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Download full textWright, Wayne E.; Choi, Daniel – Language Policy Research Unit, 2005
This survey of third-grade teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs) in Arizona regarding school language and accountability policies--Proposition 203 (a voter-initiative that restricts the use of bilingual education programs in Arizona schools), the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), and Arizona LEARNS (the state's high-stakes…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Grade 3, Elementary School Teachers
Wright, Wayne E.; Choi, Daniel – Education Policy Research Unit, 2005
This survey of third-grade teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs) in Arizona regarding school language and accountability policies--Proposition 203 (a voter-initiative that restricts the use of bilingual education programs in Arizona schools), the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), and Arizona LEARNS (the state's high-stakes…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Grade 3, Elementary School Teachers
Robinson, Peter, Ed.; Sawyer, Mark, Ed.; Ross, Steven, Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers includes the following: "Second Language Acquisition Research in Japan: Theoretical Issues" (Peter Robinson, Mark Sawyer, and Steven Ross); (2) "Focus on Form: Implicit and Explicit Form Focused Instruction Incorporated into a Communicative Task" (Hitoshi Muranoi); (3) "A Task that Works for…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Wilson, D. Lee – 2001
This guide presents suggestions from experienced teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) for the first 2 days of class. An introduction describes how to organize the classroom. Next, the guide describes day 1 (begin to build a community spirit by introducing students to each other and the teacher in a nonthreatening manner) and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Environment, English (Second Language)
Tatsuki, Donna, Ed. – JALT Journal, 2003
This collection of papers includes the following: "Learner Characteristics of Early Starters and Late Starters of English Language Learning: Anxiety, Aptitude, and Motivation" (Tomoko Takada); "Uncovering First Year Students' Language Learning Experiences, Their Attitudes, and Motivations in a Context of Change at the Tertiary Level…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Apprehension, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Davidson, Rosalind Kasle; Strucker, John – 2002
The patterns of word recognition errors among native and nonnative speakers of English in adult basic education classes were compared in a study that focused on the 212 of the 676 learners in the Adult Reading Components Study who scored between grade equivalent (GE) 4 and 6 in word recognition. Key findings were as follows: (1) highly similar…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis
Maddalena, Sean Romano – 2001
Could corpus analysis be used to solve some of the problems surrounding non-native speakers' understanding of seemingly synonymous words? This research is needed because there is no single universal unified lexical theory that can be applied to the study of semantics or of language as a whole. Instead, there are a variety of views than can be…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Componential Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Databases
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. REEP, Arlington Education and Employment Program. – 1996
The REEP (Arlington Education and Employment Program) 2-year special project, which set out to research, develop, field-test, and establish recommendations for alternative assessment methods for the language and literacy development of adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL), is described and evaluated. Goals and needs of 117 adult…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Cahill, Michael, Ed. – Notes on Linguistics, 2001
These four volumes of the journal present articles, review articles, abstracts, dissertation abstracts, and reports. Articles include the following: "The Linguist's Role in Archiving Linguistic Data Sources" (Joan Spanne); "The SIL Language and Culture Archive: An Interview with Joan Spanne" (Eugene Loos); "The Value of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Archives, Athapascan Languages, Bantu Languages
Fischer, Robert – 1996
The report details development, at Southwest Texas State University and later at Pennsylvania State University, of a computer authoring system ("Libra") enabling foreign language faculty to develop multimedia lessons focusing on listening comprehension. Staff at Southwest Texas State University first developed a Macintosh version of the…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction
Py, Bernard, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquee, 1994
This collection of articles on second language learning includes: "Action, langage et discours. Les fondements d'une psychologie du langage" ("Action, Language, and Discourse. Foundations of a Psychology of Language") (Jean-Paul Bronckart); "Contextes socio-culturels et appropriation des languages secondes: l'apprentissage en milieu social et la…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Dictionaries
Berthoud, Anne-Claude, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquee, 1996
This collection of articles on second language learning in a multilingual environment includes: "Franzosisch-Deutsch: Zweisprachiges Lernen au der Sekundarstufe 1" (French-German: Learning Two Languages at Secondary School, Level 1) (Otto Stern, Brigit Eriksson, Christine Le Pape, Hans Reutener, Cecilia Serra Oesch); "Das Projekt…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities, Foreign Countries
Guefrachi, Hedi; Troudi, Salah – 1997
This report describes a United Arab Emirates University training program for teacher educators. The program was designed to improve both the overall quality of English language instruction in the country and the English language proficiency level of students by the time they enter higher education, through both instructional improvement and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Vann, Samuel – 1997
One college instructor's methods of incorporating global issues into advanced classes of English as a Second Language are described. The objectives are to enable students to identify, access, organize, interpret, and respond to information about world affairs in print and non-print forms from diverse sources, and to enable them further to analyze…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Brainstorming, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Kaiser, Linda Wojcikowski – 1996
Using sources such as personal observation, personal communication, and published literature, this essay identifies issues that have accounted for Foreign Languages in Elementary Schools (FLES) programs' failure to survive. Seven essential elements of a successful foreign language program in the elementary school are identified and discussed: (1)…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Support, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
