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Lim, Jia Wei – Literacy, 2020
This article is based on the premise that mandated reading in literature classrooms may be perceived as an imposition and disliked by students. Attempts to address that scenario have suggested that text selection should be given more consideration to promote reading engagement, particularly by choosing texts which are familiar to the lifeworlds of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reader Response, Reading Material Selection, Literature Appreciation
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Finlayson, Caitlin – Open Praxis, 2020
A growing body of research has demonstrated that open educational resources (OER) provide an opportunity for improvements in learning outcomes compared to traditional texts. This project builds on the Open Education Group's COUP framework to explore student and faculty use and perceptions of an open education World Regional Geography textbook.…
Descriptors: World Geography, Open Educational Resources, Textbooks, Blended Learning
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Darics, Erika; Koller, Veronika – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2019
We argue that language awareness and discourse analytical skills should be part of business communication curricula. To this end, we propose a three-step analytical model drawing on organizational and critical discourse studies, and approaches from systemic-functional linguistics, to explore agency and action in business communication. Focusing on…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Metalinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Curriculum Development
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Zondi, Nompumelelo B. – Education as Change, 2020
Although viewed (and dismissed) by many as primarily a tool for communication, language (and literature) cannot be understood only in relation to "what" it communicates. A study of "how" it is shaped uncovers the social forces that provide its broad and complex template in the acts of reading and writing. This article focuses…
Descriptors: African Languages, Literature, Blacks, Authors
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Doolan, Stephen M.; Fitzsimmons-Doolan, Shannon – TESOL Journal, 2016
Student success in higher education often involves the effective integration of source texts into students' writing (Horowitz, 1986); therefore, advanced second language (L2) students are particularly well served by effective reading-to-write instruction. Teaching L2 students to write from sources is challenging because of several issues,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Advanced Students, Reading Instruction