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Direct linkTarnopolsky, Oleg – Cogent Education, 2016
The ever-increasing spread of English as the language of global communication leads to ever-increasing demand for learning it among adult populations of non-English-speaking countries. If such people did not have a chance of acquiring English during their school or university years but urgently need it for professional or personal purposes, they…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Educational Principles
Solares-Altamirano, María Elena – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2010
The importance of teachers in the success of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) is unquestionable. However, designing a teacher course on TBLT raises many questions concerning "what" and "how" it can be implemented. Can teachers' professional development be promoted through Task-Based Instruction (TBI)? This paper explores…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Task Analysis, Online Courses, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedMacrory, Gee – Language Learning Journal, 1996
Examines the extent to which foreign language use should play a prominent part in a course. The article discusses subject knowledge; factors affecting students' language skills; course objectives, structure and content; student reaction to questions about tutor input and the topics appropriate for teaching in the foreign language; and perceived…
Descriptors: Class Size, Course Content, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries
Tinkel, A. J. – 1985
The objectives of any language awareness course must be to lead students to a greater awareness of what they already know about language. This kind of course is ideal for student-centered activity, with the students exploring language and the teacher only occasionally imparting new facts. It will have more immediacy if it focuses on the students'…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Development
Download full textRasanen, Anne – 1994
This article presents theoretical considerations behind the Jyvaskyla teacher in-service development program in teaching content through a foreign language and surveys some international experiences of bilingual education. The term "bilingual program" refers to all variations of bilingual education and teaching of non-language subjects…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Concept Formation
Terry, Robert M. – Bulletin of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia, 1978
Learning to swim and learning a foreign language are analagous activities, in that both are skills learned for different reasons. Few foreign language students will attain "near-native fluency;" nor will many of them become interpreters or teachers. Foreign language teachers must therefore revise priorities, restructure courses, adjust methods,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Audiovisual Aids, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
