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Quigley, Alex; Coleman, Robbie – Education Endowment Foundation, 2019
This guidance report aims to help secondary schools improve literacy in all subject areas. It provides seven recommendations related to reading, writing, talk, vocabulary development and supporting struggling students. Throughout the report, recommendations emphasise the importance of disciplinary literacy. Disciplinary literacy is an approach to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
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Higgins, Steve; Martell, Thomas; Waugh, David; Henderson, Peter; Sharples, Jonathan – Education Endowment Foundation, 2017
This report offers seven practical evidence-based recommendations--that are relevant to all pupils, but particularly to those struggling with their literacy. To develop the recommendations we reviewed the best available international research and consulted experts to arrive at key principles for effective literacy teaching. This report is part of…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Foreign Countries, Reading Skills
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Vanderplank, Robert – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2016
This book brings together current thinking on informal language learning and the findings of over 30 years of research on captions (same language subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) to present a new model of language learning from captioned viewing and a future roadmap for research and practice in this field. Language learners may have…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Barcroft, Joe – TESOL International Association, 2012
This fascinating presentation of current research undoes numerous myths about how we most effectively learn new words in a second language. In clear, reader-friendly text, the author details the successful approach of IBI vocabulary instruction, which emphasizes the presentation of target vocabulary as input early on and the incremental (gradual)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Melby, Alan – Computers and the Humanities, 1995
Emphasizes the importance of terminology in an age of machine-based translation systems. Discusses differences between lexicography and terminology. Concludes with an argument for a new system based on the Text Encoding Initiative-based notions of elements and attributes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Lexicography, Research Tools, Researchers
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Ide, Nancy – Computers and the Humanities, 1995
Describes problems in devising a Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) encoding format for dictionaries. Asserts that the high degree of structuring and compression of information are among the most complex text types treated in the TEI. Concludes that the source of some TEI problems lies in the design of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). (CFR)
Descriptors: Databases, Dictionaries, Higher Education, Lexicography
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Nippold, Marilyn A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1995
This article discusses word definitions within the context of language development in school-age children and adolescents. It explains the importance of the ability to define words, reviews the growth of word definition during school years, describes standardized tests, and offers suggestions for expanding the normative database for word…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
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Childers, Cheryl D. – Teaching Sociology, 1996
Reviews a teaching strategy built on the body of research revealing crossword puzzles as effective means of introducing fundamental concepts and vocabulary. Discusses methods for constructing the puzzle. Student responses suggest that the puzzle was useful as a tool for both learning and review. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Fundamental Concepts, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Raschio, Richard; Lange, Dale L. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1984
Identifies design, conceptualization, and evaluation deficiencies of foreign-language computer-assisted instruction (CAI) materials and defines attributes of effective CAI lessons. Formats for creating these lessons, an experiment for future research into effects and uses of these materials, and suggestions concerning role and uses in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware