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Toward a Negotiated Autonomy: Culture, Teaching Perceptions, and Participation of Bhutanese Refugees in an Adult Migrant English Program in Australia
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Koirala, Subhash – TESOL Journal, 2020
This article investigates how adult English language learners from refugee backgrounds respond to teaching strategies that aim to facilitate the promotion of learner autonomy. Interest in learner autonomy has grown significantly in the area of second language (L2) teaching. The culturally appropriate model of autonomy has been widely advocated in…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Refugees, Independent Study, Teaching Methods
Perceptions and Use of Language Learning Strategies among ESL Teachers and ELLs
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Ardasheva, Yuliya; Tretter, Thomas R. – TESOL Journal, 2012
This survey study explored perceptions and use of language learning strategies among English as a second language teachers and English-learning students (Grades 3-8, 10, and 11). The sample comprised 1,057 students (651 elementary, 275 middle, and 131 high school) and 54 teachers (31 elementary, 11 middle, and 12 high school) from 38 schools…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English Teachers, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes
Newspaper Scramble; Attending to Learning Styles in Academic Tasks; Integrating Vocabulary and Poetry; Developing Automatization with In-Class Surveys.
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Burgoyne, Christine Wright; Turton, Dawn; Paulus, Trena M.; Brantner-Artenie, Donette; Norstrom, Bjorn; Crawford, Michael J. – TESOL Journal, 2000
Provides four techniques for teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. These include a newspaper scramble, a focus on learning styles, learning vocabulary through poetry, and an in-class survey. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Newspapers
Students Self-Analysis of Conversational Styles in Videotaped Interactions; Debate as a Pathway to Academic Discussion; Mystery Personalities; Teaching oral English through Readers' Theatre; Raising Students' Awareness of Different Learning Styles.
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Fukada, Yoshifumi; Pashby, Patricia; Huang, Li-Shih; Kung, Shiao-Chuan; Leong, Patrick Ng Chin; Santana-Williamson, Eliana – TESOL Journal, 2002
Four classroom techniques are presented for teaching English-as-a-Second-Language. They focus on analysis of conversational styles, debate, mystery personalities, and learning styles. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Oral Language
Helping Students Become Better Learners.
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Sharkey, Judy – TESOL Journal, 1995
Discusses activities that can help language students use the concept of personal competence to become better learners. Teachers can list student and teacher responsibilities, ask students for feedback on class activities, and implement student suggestions to accommodate individual and group learning styles. (three references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Feedback, Higher Education