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Download full textLee, Lina – 1994
This article addresses the learning of second language (L2) writing skills to show how pictures can be used as an effective guided writing tool to facilitate students' writing process and to improve their writing proficiency. A study was conducted with 53 university students who had a prior knowledge of Spanish in secondary school. All students…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Young, Dolly Jesusita – 1989
A guide for teachers of second language reading offers ideas for using authentic texts as instructional materials. The guide focuses on how to teach students to become strategic readers and use their background knowledge to enhance comprehension. Schema theory is proposed as a framework for approaching reading tasks, by providing relevant pre- and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Instructional Materials, Italian, Portuguese
Long, Donna Reseigh – 1991
A study investigated what conscious listening strategies second language learners use when listening to authentic texts. Subjects were six college students of intermediate Spanish. They listened to three authentic audio and three authentic video texts. The introspective commentaries of the subjects on one of the video texts are discussed here.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
