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Direct linkKim, Jungkang – Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educational Planning, 2005
This article presents my views and reflections on working with adult ESL learners at a community-based adult literacy program in the Southwest. In this article, I share my experience working with adult learners learning English as a second language and critically address and discuss issues significant to the learners in their language and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Journal Writing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Download full textSifontes, Aida I.; Baez, Dodie – 2002
This presentation describes how to use reading to improve second language acquisition. Part 1, "Building Awareness of Reading Habits and Attitudes," has students report their habits and attitudes about reading in English and their native language and recognize the importance of reading for improving English skills. Part 2, "Choosing a Book," has…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, English (Second Language), Journal Writing, Reading Attitudes
Vever, Daniel; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1991
Four activities for the French language classroom are described, including a comprehension game based on the cow's digestive system, a group journal exercise using current events, an economics vocabulary development activity, and a grammar exercise focusing on the use of determiners in news articles. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Determiners (Languages), Diaries
Spener, David – 1990
This guide for volunteer teachers of English as a Second Language to Spanish speakers in a home-based program outlines a suggested format for class time and activities. The guide describes how teachers can organize their class periods to promote learner-centeredness and participation in the English learning process. The structure, designed to help…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dialog Journals, English (Second Language)
McDonald, Barbara A.; Rosselli, Judith A.; Clifford, Jacolyn, Ed. – 1997
The report, based on a study of journal entries written by English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students in San Diego Community Colleges (California), examines the value of journal writing for ESL learning and acculturation and offers classroom techniques for its use. An introductory section describes the study and its outcomes. Chapter 1 looks at…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges
Root, Robert L., Jr.; Steinberg, Michael – 1996
Based on a series of seven summer workshops on creative writing and pedagogy, this book offers an "inside-out" approach to teaching and writing, an approach that teachers can use for personal growth and self-enrichment as well as for application and inspiration in their public school classrooms. Essays in the book are: (1) "'The Writing's for Us':…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English Teachers
