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Download full textBurt, Miriam, Ed. – NCLEnotes, 2003
This issue of the National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) newsletter includes an article titled "Assessment and Accountability: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going?" and a profile of Inaam Mansoor, director of the Arlington Education and Employment Program (REEP) in Arlington, Virginia. Also included are resource updates, news…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Language Tests, Literacy Education
Adamzik, Kirsten, Ed; Roos, Eva, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquee, 2002
This special issue, written in German and French, is a collection of articles that were presented to the Swiss Association for Applied Linguistics during 2001 and which can be categorized as "linguistic biographies" organized under the auspices and support of the Forum du bilingualisme (Forum of Bilingualism) in Bienne (Biel) and the…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Burt, Miriam, Ed. – NCLENotes, 2003
These two volumes of a newsletter on English as A Second Language (ESL) literacy education provide articles on: "Health Literacy: Recognizing its Importance in ESL Instruction" (Kate Singleton) and "English That Works" (Brigitte Marshall). Both volumes offer interviews (one with an ESL teacher and one with an author who write…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Health Services, Immigrants
Richards, Edward, Ed. – Al-Manakh: Language Centre Journal, 1980
This journal for second language teachers contains seven articles. "Video in Language Teaching," by Michael Laflin, is a defense for the use of video equipment in the language classroom. In "Constructing an Index," Diane Adams-Smith and Desmond MacCullagh describe a course in medical record administration in which the students compiled a medical…
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), French, Indexing
Davidson, Liz – ARIS Resources Bulletin, 2003
The Victorian ESL (English as a Second Language) Framework is currently undergoing renewal as part of the reaccreditation process. This ESL curriculum framework, developed in Victoria, Australia, is currently used in TAFE Institutes and private and community adult ESL programs. It provides a framework for 10 certificate courses across three…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1990
This document consists of the four issues (Spring 1988, Fall 1988, Fall 1989, Fall 1990) of Volume 1 of the serial publication "Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education" (TPFLE). TPFLE is the official journal of the Foreign Language Education Program of the University of Texas at Austin. These four issues contain 6, 8, 5, and 7 papers each,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Classroom Communication, English (Second Language), Language Patterns
Parkinson, Brian, Ed.; Mitchell, Keith, Ed. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 2000
This issue contains seven articles, including the following: "Dictionary, Systemicity, Motivation" (Tom Bartlett); "The Nature of the Initial State Zulu L2 Grammar and Subsequent Interlanguage Development" (Sibusisiwe Dube); "Translating the Folk" (Bryan Fletcher); "The Acquisition of the English Article System…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language)
Ching, Teresa, Ed. – CUHK Papers in Linguistics, 1989
Papers included in this volume include the following: "Prosodic Aspects of Hearing-Impaired Children: A Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment" (Teresa Y. C. Ching); "The Role of Linear Order in the Acquisition of Quantifier Scope in Chinese" (Thomas H. T. Lee); "Some Neglected Syntactic Phenomena in Near-standard…
Descriptors: Children, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Grammar
Pack, Alice C., Ed. – 1970
This issue of "TESL Reporter" presents the following articles: "Language Acquisition and Dialectalism" by Patricia G. Adkins, "Supplementation of Opposites in Simple Predicate Expansion" by Yao Shen, and "Form Class Baseball: A TESL Game" by Alice C. Pack. The meaning today of dialectal speech, or "bidialectal speech," is addressed by Patricia…
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Burt, Miriam, Ed. – NCLCnotes, 2000
This newsletter is designed to be of help to the English as a second language community. This volume includes the following articles and features: "Stress: Helping Refugees Cope"; "BEST Gets Better"; "Integrating English Literacy and Civics"; "Summit Stirs Many Into Action"; "TESOL-AEIS on the Internet"; "Civics for Adult Immigrants"; "BEST Gets…
Descriptors: Adults, Citizenship Education, Civics, English (Second Language)
Ranard, Donald A. – In America: Perspectives on Refugee Resettlement, 1989
An examination of family literacy programs was made in this newsletter issue to reveal the trends and practices of these programs and their contribution to the development of children of refugee parents. The examination found that most effective and innovative programs recognize that literacy instruction is more effective when it is content based…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Family Literacy, Literacy Education
Chun, Judith, Ed. – 1979
This edition of a newsletter for second language researchers and teachers features an article by Lars Henric Ekstrand, "Report on Organization and Research in Programs of Bilingual and Bicultural Adaptation in Sweden." Programs of instruction in Swedish for immigrant adults and children, including teacher training policies, are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Kitao, Kenji – Doshisha Studies in English, 1979
This study was conducted to investigate what and how much is presented about American culture in English courses in Japan. A review of previous studies on the same subject indicates that only textbooks for conversation courses are likely to contain substantial cultural information. For the present study, ten series of senior high school English…
Descriptors: American Culture, Content Analysis, Cultural Education, Educational Research
Informationsschrift zur Lehrerbildung, Lehrerfortbildung und Padagogischen Weiterbildung, 1995
This journal issue offers six articles all on the theme of French and English foreign language learning in German elementary Schools: "Foreign Language Learning in the Elementary School: A Beginning" (Hartmut Breitkreuz); "Thoughts on the Commencement of Foreign Language Learning in the Elementary School" (Gundi Gompf);…
Descriptors: Athletics, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1979
This guide provides information on the Lao language and alphabet for teachers of English to ethnic Lao refugees. Twenty-seven English pronunciation lessons dealing with the particular problems of Lao speakers learning English are included. Lao words are written in a phonetic Roman alphabet. An annotated bibliography of resources is appended. (JB)
Descriptors: Alphabets, English (Second Language), Grammar, Indochinese
