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Download full textCasta, Janet S.; Hufana, Esther R. – TESOL International Journal, 2016
Language functions are often used as fundamental guiding principles in ESL (English as a Second Language) textbooks especially now that focus on meaning has become crucial to ESL teaching and learning. This paper identifies general and specific language functions used in five beginner ESL textbooks to provide baseline data that will guide…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Textbooks, Textbook Content
Peng, Hui – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study, carried out at a major technological university in China and based on a convenience sample of 116 students, is designed to identify which aspects of their classroom environments had the greatest effect on the students. Students completed a 26-item questionnaire which elicited general as well as specific views on the EFL classroom…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rahimpour, Massoud; Hashemi, Raheleh – World Journal of Education, 2011
Decisions related to textbook selection and evaluation are of great importance. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the three English language textbooks currently used at high schools in Iran from the high school English teachers' point of view. For this purpose, a 46-item questionnaire was developed about the five sections of the textbooks…
Descriptors: Textbook Selection, Textbook Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Direct linkLehto, Marja-Liisa; Maijala, Minna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Since Finnish is not an Indo-European language, studying foreign languages in general and then also studying special fields through the medium of foreign languages may provide an extra difficulty for Finnish students. Most university language centres in Finland have organized reading comprehension courses in several foreign languages for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Kessler, Carolyn – 1997
Discussion of the authenticity of materials contained in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) textbooks for elementary/secondary school use focuses on content designed to accelerate academic language development and highlights the experiences of one teacher with one textbook. The approach taken is that integrating language and content, while taking…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, English for Academic Purposes
Rand, Earl, Ed. – 1968
This volume presents the 1968 collection of working papers in the field of teaching English as a second language (TESL). It includes discussions of several practicalities in the field of English language teaching such as choosing literature and short stories for non-native speakers, criteria for selecting textbooks, educational problems involved…
Descriptors: American Indians, Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development
