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Straight, H. Stephen, Ed. – 1994
The papers in this special issue provide both a general overview and detailed discussion of specific examples of the languages across the curriculum (LAC) movement that is currently gaining momentum in colleges and universities in the United States. Papers include: (1) "International Students as Resource Specialists: Binghamton's Languages…
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Attitudes, Educational Strategies, Foreign Students
Download full textDiaz, Ricardo; And Others – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1994
Three papers written by graduate students on educational linguistics are included. These papers represent works in progress by students and professors on topics ranging from speech act analysis and classroom discourse to language planning and second language acquisition. The papers are generally based on research carried out for courses offered in…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Correction
Brinton, Donna; Gaskill, William – 1979
A one-week orientation program designed to increase the effectiveness of foreign teaching assistants (FTA) is described. As the program developed, a decision was made to include non-FTAs with the result that the English language proficiency of the participants covered a wide range and the objectives of the program were mixed. Because of the…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Course Descriptions, Cross Cultural Training, English (Second Language)
English Teaching & Learning, 2003
These four issues contain the following articles: "A Case Documentation of English Instruction at the Elementary School Level: The Cross-Cultural Impact of Native Speaker Teachers" (Hsien-Chin Liou) [written in Chinese]; "A Collaborative Tale with Two Taiwanese EFL College Groups" (Feng-Ming Chi); "A Developmental Study on…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Development, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Differences
Loeher, Larry, Ed; And Others – The TA at UCLA Newsletter, 1987
Four issues of a University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) newsletter by and for teaching assistants (TAs) are presented, with focus on course syllabi, sexism, teacher evaluation, and foreign TAs. Consideration is given to: a positive classroom atmosphere; myths of college instruction; use of classroom tests; lecture methods; the "abused…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Instruction, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions
Campus Report, 1987
The theme of this Indiana University-Bloomington newsletter is campus teaching improvement. Anya Royce outlines efforts of the Dean of Faculties Office to help improve teaching overall and especially the training of graduate student instructors, called associate instructors (AIs). Training AIs in three departments is described: Cathy Pons for…
Descriptors: Biology, College Instruction, College Science, Economics
Davis, Barbara G., Ed. – Teaching at Berkeley, 1985
Efforts to train graduate student instructors (GSIs) at the University of California, Berkeley, are considered in this newsletter issue. Administrative changes and ways to improve GSI selection, training, and evaluation are considered, along with: proposed changes in graduate student teaching titles, grants to help faculty and departments…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Departments, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Loeher, Larry, Ed; And Others – The TA at UCLA Newsletter, 1981
Six issues of a University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) newsletter by and for teaching assistants (TAs) are presented. Each newsletter is a theme issue, covering writing, anxiety, motivation, TA role, and TA training. Topics include: student problems and psychological and counseling services, philosophies about writing, approaches to making…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Communication Apprehension, Counseling Services
