graphic Organizers: One Strategy for Comprehending Sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions, Regina Mae Reese
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Perceived Impact of “Culturally Proficient School Systems” on Teachers Professionally, Toward That of Cultural Competence, Mara Schriver
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Effect of Pinyin in Chinese Vocabulary Acquisition with English-Chinese Bilingual Learners, Yahui Shi
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Globalized Language Culture in the Localized Postsojourn Context: Returnee Brazilian English Language Learners’ Strategies and Processes for Forming and Negotiating L2 Identity, Madeline Wildeson
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
How the timing of explicit vocabulary instruction impacts listening comprehension in young English language learners, Whitney Worwa
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of YouTube Coming Out Videos, Mikhail Zaikovskii
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Culminating Projects from 2018
Examination of Saudi Students’ Social Network and Language Development: A Social Network Analysis of Saudi International Students and the Input Hypothesis, Thana Aljumaah
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The ESL Teacher and Culture in the Classroom: Further Understandings and Adaptations, Alicia Allred
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Lavender Linguistics & HIV Discourse: How Do Gay AIDS Generation and Millennial Men Talk About HIV?, David Anderson
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
An Acoustic Phonetic Analysis of Northern Minnesota English Vowel Spaces, Michel Backstrom
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Intercultural Adjustment for Teachers Abroad, Rachel Bassett
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Learner Background and Approaches to Vocabulary Learning, Samantha Carley
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Chinese Student Perceptions on English as a Second Language, Yue Cheng
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Social-Emotional Skills of Somali Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education, Lauren Thoma Ergen
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
An Examination of Singular Third-Person Pronoun Usage Between Spoken and Written English by Chinese ESL Students, Rui Gu
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
English Intelligibility Issues in Outsourcing of Marketing and Call Centers, Eunice Gyamerah
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Perceptions of Nonnative English-Speaking Graduate Teaching Assistants: Identity Issues, Successes, and Challenges in the Field of TESL/TESOL, Anisa Hagi-Mohamed
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Identity choice of Somali College Students, Faisal Hayow
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Somali-English Bilingualism: Somali Parents’ Beliefs and Strategies for Raising Bilingual Children, Abdirahman Ikar
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
English Vocabulary Learning with Wordlists vs. Flashcards; L1 Definitions vs. L2 Definitions; Abstract Words vs. Concrete Words, Gilsang Jo
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Do Learners use Different Strategies for Learning Concrete vs. Abstract Nouns and Verbs?, Yulia Koleva
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: A Computer-aided Error Analysis of Grammar Errors in EAP Writing, Shaya Kraut
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Linguicism? English as the Gatekeeper in South Korea: A Qualitative Study about Mother's Perspectives and Involvement in Their Child's English Education, Young Jin Lee
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
What Strategies do Learners Use to Remember the Spelling of Newly Learned Words?, Sofiia Logvinenko
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
An Acoustic Phonetic Analysis of Mandarin English Vowel Spaces, Liping Ma
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
A Study of ESL Students’ Perceptions and Performance in One-on-One and Paired Oral Tests, Hayley Miller
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Parental Involvement of Somali Parents in the Midwest, Noorayn Muhumed
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Effect of Extensive Reading on Standardized Reading Test Scores of Elementary EL Students, Kyeongmee Oh
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Spanish-English Code-Switching in American Mainstream TV Series, Mariel Quinonez
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Thai-English Code-Mixing in Thai Reality Television Shows: The Face Thailand Season Two and The Face Men Thailand Season One, Ekkarat Ruanglertsilp
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Impact of Time on English Language Learners’ Vocabulary Size, Deqa Yusuf
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Effectiveness of Interactional Feedback on English Grammar Perception in Oral Context—Based on Chinese Students, Yuman Zhao
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Culminating Projects from 2017
Motivation Among Kazakhstani Undergraduate EFL Learners, Aizhan Arapova
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Content Teachers' Perceptions of Effective Language Teaching Strategies, Alexandra Badger
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Identity Transformation in Saudi Male International University Students Studying in the United States, Askia N. Bilal
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
ESL Students’ Awareness of Plagiarism Avoidance, Angelica Carnero
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Do Mainstream Classroom Teachers Still Believe in the Myths about ESL?, Nickolas Castiglione
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Correlation of English Syntactic Awareness, Vocabulary and Verbal Working Memory and English Reading Comprehension in Second Language Learners, Megan Ceballos
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Use of English Articles by Korean Students, Minhui Choi
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Reading and the Response Towards Unknown Single Words and Formulaic Sequences by English Second Language Learners, Deborah S. Dieterich
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
"Where Did You Leave the Somali Language?" Language Usage and Identity of Somali Males in America, Ali Hassan
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
The Acoustic Correlates of Lexical Stress in Disyllabic Words in El Salvadorian-Accented English, Karla E. Herrera Huezo
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Tense and Aspect Constructions Among Arabic L1 Learners of English, Phillip A. Klopfenstein
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices: ESL Teachers’ Perceptions of Vocabulary Instruction, Danhua Lu
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Teaching Assistants' Perception of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in an English as a Second Language (ESL) University Environment., Glymaris Lugo Cruz
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Saudi Students’ Perception of Plagiarism, Mohammad M. Madkhali
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Metacognitive Awareness and Reading Strategy use: Investigating the Intermediate Level ESL Students’ Awareness of Metacognitive Reading Strategies, Gulhan Miller
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Which Linguistic Skills Improve and which do not Improve throughout the Duration of an ESP Class?, Audra Mulleneaux
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Integrating Grammar in Adult TESOL Classrooms in El Salvador, Mariel Osorio Naves
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Hello, Teacher: A Study on the Pedagogy of Forms of Address in the Intensive English Center, and the Proficiency and Confidence of Its Students, Christopher David Reigstad
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Assessing Introversion and Extroversion in a Second Language Setting, Caitlin Skellett
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Implications for CALL: Teachers’ Perceptions and Use of CALL in the Classroom, Benjamin J. Stonehocker
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Peer Observation as a Tool for Professional Development, Mark A. Todd
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
A Descriptive and Qualitative-Quantitative Analysis of the Spelling of L1 Spanish-English Speaking Elementary Students, Tiffany Wolf
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
How Does the Use of Extensive Reading Compared to the Use of Intensive Reading Affect MAP Reading Scores in a Class of ESL Students?, Melissia B. Young
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Culminating Projects from 2016
Double Coda Devoicing in Western South Slavic Speakers’ Accented English, Martina Abat
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Saudi Students’ Motivation and Attitudes toward Learning English as a Second Language and Their Willingness to Invest in Learning It, Amirah Mohammed Alkaabi
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Role-playing Game Based Learning, EFL Curriculum, Michael J. Armstrong
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Effects of Study Abroad and Service-learning on Intercultural Competence, Alyson Brandell
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
A Study of the Different Perceptions of the Role and Traits of Native English-Speaking Teachers (NESTs) in South Korea at the University Level, Alastair Brewer
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Concern and Difficulties in a Rural District with a Low ELL Population, Rosa I. Christianson
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
Application of Resolution Rules on phi-Features in L2 Compositions: Native Arabic Writers in an L2 English, Jon Cotner
English: Teaching English as a Second Language: M.A. Thesis
