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Jarvis, Huw – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2004
This paper begins by documenting the positive contribution of English as a Foreign\Second Language (EFL\ESL) to computers in language learning and teaching and then proposes a general framework, applicable in a range of contexts, for investigating their pedagogical applications in the EFL\ESL classroom. The paper then reports on a study which…
Descriptors: Computers, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Pickard, Valerie; And Others – 1994
The value and role of concordancers (simple computer programs that can quickly analyze electronic texts to find occurrences of a given word, part of a word, or phrase and display it within its immediate context) in secondary school English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teaching are examined. First, their use in higher education is discussed,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Costs
Mansoor, Inaam – 1993
The current and future role of educational technology in adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction in the United States is examined, drawing on practice, literature, and the experiences of an Arlington, Virginia program. Throughout, policy implications are drawn from the discussion. First, the ESL service delivery system is examined and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction
Kolvitz, Marcia, Ed. – 1996
These six conference papers from the Biennial Conference on Postsecondary Education for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing focus on academic issues relating to individuals with deafness or hard of hearing. The first paper, "Exploring Assessment Alternatives for Deaf Students" (Karen Clack), discusses different methods of evaluating students…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Skills, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software
Carlson, Sybil B.; And Others – 1985
Four writing samples were obtained from 638 foreign college applicants who represented three major foreign language groups (Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish), and from 60 native English speakers. All four were scored holistically, two were also scored for sentence-level and discourse-level skills, and some were scored by the Writer's Workbench…
Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Software
Kitao, Kenji – 1998
This book lists sources of information on the Internet that may be useful in English language teaching (ELT) and the study of linguistics and communication. Two introductory chapters provide information on using the reference effectively and on the using the online resources it lists for graduate study, including graduate information needs and the…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Software, Educational Resources
Labbe, Raul; Varas, Amanda – 1993
A computer-based set of instructional materials, designed to teach English second-language reading skills to university-level engineering students, is described and its development is outlined. The programmed units are designed to be used individually on the computer. The stages of software development included: selection of sentence units from…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Curriculum Design
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Center for Language Education and Research. – 1989
This 30-item annotated bibliography is composed of resource materials for using computer-assisted instructional materials to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) and foreign languages at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. For each of the entries, the following information is indicated: target language educational level,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Brett, David – ReCALL, 2004
The acquisition of new vowel sounds is one of the most challenging tasks for the adult learner of a second language. It is also an aspect which requires a great deal of time and individual attention. Learners of English are particularly hampered by the irregular orthographic representation of vowel sounds. This paper reports on research in…
Descriptors: Vowels, Adult Students, Adult Education, Feedback (Response)
TESOL Newsletter, 1985
The 1985 volume of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) newsletter includes articles on the role of grammar in language teaching; teaching English in Spanish schools; software for English as a second language (ESL); ESL teacher employment overseas; reading in English for special purposes; ESL techniques for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Software, Courseware, English (Second Language)
Mustafa, Zahra – 2001
The aim of this paper is to investigate the factors involved in applying multimedia in teaching English as a foreign language. In particular, it deals with the non-courseware factors affecting the use of multimedia in improving the pronunciation and oral communications skills of students majoring in English for Specific Purposes at the Jordan…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education
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Miller, Megan; Hegelheimer, Volker – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2006
Despite their motivational appeal to learners, innovative and technologically advanced computer simulation games targeting native English speakers frequently remain beyond the competence of ESL learners as independent didactic tools. Guided by Chapelle's (2001) criteria for determining CALL task appropriateness, this paper illustrates how the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA. – 1992
Results are presented of a federally funded project that identified new communication aids, software, and assistive technologies that can be used in special education with students who are limited English proficient. The research was conducted in learning centers that use the comprehensive Competencies Program (CCP) English-as-a-Second-Language…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Problems
Al-Jarf, Reima Saad – Online Submission, 2001
178 students majoring in translation at the College of Languages and Translation and 10 translation and interpreting instructors were surveyed. It was found that 45% of the students use an electronic dictionary (ED). 99% of those use a general English-Arabic ED, 68% use an Arabic-English ED, 27% use an English-English ED and only 2% use a…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Dictionaries, Translation, Language Processing
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Kabeil, Magdy M. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2005
This paper addresses additional requirements associated with implementing a standard curriculum of Management Information Systems (MIS) in bilingual developing countries where both students and workplace users speak English as a second language. In such countries, MIS graduates are required to develop bilingual computer applications and to…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Management Information Systems, Educational Technology, Bilingualism
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