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Bailey, Kathleen M., Ed.; And Others – 1984
The communication difficulties of foreign teaching assistants (TA) in U.S. colleges are addressed in 11 articles, with attention to the problems of the TA system as a whole in the spirit of international educational exchange. Titles and authors include the following: "'The Foreign TA Problem'" (Kathleen M. Bailey); 'Toward an Anthropology of the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Nation, Paul, Ed. – 1994
This guide is a collection of practical ideas for teaching vocabulary and vocabulary development skills to learners of a second language. Most are contributed by teachers of English as a Second Language, but the activities may be appropriate for teaching other languages. Each idea is described briefly, with information given about appropriate…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Definitions, Dictionaries
Shameem, Nikhat, Ed.; Tickoo, Makhan, Ed. – 1999
This guide describes 94 classroom games designed to teach communicative skills in English as a second language, allowing students to use communication strategies in English in realistic situations similar to those in which they would use their native language. An introductory section outlines the rationale for the use of games in communicative…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Bailey, Kathleen M., Ed.; Savage, Lance, Ed. – 1994
This guide describes activities used by language teachers in developing students' oral communication skills. Activities are presented for instruction in English as a Second Language as well as other second languages. Ideas are organized in 4 parts, with 14 subsections: fluency (conversation, fluency and interaction, group work, dialogues and role…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dialogs (Language)
ESL Magazine, 1998
This document consists of the six issues of "ESL Magazine" published during 1998. This journal for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) professionals includes the following articles during this period: "The Internet in the Classroom" (Christine Meloni); "Trippingly on the Tongue: Putting Serious, Speech/Pronunciation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Arabs, Audiovisual Aids