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Reese, Curt; Wells, Terri – Simulation & Gaming, 2007
This article describes a game used for teaching discussion skills to English as a Second Language (ESL) students. It was originally designed for students wanting to prepare for graduate study at U.S. universities has been since used for other ESL students wanting to improve conversation skills. The game focuses on common phrases helpful for…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Discussion
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Brown, Alan V. – Modern Language Journal, 2009
Foreign language (FL) teachers and students may have very similar or disparate notions of effective teaching, and the intersection of the two sets of beliefs has ramifications for language learning and the effectiveness of instruction. Horwitz (1990), Kern (1995), and Schulz (1996) have argued that mismatches between FL students' and teachers'…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Teacher Effectiveness, Second Languages, Second Language Instruction
Lono, Luz Paredes – 1983
Issues regarding the development of student's speaking skills and English as a second language (ESL) techniques designed to improve the teaching of conversation are described. Ten true and false assumptions about the teaching of conversation are considered: (1) everyone enjoys talking and participating in class discussion; (2) discussion topics in…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Safnil – Guidelines, 1990
Reasons for Indonesian students' reluctance to practice English are discussed, including absence of classroom follow-up activities. Some teaching/learning principles are noted, followed by some conversation teaching techniques (e.g., using humor, rhymes/songs, and interviews). (Contains 10 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conversational Language Courses, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Overbeck, Carla – Lifelong Learning, 1984
Adult basic education and English as a second language teachers, as well as volunteer tutors, can help new refugees acquire functional English through the use of a survival kit. The Literacy Volunteers of America's guide to teaching conversational English recommends these items for a survival kit: a written copy of student's name, address, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Conversational Language Courses, Daily Living Skills, English (Second Language)
Scott, Robert Bruce – 1984
A description of the use of flowcharts in teaching students of English as a second language (ESL) to "map" dialogue for conversation begins with a review of the literature concerning the flowchart form and content. Conversational form and logic and the discourse chart designed by Mohr and adapted for this study are discussed. The classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conversational Language Courses, English (Second Language), Flow Charts
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Bureau of French Education. – 1987
This guide outlines the Manitoban Department of Education's conversational French-as-a-second-language curriculum for second grade. The program is designed to introduce young children to the French language and culture through the learning of French sounds, vocabulary, and some sentence patterns. An introductory section explains the program's…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conversational Language Courses, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
Lawson, V. K.; And Others – 1988
This guide is intended for use by teachers and tutors who are using the assisted reading method to teach reading to adult learners. The introduction describes the contents of the guide and the other materials in the Read On! II series, i.e., six textbooks, six workbooks, and a set of tutor resource sheets for use with learners at the beginning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading
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Brown, Joan Lipman – Hispania, 1986
Presents a technique devised to help intermediate Spanish students master the art of communication over the telephone and outlines the specific learning and testing activities and pedagogical rationale behind them. The technique can also be used to test oral competence and aural proficiency. (SED)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Higher Education
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Bureau of French Education. – 1987
This guide outlines the Manitoba Department of Education's conversational French-as-a-second-language curriculum for kindergarten and first grade. The program is designed to introduce young children to the French language and culture through the learning of French sounds, vocabulary, and some sentence patterns. An introductory section explains the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conversational Language Courses, Course Content, Cultural Awareness
Smith, Polly; King, Richard – 1992
This packet contains four sets of lesson plans designed for the workplace curriculum for housekeeping employees at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel (Anchorage, Alaska), as part of the Anchorage Workplace Literacy Program. The lesson plans, which are correlated with Laubach literacy method skills books levels 1-3, include conversation (dialogue,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Conversational Language Courses
Cacy, Roselynn; Smith, Polly – 1992
This unit contains lesson plans designed to teach first aid skills to adults with limited language skills. The lesson plans were developed, using the Laubach literacy method, for a workplace literacy project in Anchorage, Alaska. The lesson plans, which are correlated with the book, "You Can Give First Aid," include conversational skills…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Conversational Language Courses
Jones, Jan; And Others – 1992
This packet contains five lesson plans designed to teach reading and writing skills to grocery store employees. The lesson plans were developed, using the Laubach literacy method, for a workplace literacy project at Carr Grocery Store in Anchorage, Alaska. The lesson plans, which are correlated with Laubach skills books levels 1-2, include…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Bakery Industry, Classroom Techniques
Jones, Jan; And Others – 1992
This packet contains lesson plans and an evaluation for a janitorial unit designed to teach reading and writing skills to grocery store janitors. The lesson plans were developed, using the Laubach literacy method, for a workplace literacy project at Carr Grocery Store in Anchorage, Alaska. The lesson plans, which are correlated with Laubach skills…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Cleaning
Smith, Beverly J. – 1985
This guide is designed for use in providing English-as-a-second-language training to adults. The first part of the package describes the development of these materials during a project to provide training in conversational English to refugees and migrants. Outlined next are procedures and activities for assessing student needs, taping student…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Audiolingual Methods, Audiotape Cassettes, Behavioral Objectives
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