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de Jong, Ester; Naranjo, Cindy – New Educator, 2019
To address the needs of English Language Leaners (ELLs) in grade-level content-area classrooms, teacher education programs are moving toward "infused" models of instruction where preservice general education courses include ELL-specific content. Little is known about how this curricular change is accomplished. To address this gap, this…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
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Hernandez, Kelly; Thomas, Michelle; Schuemann, Cynthia – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2012
In 2008, Miami Dade College received a $1.9 million Title V grant from the US Department of Education to develop an Accelerated Content-Based English for Academic Purposes (EAP) track called Project ACE for ESL students. The ACE curriculum is anchored by the principles of flexibility, contextualization, and faculty buy-in--critical matters given…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, General Education, Curriculum Development, Second Language Learning
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Accurso, Kathryn – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Many K-12 teachers struggle to meet the needs of diverse learners as school reforms promote new disciplinary literacy requirements. In response, language education scholars have argued that teachers must develop "disciplinary linguistic knowledge" (DLK), or an understanding of language in their content area and an ability to design…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Literacy, Intellectual Disciplines
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Rolón-Dow, Rosalie; Chen, Lei – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2014
To develop dispositions essential to linguistically responsive teaching (Lucas & Villegas, 2011), preservice teachers need opportunities to engage in reflection and dialogue about the sociocultural and sociopolitical dimensions of identity, language and culture pertinent to Latino/a English language learners. In this article, we present two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Culturally Relevant Education
McMillen, Margaret – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigated the change in sophomore reading scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test after the implementation of an academic vocabulary program and the change in teacher knowledge and professional practice after a program of staff development in academic vocabulary. The purpose was to determine if the impact of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Economically Disadvantaged, Vocabulary, Pretests Posttests
Armbrister, Ana Leonor – ProQuest LLC, 2010
English Language Learners are an ever-growing population in public school systems today. Consequently, the policies and procedures that schools are required to adhere to are not limited to language minority students. In order for teachers to meet the needs of English Language Learning students, they need to address their student's whole…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Reading Comprehension, Student Participation, Second Language Learning
Parker, Sandra – 1971
The quinmester course intended for pupils speaking English as a second language aims to teach students to ask and answer questions and discuss, orally and in written form, basic concepts in social studies such as transportation, map reading, family, friends, school, home, neighborhood, and community in an attempt to help them function effectively…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education, Community Study
Fryer, T. Bruce; Medley, Frank W., Jr. – 1987
Selected papers from the 1986 Southern Conference on Language Teaching on instruction for language proficiency are presented: "The Foreign Language Teacher: Confronting an Ever-Changing Profession" (Robert Di Donato); "Restructuring a Traditional Foreign Language Program for Oral Proficiency" (Filisha Camara-Norman, James…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Johnston, Archie B. – 1969
This report presented a review of the Florida Inter-American Learning Institute (FILI), which began at Tallahassee in March 1968. FILI was designed as a "half-way house" where foreign students could increase their ability to communicate in English. Students enroll for one or two 11-week periods during which they receive instruction in…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Language Programs
Fryer, T. Bruce, Ed.; Medley, Frank W., Jr., Ed. – 1986
Selected papers from the 1984 and 1985 meetings of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching include: "Perspectives on Proficiency: 1985"; "Developmental Stages in Functional Language Proficiency"; "Cultural Understanding, Oral Proficiency, and Study Abroad: Getting It All Together"; "Developing Functional…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Education, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Feigenbaum, Kim – 1985
This paper reports on foreign language instruction in the community colleges of Florida. A brief rationale for increasing the importance given to language instruction is followed by a review of the literature concerning the latest classroom and laboratory foreign language techniques such as computers, video taping and analysis, audio tape…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, Language Teachers
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Harper, Candace; Platt, Elizabeth – TESOL Journal, 1998
Discusses full inclusion of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) secondary students in Florida, reviewing inclusion as an instructional program in special education and in ESL; presenting related concerns; examining reasons for inclusion (comprehensible instruction, opportunities for participation and interaction, and appropriate curriculum); and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, English (Second Language), Equal Education, Faculty Development
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Erben, Tony – Journal of In-service Education, 2006
This article outlines the results of an issues-based study conducted over a 12-month period that investigated how the systematic inclusion of teachers within the design, operationalization and implementation of an online curriculum development project in Florida led simultaneously to teachers' own professionalizing in areas of education they were…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Communities of Practice, Instructional Development
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Adult/Community Education. – 1991
The Palm Beach County, Florida, Adult ESOL Curriculum Development Project, which was funded by a state Section 353 Demonstration Project grant, is described. The primary goal for this 2-year project was to develop a model adult English-for Speakers-of-Other-Languages (ESOL) curriculum for the state. A needs assessment was conducted statewide and a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1996
This curriculum framework is a guide for local education communities as they restructure their schools and improve foreign language planning. Grounded in national and state reform efforts, this guide for teachers to help students achieve the Sunshine State Standards, presents broad, overarching ideas for the development of curriculum and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness
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