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Hay, Michael – 1973
Drawing upon direct teaching-administrative experiences at the City Literary Institute (London), one of the largest centers of "non-vocational" language study, the author has developed practical guidelines for teaching beginning language courses to adults. An introductory chapter reflects the adult learning scene in Britain as well as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Rinnander, Elizabeth; Spinelli, Maria-Lydia – 1987
Los Angeles Pierce College (LAPC) serves many Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) students, most of them refugees, for whom English is a second language. In the past, LAPC provided limited English tutoring based on a conversational approach to supplement the more academically oriented ESL instruction available on campus. In response…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Colleges, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language)
Lombardo, Linda – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1990
Summarizes presentations at an international symposium on "Autonomy and Foreign Language Learning." Topics include the good language learner; experiments in learner autonomy; individualized learning in Italian universities; adult language learning; learner autonomy in the classroom; cultural variation in learning styles; use of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Differences
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Committee for Out-of-School Education and Cultural Development. – 1971
This publication contains a summary of the discussions and conclusions of a Council of Europe symposium on the organization of modern language teaching/learning in the form of a unit/credit system, in order to allow for an approach based on the individual motivations and capacities of the adult learner. Principal discussion topics include: new…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Applied Linguistics, Credit Courses
Download full textProvenzano, Johanna Z.; And Others – 1986
This publication presents the Adult Language Levels (ALL) Management System as a curriculum and programmatic framework to assist administrators and teachers in implementing a competency-based English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) program. Chapter 1 presents theoretical investigations of adult learning and adult second language development…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives
Taylor, Harvey M. – 1973
In teaching reading in English as a second language, teachers must diagnose student difficulties and individualize instruction. They must analyze why students are in the course, determine what their individual reading backgrounds are in their native language and in English, and adapt class activities and reading materials to students' expectations…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
