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Download full textLeonard, Beth – Sharing Our Pathways, 2001
The author's experiences of learning her heritage language of Deg Xinag, an Athabascan language spoken in Alaska, serve as a backdrop for discussing issues in learning endangered indigenous languages. When Deg Xinag is taught by linguists, obvious differences between English and Deg Xinag are not articulated, due to the lack of knowledge of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Athapascan Languages
Dycus, David, Ed. – Literacy across Cultures, 2001
This collection of articles includes: "Implementing Discourse Analysis for Intermediate and Advanced Language Learners" (Maria Palmira Massi); "A Comparison of Front-Page News in Japanese and British Quality Press Newspapers: Cultural Differences Reflected in the Press" (Christopher Bond); "Have You Ever Heard of Ogino…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Research and Evaluation. – 2002
This study examined program participation and academic progress of second language learners, following a cohort of Texas public school students from the school years, 1992-93 to 1999-00 as they progressed through the elementary and middle grades. Researchers examined the following: changes in Texas policy related to students with limited English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Policy
Daniel-White, Kimberly, Ed. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 2002
This issue of "Working Papers in Educational Linguistics" begins with "Negative Evidence in Language Classroom Activities: A Study of Its Availability and Accessibility to Language Learners" (Teresa Pica and Gay N. Washburn), which revisits the issue of negative evidence in second language classrooms. The second paper,…
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Error Correction
Woodman, Karen – 2001
This study investigates linguistic, perceptual, and pedagogical change (LPPC) in a short-term, study abroad English immersion program. It proposes the LPPC Interactive Model of second language acquisition based on Gardner's 1985 socioeducational model and Woods' 1996 beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge (BAK) structure. The framework is applied in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences
Altman, Roann – 2000
This paper is designed to help educators prepare non-native speakers of English for work in business by studying the overall effectiveness of English for specific purposes programs at the University of Michigan Business School. It describes the English for Business Studies (EBS) program established in 1986. Situated discourse research in a focus…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Course Descriptions, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
Silliman, Anna, Ed. – Hands-On English, 1999
This periodical is a source of practical teaching advice for adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers and tutors since 1991. Articles and ideas are contributed by the experienced teachers and tutors among the readership. Among the topics covered in this volume are the following: tips on teaching older students, preparing students for the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Shin, Sarah J. – 2000
This paper reports findings from a study of bilingual language alternation by first grade Korean-American schoolchildren. Growing up as members of the Korean immigrant community in New York City, the children in this study all entered school with Korean as their mother tongue, and at the time of the investigation, alternated between Korean and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Code Switching (Language), Elementary Secondary Education
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp.; Jaremko, Helen, Comp. – 1998
This intermediate- to advanced-level reader is designed for learning Ukrainian as a native or second language. It provides a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, short stories, fairy tales, fables, sayings (aphorisms), and dialogs. (CNP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Culture, Ethnic Groups
Akcan, Sumru – 2000
This syllabus is designed for a 15-week, advanced level undergraduate course in foreign language teaching methods. Students in this course would have already had coursework in second language teaching and learning, second language acquisition and development, and other methods courses. The syllabus aims to give information about what cooperative…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions
Hau, Kit-Tai; Marsh, Herbert W.; Kong, Chit-Kwong; Poon, Andrew Chung-Shing – 2000
This study examines how instruction in the first language (L1), Chinese, and in the second language (L2), English, affects a large sample of students' academic achievement in L1, L2, and content, nonlanguage school subjects, including mathematics, science, geography, and history, in their first 3 years of high school. For all four content area…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Chinese, English (Second Language)
Pablo, Josephine Dicsen; Ongteco, Belen C.; Koki, Stan – 2000
This paper reviews the history of Title VII bilingual education in Hawaii for the purpose of sharing promising practices that have emerged. The implementation of these models in Hawaii has resulted in such outcomes as the following: (1) improvement in students' English language skills; (2) improvement in students' academic achievement; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Qian, David D. – 1999
A study investigated the relationships among vocabulary size, depth of vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension in English as a second language (ESL). Subjects were 74 native Chinese- and Korean-speaking students in intensive academic ESL courses in two Ontario universities. They were administered questionnaires to gather demographic and…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Sun, Yu-Chih – 2000
The potential for on-line corpus in language teaching and learning has been the focus of attention on the part of teachers and researchers for some time now. The purpose of this study is to report on an Internet-based concordance approach to language learning and to investigate both qualitatively and quantitatively Taiwanese…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Bonk, William J. – 2000
This study reports on the development, administration, and analysis of a test of collocational knowledge for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners of a wide range of proficiency levels. Through native speaker item validation and pilot testing, three subtests were developed and administered to 98 ESL learners of low-intermediate to advanced…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis
