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Peer reviewedByholt, Cindy – CAEDHH Journal/La Revue ACESM, 1997
Describes the American Sign Language Intensive Program offered at the Manitoba School for the Deaf twice each summer, which is based on input from program staff, daily evaluations of participants over six years, and direct observation and experience of the author as participant. A key feature is program control by deaf individuals and participant…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cultural Influences, Deafness, Intensive Language Courses
Peer reviewedLazaraton, Anne – TESOL Quarterly, 2003
Examines incidental cultural knowledge displays by two nonnative-English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) in their intensive English program classrooms. Focuses on the nature of the discourse produced in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes taught by NNESTs. Analysis of videotaped classroom data indicates that a wide and unpredictable range of…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Download full textGraham, Richard; And Others – 1968
The following lectures are included in this volume: Needed: "Turned on" Teachers; The Most Important Advantage; HILT: High Intensity Language Training; The Education Gap: Why Mexican American Children Fail in School; The Mexican American Heritage; The Invisible Poor: The World of the Migrant; and Emergence of the Mexican American. The…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedOxford, Rebecca L.; Ehrman, Madeline E. – System, 1995
This study examined the relationship between language learning strategies and factors such as proficiency, teacher perceptions, gender, aptitude, learning style, personality, and motivation among 520 adults studying various languages at the Foreign Service Institute. It found a low but significant relationship between cognitive strategy use and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Age Differences, Anxiety
Loheyde, Kristin; Kunz, Nancy – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1994
This paper reports on a study of the oral communication between international university students in an intensive English program (IEP) and office support staff at the IEP office. The study was based on audiotaped observations and interviews of students and office staff, along with questionnaires distributed to all 150 students enrolled in the…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Problems, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Fryer, T. Bruce – 1975
The Masters Degree in International Business Program at the University of South Carolina, begun in June 1974, has as its unique feature the emphasis on "lifelong experience." This emphasis affects both the student and the department. From the first year of the program (the basic features of which are intensive training in language,…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Programs, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences
