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Learning to Read with the Whole Language Approach: The Teacher's View
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Huang, Ling-Ying – English Language Teaching, 2014
This project explores the understanding of early year's teachers regarding whole language approach and its implementation. A total of 200 questionnaires were delivered to teachers at nurseries and kindergartens in an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) context. 169 questionnaires were completed and analysed. The findings shows that an overwhelming…
Descriptors: Whole Language Approach, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Early Childhood Education
Integration of Task-Based Approaches in a TESOL Course
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Chien, Chin-Wen – English Language Teaching, 2014
Under task-based language teaching (TBLT), language learners engage in purposeful, problem-oriented, and outcome-driven tasks that are comparable to real-world activities. This qualitative case study discusses the integration of a task-based approach into a TESOL course in a language teacher education program in Taiwan with regard to 39…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Teacher Education Programs, Task Analysis
Reader Stance and a Focus on Gender Differences
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Chi, Feng-ming – English Language Teaching, 2009
The purpose of this paper, drawing data from a large research base, was to investigate how and why Taiwanese EFL (English as a Foreign Language) male and female university students responded to feminist texts differently. These participants were taking an elective course titled Gender and Reading while this research was conducted. Weekly reading…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Feminism, College Students, Student Reaction