ERIC Number: ED281363
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 148
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English as a Second Language 10B. Language Development across the Curriculum.
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch.
Language Development across the Curriculum is a high school course designed to prepare students at an intermediate level of English language proficiency for studies in the content areas. The course is designed to help students succeed in high school subjects such as social studies, science, and mathematics. The curriculum guide for the course outlines the program and course philosophy, rationale, and target audience; states the program and course goals and objectives, including minumum expectations; describes the intended content, including the major communications skills to be taught; suggests teaching strategies, instructional planning techniques, and activities for each of the communications skills areas; outlines purposes and methods of student evaluation; gives recommendations for learning resources; and includes additional materials for teaching a mythology unit, transitional words in discourse, essay writing, and research paper preparation; and for evaluating student writing. (MSE)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Discourse Analysis, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Instructional Materials, Language of Instruction, Limited English Speaking, Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Curriculum, Student Evaluation, Units of Study
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch.
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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