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Peer reviewedDiller, Edward; Markert, Axel – Unterrichtspraxis, 1983
Describes a program which combines two years of college German into one and which culminates in five weeks of intensive study in Germany. Discusses the logistics of the program, along with student and faculty response and recommendations. (EKN)
Descriptors: German, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedEller, Kenneth G. – Foreign Language Annals, 1983
Discusses various aspects of a summer intensive Spanish course, including its evolution, materials used, and how it differs from regular courses. Advantages and disadvantages of the course are given from both the students' and teachers' point of view. (EKN)
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses, Second Language Learning
Direct linkHillyard, Lindsey; Reppen, Randi; Vasquez, Camilla – ELT Journal, 2007
This article describes the efforts of an intensive English programme to design a class that addressed the challenges of bringing authentic English into the curriculum. This class exposed students to a variety of authentic English language input, while providing support. Through this class, students volunteered with various community organizations.…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Community Organizations, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Download full textFIKS, ALFRED I. – 1966
AN EXPERIMENT INVOLVING 50 YOUNG MALE U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL UNDERGOING INTENSIVE TRAINING IN RUSSIAN WAS CONDUCTED TO MEASURE THEIR ATTITUDES AND MOTIVATIONS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING. THE TESTS GIVEN THEM WERE STRUCTURED IN TERMS OF SUCH ATTITUDES AS THEIR GENERAL INTEREST, PRAGMATISM (CAREER OR MATERIAL ADVANTAGE), XENOPHILIA (IDENTIFICATION WITH…
Descriptors: Intensive Language Courses, Language Research, Learning Theories, Second Language Learning
Price, Jo-Ann – New York Times, 1978
Describes the techniques used by Dr. John A. Rassias, professor of romance languages and literature at Dartmouth College, in teaching intensive foreign language courses. (RK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
Ammar, Ahlem – Language Teaching Research, 2008
The merits of recasts have been widely debated and investigated in and out of the language classroom. This quasi-experimental study examines the impact of recasts in comparison to prompts and no corrective feedback on francophone learners' acquisition of English third person possessive determiners. Sixty-four students from three intact intensive…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cues
Kunai, Ikue; Ryan, Clarissa C. S. – California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2007
Informed by theories about the use of pleasure-reading to develop students' overall English ability, this demonstration encouraged teachers to use manga (Japanese comics) in their classes. Manga and related comics from Korea, Taiwan, etc., are popular throughout the world for their emotionally-involving stories and high-quality art. Since these…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Cartoons, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Rajika Bhandari; Patricia Chow – Institute of International Education, 2009
Open Doors is the only long-standing, comprehensive information resource on international students and scholars in the United States and American students studying abroad for academic credit. Open Doors features graphic displays, data tables and policy-oriented analysis and is the essential resource for those concerned with U.S. international…
Descriptors: International Educational Exchange, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, English (Second Language)
Preisendoerfer, Hans – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1974
This essay presents a model for an intensive course in French designed for pupils of approximately age 16. The student devotes himself for two periods of 14 days each, morning and afternoon, exclusively to learning the foreign language. Each intensive phase is followed by half a school year of a language training phase. (Text is in German.)…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, French, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
SMITH, GEORGE E. – 1962
SINCE THE STRENGTH OF THE PEACE CORPS EFFORT DEPENDS ON THE VOLUNTEERS' ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE HOST COUNTRY, INTENSIVE LANGUAGE COURSES, PATTERNED AFTER THOSE OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AND FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTES, OCCUPY 30 TO 40 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE 8-TO 10-WEEK PRELIMINARY TRAINING PERIOD. BASED ON GENERAL PEACE…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Audiolingual Methods, Federal Programs, Intensive Language Courses
McBride, Russell W. – Training in Business and Industry, 1973
Results so far suggest that courses tied in with language labs, outlines the system of second language course discussed. (Author/GB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Business Education, Business Skills, Intensive Language Courses
Peer reviewedSchulz, Renate A. – ADFL Bulletin, 1979
Examines the elements of a successful intensive language program, including areas such as staffing, scheduling, and recruitment of students. (AM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedDelk, Cheryl; Hoger, Beth – TESOL Journal, 2003
Suggests that cultural scenarios combining Intensive English program students and native English speaking students benefit both groups when linguistic and nonlinguistic information is exchanged. Discusses activities for combining English as a Second or Other Language and business communication students. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Business Communication, English (Second Language), Intensive Language Courses, Interdisciplinary Approach
Crook, Tony – American Language Review, 1999
Using an action research framework, research was conducted to gauge how a group of English-as-a-Second-Language students (ESL) would react to a taboo English class being conducted as part of their intensive English program. The investigation took place at an English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) center located in a…
Descriptors: Action Research, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Intensive Language Courses
Tsui, Amy B. M. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2007
This article explores teachers' identity formation through a narrative inquiry of the professional identity of an EFL teacher, Minfang, in the People's Republic of China. Drawing on Wenger's (1998) social theory of identity formation as a dual process of identification and negotiation of meanings, it examines the lived experience of Minfang as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
