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Xiaodong Zhang – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
This qualitative case study explores the interaction between Chinese college student writers' voices and their teacher's use of online materials during one semester-long writing course. It shows that, when acted upon selectively and critically, students' voices can potentially improve their teacher's use of online materials. This practice, in…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Material Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Matuszak, Katarzyna; Szczuka-Dorna, Liliana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This activity report describes a sample unit (Effective Data Presentation) from a communication course prepared as part of an Intellectual Output within the BADGE Project, which was carried out by 12 partner universities from 10 countries during 3 academic years (2019-2022). The article first describes the results of a survey which show that…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Riggenbach, Heidi – 1988
Student-generated materials are a means by which students may be brought into the role of active participant in their own second language learning processes. To create their own materials, students can engage in the following types of activities: (1) performance, or those in which the student prepares and delivers a message to the group (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Material Development
Leaney, Cynthia; Strange, Joanna – 1988
Three papers address the use of videotape recordings for instruction in English as a Second Language. The first paper, by Cynthia Leaney, describes a program in which language learners produce a videotape through an integrated skills approach, offering practical advice and insight for teachers considering this type of activity. The paper presents…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Konrad, Karl-Ludwig J. – 1985
A discussion of the use of readily-available consumer videotape recorders and recordings that second language students can either respond to or dub with their own soundtracks emphasizes the usefulness of authentic recordings not tailored for instructional use. The recordings either originate abroad or are produced by the students. The playback…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Materials

Magahay-Johnson, Wendy – TESL Canada Journal, 1985
Describes procedures for designing trivia games to be used in teaching English as a second language. The students participate in designing the games, thereby gaining practice in the four basic language skills and the formation of yes-no questions, information questions, and statements. Provides examples for young intermediate ESL students. (SED)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Bartning, Inge – 1980
An experiment in teaching French in Sweden was based on a version of a Council of Europe proposal for a core language curriculum consisting of basic needs for language functions, notions, topics, vocabulary, and grammar. The model targets a variety of learning and age levels, but the Swedish program concerned secondary level teaching of French as…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries

Baynham, Mike – ELT Journal, 1986
Describes a method of drawing on the students' own knowledge and resources in developing language teaching materials. Discusses the use of folk stories as a source of reading materials and examines the process of preparing a Mullah Nasreddin story, first told in a classroom discussion, for publication as a bilingual reader. (SED)
Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, English (Second Language), Folk Culture, Material Development
Nettle, Mary Ellen – TESL Talk, 1982
English classes conducted for two groups of women, garment factory workers and building cleaners, are compared. The garment workers interviewed each other and produced a slide-tape program. The cleaners produced a song about their work and in the process, developed awareness of the work situation, and a sense of cooperation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, English for Special Purposes
Barndt, Deborah; Marino, Dian – TESL Talk, 1982
Ideas for classroom activities and student-developed materials for immigrant English programs are drawn from worker's discussion of feelings and perceptions of the workplace. They include sociodrama, singing, photography, and cartoons. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Class Activities, Employee Attitudes, English for Special Purposes
Holley, John F. – 1985
Visual aids can provide a visual context for the mastery of new terminology, helping to make the abstract appear concrete and introducing new approaches to material that can easily become dull and routine. Visual aids can be easy to make, by the instructor alone or with the help of the class, and they can be designed to illustrate concepts…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Charts, Classroom Techniques, Concept Teaching
Das, Bikram K., Ed. – 1988
Papers from a seminar on instructional materials for second language teaching include the following: "Co-Operative Language Learning: What's News?" (Ted Rodgers); "Principles of Communicative Task Design" (David Nunan); "Teaching Spoken English in the Non-Native Context: Considerations for the Materials Writer" (Mary…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software