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Fountain Valley School District, CA. – 1991
Project GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design), a model of inservice teacher training in which teachers learn to modify instruction to promote acquisition of English as a Second Language, is outlined. The model uses the whole language approach to language learning. Its development was guided by research in whole language theory; integration of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textPeace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1998
The guide is one section of a resource kit designed to assist Peace Corps language instruction coordinators in countries around the world in understanding the principles underlying second language learning and teaching and in organizing instructional programs. This section focuses on staff development for language teachers. An introductory chapter…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Language Teachers, Needs Assessment
Jewish Employment and Vocational Service, Philadelphia, PA. Center for Career Services. – 1987
This manual serves as a guide for the evaluation, design, administration, and teaching of vocational training programs for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students, based on a coordinated vocational skills curriculum developed for refugee clients. The vocational focus of the program is woodworking and skilled assembly, but the principles of…
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
Landry, Maureen D. – 1990
A school situation was studied in which students of English as a Second Language (ESL) were not developing English communicative competence because ESL students were segregated from fluent English-speaking (FES) students. ESL students were having difficulties with English reading, writing, and math concepts. In response to this situation a program…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Castillo, Alice R.; And Others – 1990
This manual and curriculum guide describe the steps in the development of a workplace English program for hotel housekeepers, offers methods for needs assessment, outlines a curriculum, provides reproducible hands-on classroom activities designed to practice the concepts of the curriculum and to trigger teachers' imaginations, and offers general…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Hospitality Occupations
Andrews, Nancy; And Others – 1986
The Minneapolis public elementary school program in Spanish is described. It was established in 1974 as a FLES program in kindergarten and first grade, later established as part of a fundamental school alternative, and recently expanded to a partial immersion program. Children ideally follow the program from kindergarten through sixth grade. A…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education
Johnson, Dennis; And Others – 1986
This manual, the second of three curriculum guides for an electronics course, is intended for use in a program combining vocational English as a second language (VESL) with bilingual vocational education. Ten units cover the electrical team, Ohm's law, Watt's law, series resistive circuits, parallel resistive circuits, series parallel circuits,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Guides
Johnson, Dennis; And Others – 1986
This manual, the third of three curriculum guides for an electronics course, is intended for use in a program combining vocational English as a second language (VESL) with bilingual vocational education. Ten units cover AC fundamentals, circuit protection devices, low voltage circuits, communication systems, graphic illustrations, house wiring,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Guides
Sampsell, Martha; Thompson, Earl G., Jr. – 1986
The description of an international business major in a small liberal arts college outlines the program's development and the degree requirements as they have changed since its inception in 1977. In this process, foreign languages have become an integral part of the program design, reinforcing its value in the minds of faculty advisers as well as…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Cooperation
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1987
Alberta's curriculum guide for a two-year German program to begin in grade 7 or 8 outlines the program's philosophy and rationale, goals and objectives, minimum expectations for communication skill development and cultural understanding, required and elective content and themes, recommended instructional materials, suggested time allotments,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Course Content, Cultural Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1982
Guidelines and suggestions for administering programs of English as a second language or dialect (ESL/D) address a variety of issues. The first section outlines the rationale and philosophy behind the materials, including definitions of an ESL student and program, definitions of a second dialect student and program, and philosophy, goals, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Guides, Culture Contact, Definitions
Gerzymisch-Arbogast, H. – 1988
The status of different approaches to teaching business English in West Germany are explored, and it is concluded that business profiles, business situations, and the development of language skills must be considered in designing a business language course. The concept of interactive business competence in English and German as a basis for…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Business English, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Pfannkuche, Anthony; And Others – 1979
The manual designed as a guide for trainers in a seminar for teachers concerning some of the central issues in contemporary foreign language teaching and learning presents notes on each of the five seminar sessions, including overall goals and goals for the prescribed session activity, time and procedural notes, and reading lists. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization
Clark, Kevin – 1999
The experiences of five California school districts in implementing English immersion instruction for all limited-English-speaking students are described and compared. The districts range from populous urban settings to small, isolated rural communities. The first part of the report profiles the five districts, and the second part sets forth three…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Children and Foreign Languages. European Teachers' Seminar (Zagreb, Croatia, May 4-7, 1994). Report.
Vilke, Mirjana – 1995
A 4-day inservice teacher workshop, held so that teachers from a number of countries could share ideas and experiences about foreign language teaching at the elementary school level, is described. Speeches and events of each day are summarized briefly, and plenary sessions are chronicled in somewhat more detail. The latter include: a description…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Children, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education
