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Borg, Paul; Humphries, Richard – Forum, 2000
Describes a learner-generated learning plan. The content of the program comprises two phases: student as editor/publisher in which learners create their own course text based upon selections of already-published materials; and students as author/publisher, in which learners use a publication-house simulation to develop, organize, investigate,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Download full textSmith, Kari – 1990
Where English as a Second Language is taught as part of the regular school curriculum, student motivation may be limited. One solution is to encourage involvement in learning by having students write their own tests. For classroom tests used in formative evaluation, this approach can be applied to both group and individual work. A unit from an…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Language Tests
Gutt, Lindsey – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 2000
Highlights the learner test-writing process, in which pupils write their own tests. The process consists of a number of steps, including reviewing the material learned, writing the questions, taking the test, and going over the graded test. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Duzzy, Rachel – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 2002
Describes a book writing project implemented by one Israeli English-as-a-Foreign-Language teacher. Pupils decide what they want to write about and what format the project will take. The project incorporates many of the principles and practices outlined in the English curriculum. It requires extensive writing and reading, drafting, rewriting and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8
Whybra, David; Prinzing, Jerg – 1984
The decision of a West German English teacher training program to make its own videotapes in the classroom as a replacement for outdated instructional films resulted in heightened student motivation and creativity. Experimental use of the technique in schools produced increased teacher trainee confidence, greater pupil readiness to speak the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Creativity
Lindenau, Suzanne E. – 1985
Student production of videotape recordings for teaching commercial foreign language is a means of engaging students in the learning process, providing ample opportunity for active use of the commercial target language (CTL) in a wide range of contexts, promoting the integration of cultural understanding in CTL communicative behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Matreyek, Deborah B., Ed. – Cross Currents, 1978
This issue of "Cross Currents" includes the following articles: "More About Drama for the Classroom" by Richard A. Via; "Student-Created Media: One Approach to ESL Instruction" by Kathy Campbell; "Some Advice for Japanese Students Learning English" by Yoshi-Mitsu Shimazu; "Patterns of Oral Communication…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics
