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Formation of Foreign Communicative Competence of Adult Immigrants in the USA
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Sadovets, Olesya – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2014
The necessity of forming foreign communicative competence of adult immigrants has been substantiated. The topicality of this issue for Ukraine has been defined. The experience of Global Talent Bridge, an initiative of World Education Services that is dedicated to helping skilled immigrants fully utilize their talents and education in the United…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Immigrants, Adult Education, English (Second Language)
Journaling in an Adult ESL Literacy Program
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Larrotta, Clarena – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
Dialogue journals (DJ) are used in a variety of educational settings, and the literature on them is vast. Teachers who have implemented the DJ in their classes report that reading the learners' entries and responding to them is a pleasant activity. Through writing back and forth in the journal, they get to know the learners, and all participants…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, English (Second Language), Language Fluency, Emergent Literacy
Semi-Spontaneous Oral Text Production: Measurements in Clinical Practice
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Lind, Marianne; Kristoffersen, Kristian Emil; Moen, Inger; Simonsen, Hanne Gram – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2009
Functionally relevant assessment of the language production of speakers with aphasia should include assessment of connected speech production. Despite the ecological validity of everyday conversations, more controlled and monological types of texts may be easier to obtain and analyse in clinical practice. This article discusses some simple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Aphasia, Norwegian
Written Conversations with Hispanic Adults Developing English Literacy
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Larrotta, Clarena – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2008
Seventeen Hispanic adults developing English literacy keep a dialogue journal with their instructor during a semester. Afraid of writing in English at first, students experiment writing back and forth on self-selected topics. The goal is to develop English fluency. Therefore, the instructor does not point out students' mistakes. Similar to…
Descriptors: Diaries, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Between the ESP Classroom and the Workplace: Bridging the Gap
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Bouzidi, Hassan – English Teaching Forum, 2009
Since the launch of far-reaching higher education reforms several years ago, many institutions across Morocco have begun revamping their English for Special Purposes (ESP) programs to bring them in line with the needs of local employers. These reforms recognize the correlation between what students learn in class and success in their future…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, Hospitality Occupations, Textbooks
From the Outside In: The Secret to Automatic Language Growth
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Brown, J. Marvin – Online Submission, 2003
This paper tells the story of Dr. J. Marvin Brown's life as a linguist and physicist in his quest to develop the means for adult, second language fluency. This is a combination of his auto-biography, which provides the context, and the lessons he learned in his 50 years as linguist, and language teacher. Brown's experiences indicate that adults…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Language Fluency