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Elsayed, Amira Mahmoud Mohammed – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of a program based on the Toastmasters Approach on developing EFL student teachers' oral communication skills. The study adopted the pre-experimental one group pre-posttest design. Participants comprised a voluntary group (N = 9) from third year, English Department (basic education),…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Student Teachers, Communication Skills
Essam, Rasha – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of trainees towards a professional development program. The target is to train teachers on how to use a learning management system called "Blackboard" for designing courses that could be taught online in the future. I used technological pedagogical and content knowledge as a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Semitic Languages, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
Hemmendinger, Anna – 1987
Two models for teaching fluency and literacy in English as a Second Language (ESL) and native language literacy are described and the effectiveness of these models is demonstrated. Both models use cultural sharing and problem-posing as a basis for language learning. The objectives of these teaching models are to use language learning as a vehicle…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
Allen, Elizabeth Annette – 1993
A plan for teaching American culture in a summer intensive course in English as a Second Language, at the intermediate level and focusing on speaking and listening skills, is detailed. The approach used to design the cultural unit integrates two models for culture education and the experiential learning cycle. The report begins with an explanation…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Education, Educational Strategies
Murphy, Emily – 1984
Designed to be integrated into a regular language arts curriculum in grades 1-3, the program begins with a review of the recent history of elementary second language programs in the United States and a discussion of the direction the movement might take in the 1980s. Research done on nonintensive, nonbilingual second language programs in the past…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Educational Benefits, Educational History
Thursby, Ann – 1992
A study investigated the need and appropriate design for an inservice training program for teachers in a multicultural educational program in the Philippines called "Preparing Refugees for Elementary Programs," or PREP. The PREP program provides classroom instruction to Indonesian refugee children 6.5 to 11 years of age and is…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)