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Mayer, Lenore – Teaching Adults, 1976
Six-day residential intensive language courses in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian, sponsored by the City Lit language department and Wansfell college, were extremely successful due to careful planning in site selection, various learning activities, and courses structure. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
Shaheen, Yosef; Wingate, Jim – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1991
A two- and three-week Intensive English Holiday Courses held for high school students at Beit Jann Druse village in December and August each year is described that could be adapted to other villages in Israel. (two references) (LB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High School Students
Ito, Tae; Bauman, John – 1995
A study investigated the rate of vocabulary acquisition in English-Japanese word pairs among college-age Japanese learners in a classroom situation. Subjects were 41 students in an intensive program of English for academic purposes. Three groups of students were given word pair lists of different lengths, and guided in studying them over a period…
Descriptors: College Students, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
International Catholic Migration Commission, Morong (Philippines). – 1983
The manual for English pronunciation instruction is designed for use in intensive language courses for Southeast Asians learning English as a Second Language. An introductory section suggests classroom presentation and lesson planning techniques and gives background information on English phonology and pronunciation instruction. A variety of…
Descriptors: Cambodian, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Error Correction
Scholes, Robert J.; Abida, Toufik – 1966
A set of instructional materials for introductory Tunisian Arabic is designed for a 12-week Peace Corps volunteer language course. It provides instructional notes for the teacher and a series of lessons on aspects of grammar, phonology, and morphology. Much of the text is descriptive. Lessons include grammar and phonology notes, exercises, and…
Descriptors: Arabic, Classroom Techniques, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries
Rwanika, Mwisha; And Others – 1986
The teacher's manual for Peace Corps volunteer language training in Ciluba is designed for introductory oral language instruction. It is intended to assist trainees in functioning in the language within at least 6 weeks, and to transmit cultural information about the host country through linguistic structures, texts, and discussion topics. It…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Cultural Education, Developing Nations
Swaffield, Sue; And Others – 1988
Four reports describing aspects of a summer English course, designed for foreign students from a variety of backgrounds, focus on learning English through classroom lessons and extra-curricular activities. Sue Swaffield, the course director, outlines the background, organization, and staffing of the course, looking at its broad aims and role in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Extracurricular Activities, Foreign Countries
Rwanika, Mwisha; And Others – 1986
The teacher's manual for Peace Corps volunteer language training in Lingala is designed for introductory oral language instruction. It is intended to assist trainees in functioning in the language within at least 6 weeks, and to transmit cultural information about the host country through linguistic structures, texts, and discussion topics. It…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Cultural Education, Developing Nations
Rwanika, Mwisha; And Others – 1986
The teacher's manual for Peace Corps volunteer language training in Kikongo is designed for introductory oral language instruction. It is intended to assist trainees in functioning in the language within at least 6 weeks, and to transmit cultural information about the host country through linguistic structures, texts, and discussion topics. It…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Cultural Education, Developing Nations
Schuster, Don, Ed. – Journal of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 1983
The spring-summer and fall-winter 1983 numbers of the journal include these articles: "Body-Mind Integration Through Yoga" (Marie Paulyn); "The Effectiveness of Three Classroom Teaching Methods: Programmed Instruction, Simulation, and Guided Fantasy" (Elizabeth B. Groff, Gary F. Render); "Teaching Relaxation in School: A…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Classification, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
Al-Khanji, Rajai – 1987
The Strategic Interaction method has been found to be effective in developing oral skills among students in an intensive English language program at the University of Jordan, and holds promise for language instruction in other contexts. The method, which is predominantly communicative in nature, stresses language use and interaction in discourse…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Stevens, Virginia; Taylor, Becky – 1995
The approach taken by two English-as-a-Second-Language teachers at the American University in Cairo (Egypt) in intensive courses for university-bound students is described. The approach is characterized by continuous communication between teachers, with the objective of providing constant reinforcement of those skills. Focus is on how two teachers…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques, Cooperation, English (Second Language)
Layzer, Carolyn; Sharkey, Judy – 1996
Experiences in teaching a first-year reading course in the intensive English program at Kansai Gaidai Junior College (Japan) are discussed. In the period described, there were six classes of 16 students each. A proficiency-oriented approach incorporating a learner development component was adopted to facilitate the transition from traditional…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Course Descriptions
Egan, Dennis, Ed. – TEAM, 1983
Three issues of the journal "TEAM" are presented. Each issue contains feature articles, a section on teaching techniques, book reviews, English Language Center news items, and announcements. The articles in these three issues deal with the following topics: the freshman English course at the University of Minerals and Petroleum, a course in…
Descriptors: Arabic, Book Reviews, Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure
TESOL Newsletter, 1987
The 1987 volume of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) newsletter includes articles on developing exercises for use with films in the classroom; foreign students; professionalism and the master's degree in teaching English as a second language (ESL); international issues; the politics of ESL instruction; teachers in the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Employment Practices, English (Second Language), Films