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British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1981
A collection of papers on the training of English teachers includes: an introduction (Gillian Marsh); "The Use of Video in EFL Teacher Training" (Michael J. Wallace); "Designing a Micro-Teaching Programme in the Third World" (Donard Britten, Falla Sow); "Teacher Training at the Colchester English Study Centre" (Jonathan Seath); "The Training of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Developing Nations, English (Second Language), Group Dynamics
Peer reviewedPreston, Dennis R. – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Attendance Patterns, Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedGreenbaum, Sidney – World Englishes, 1990
Discusses the development and progress of an international corpus of English (ICE) containing a regional corpora sampling of the standard varieties of English in countries where it is a first language, and the national varieties in countries where it is an official additional language. (GLR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Data Collection, English
Download full textBecker, Aliza; Larson, Kathy – 1995
A survey of volunteer programs in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy instruction in Illinois is reported. The report begins with a review of literature concerning ESL literacy volunteerism, most of which is descriptive and program-specific. The statewide survey results are then summarized, giving an overview of ESL volunteer programming.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Literacy Education
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
Terdy, Dennis; Spener, David – 1990
This document focuses on the requirements of the immigrant amnesty process, which were established by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986. Sections focus on the following questions: (1) How can eligible legalized aliens (ELA) fulfill the IRCA educational requirements? (2) What issues are considered in designing and offering an…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, English (Second Language), Immigrants
De Avila, Edward – 1985
Interest or motivation, intelligence and experience, and psychosocial access are inextricably bound together in successful educational programs, and none can explain or predict performance by itself. In the realm of interest and motivation, it has been found that youth want to learn how to be effective, like to do the things their parents value,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Intelligence
Sears, David O.; Huddy, Leonie – 1987
A study of non-Hispanic attitudes about bilingual education had two goals: (1) to apply symbolic politics theory to bilingual education and (2) to test the theory's assumption that the symbolic meaning of an attitude object determines which symbolic predisposition it evokes. A national sample of 1,170 non-Hispanics were surveyed via telephone…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Federal Aid, Hispanic Americans
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1983
Guidelines for teaching English as a second language (ESL) are directed at teachers and teacher trainees. With an emphasis on teaching ESL quickly and efficiently to adults, the six chapters address teaching ESL to competencies, teaching ESL to nonliterate adults, vocational ESL, ESL instruction in the workplace, teaching ESL in the multilevel…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Basic Skills, English (Second Language), Literacy
Short, Deborah J.; Boyson, Beverly A. – 1997
This directory profiles 60 secondary school programs designed to accommodate the educational needs of immigrant students with low level English and/or native language skills, and often a background of limited formal schooling in their native countries. Most are intended as transitional programs, attended until the student can be placed in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Immigrants, Institutional Characteristics, Limited English Speaking
Peer reviewedWhite, Ronald V. – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Advanced Students, Bilingualism, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Peer reviewedRoberts, Cheryl A. – Bilingual Research Journal, 1995
Examines the goals, outcomes, and educational costs and benefits of various models of bilingual education: "submersion" (mainstreaming without support); pull-out classes for English as a Second Language; transitional bilingual education; maintenance bilingual education; enrichment, two-way, or developmental bilingual education; and the Canadian…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Benefits, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Grognet, Alene Guss – 1996
Any employment-related English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program, whether conducted on the job or as pre-employment training, results from five steps: conducting a need analysis of the language and cultural awareness needed to perform successfully in the workplace; developing a curriculum, based on objectives, that identifies and prioritizes…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Inplant Programs, Program Design
Ching, Roberta; And Others – 1990
While the use of computers in college classrooms and writing labs has benefited some students of writing, these benefits have not been as pronounced for basic or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) writing students. Operating computers requires motor and mnemonic skills that complicate the task of writing, especially for basic or ESL students, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Mikulecky, Beatrice S. – 1984
Recent advances in psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, and information processing theory have produced several notions that have revolutionized previous conceptions of reading and what it means to understand. These notions support the idea that more emphasis should be placed on reading comprehension skills in the English as a second language…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory
