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Download full textLatchford, Ann – Digest of Australian Languages and Literacy Issues, 1996
Australia's Occupational English Test (OET) for health professionals was developed in response to the need for immigrant health professions workers to have increased awareness of Australian colloquialisms, improved language training, both in general and within the professions, and cultural awareness training. The test assesses speaking, reading,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication
Allison, Desmond M., Ed. – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1990
Papers on linguistics and language teaching in this volume are the following: "Language in Education: Hard Choices for Hong Kong" (Jo Lewkowicz); "EL2--Medium Education in a Largely Monolingual Society: The Case of Hong Kong" (Nigel Bruce); "A Programme for Semantics" (Laurence Goldstein); "Semantics and Its…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Correction, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries
Swenson, Tamara, Ed. – JALT Journal, 1996
The two issues of the journal for teachers of English as a second language in Japan include these articles: "What Do JTEs Really Want?" (Wendy F. Scholefield); "Do EFL Learners Make Instrumental Inferences When Reading? Some Evidence from Implicit Memory Tests" (Suzanne Collins, Hidetsugu Tajika); "Function and Structure…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Entrance Examinations, College Faculty, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (Singapore). Regional Language Centre. – 1992
The 12 issues of the second language teaching and research journal, spanning 1988-1993 contain articles on a variety of language teaching and learning issues. A substantial proportion concern English-as-a-Second-Language instruction, both general and academic, in a number of Southeast Asian cultural contexts. Regional variations of English are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis
