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Gutow, Howard, Ed. – Cross Currents, 1979
This issue of "Cross Currents" includes the following articles: "An Experience with CLL" by Earl Stevick; "Accuracy vs. Fluency in the English Language Classroom" by Kenton Sutherland; "Predicate Markers: A New Look at the English Predicate System" by Phillip L. Knowles; "'Let Your TV do the Talking':…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Creative Thinking, Cultural Education, Drama
Peer reviewedUpshur, John A., Ed.; Fata, Julia, Ed. – Language Learning, 1968
The 14 conference papers and discussion transcripts in this volume were arranged to suggest both an outline of the state of the art of foreign language testing and a practical guide for test writers and users. The first two papers (T.R. Hopkins, Language Testing of North American Indians; and E.J. Briere, Testing ESL Among Navajo Children) deal…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indians, Aptitude Tests, Bilingualism
Download full textBockman, John F.; Valencia, Felizardo L. – 1968
An innovative approach to language instruction, developed by Felizardo Valencia using "Juan, Maria y Pepe" as a basic text, is contrasted with more traditional audiolingual methodology in a first-year Spanish course. A control group of high school students is instructed with the use of a teacher-operated electric cue board with abbreviated cues…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Conversational Language Courses, Dialogs (Literary)
Troudi, Salah, Ed.; Coombe, Christine, Ed.; Riley, Susan, Ed. – 1998
Papers from the 1998 international conference on the teaching of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) include: "The Future of English: Where Unity and Diversity Meet" (David Crystal); "Maximizing Student Writing and Minimizing Teacher Correction" (Phil Quirke); "How the Camel Got Its Hump: Bringing Literature…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Electronic Mail, English (Second Language), Error Correction
Rasanen, 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
McArthur, Edith K. – 1993
In 1989, the number of persons in the United States who spoke languages other than English at home was at an all-time high. This number has increased rapidly in recent years as immigration flows have brought in new residents who are native speakers of other languages. To accommodate persons who speak languages other than English, changes are being…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Demography, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1983
Data are presented on the number and distribution of limited-English-proficient (LEP), fluent-English-proficient (FEP), and bilingual students and teachers and migrant students in California public elementary and secondary schools. Tables present the information by county, grade level, language, participation in a bilingual program, and staff…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Cantonese
Keller, Eric; Warner, Sylvia Taba – 1977
This volume is part of a series, which is in turn part of a course entitled "Contact Canada" and designed for adult Francophone students of English as a second language. The series contains exercises for learning conversational tools. This volume deals specifically with response and closing formulas. In section 1, response formulas are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Audiolingual Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Merino, Barbara J.; Politzer, Robert L. – 1977
This memorandum reports the validation of the SCRDT Tests for Teachers in Spanish/English Bilingual Education Programs. The tests, which are designed for elementary and secondary teachers and aides, measure knowledge of methods used in teaching English as a second language (ESL), teaching Spanish as a second language (SSL), and teaching reading in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures
Meeker, Sharon K. – 1978
This paper describes a technique for giving ESL (English as a second language) students with rather limited English ability an opportunity to talk on a regular basis. The technique takes into consideration: (1) the time limitations of the classroom; (2) the tendency of some students to dominate discussion and the need for giving others…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Johns, Kenneth M.; Torrez, Nena – 2001
This booklet explains that teachers need to upgrade the strategies they use to help students who are learning English as a Second Language (ESL), describing several strategies that have been derived from advances in bilingual education and ESL research during the last 20 years. The introduction explains first language acquisition. The next section…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedCanadian Modern Language Review, 1989
Concerns and trends in immersion instruction are identified and recommendations for the future are presented. Issues include language teacher education and qualifications; administrator role; accountability; junior, kindergarten, and special education; methods for encouraging nativelike language; and the definition of immersion. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Ancillary School Services, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedEhrman, Madeline E.; Oxford, Rebecca L. – Modern Language Journal, 1995
Examines the relationships of individual difference variables to end-of-training proficiency ratings in speaking and reading for a large sample of adults in intensive training in a wide range of languages at the U.S. Department of State. Variables included tested cognitive aptitude, learning strategies, learning styles, personality, motivation and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedDorian, Nancy C. – Language, 1994
Discusses the assumption that linguistic heterogeneity reflects social heterogeneity. The article examines a challenge to this assumption evident in the Gaelic-speaking communities of East Sutherland, Scotland, with homogeneous populations showing well-established patterns of language variation that do not correlate with socioeconomic status. (38…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Code Switching (Language), Contrastive Linguistics, Data Analysis
Direct linkGermain, Claude; Lightbown, Patsy; Netten, Joan; Spada, Nina – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2004
This article provides a historical overview and comparison of intensive English (IE) and intensive French (IF) programs in Canada. Comparisons are made in terms of the total time allotted to the intensive period, the selection of students, the number and types of schools offering the programs, the models of delivery, and the type of pedagogy and…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, French, English (Second Language)
