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White, Michelle; Newell, Mallory – RP Group, 2022
In Assembly Bill (AB) 705, assessment and placement practices in California Community Colleges (CCC) should maximize the probability that students who enter credit-bearing English as a second language (ESL) course sequences complete degree and transfer requirements in English within three years. The three-year timeframe begins when a student…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Community Colleges
Weinburgh, Molly; Silva, Cecilia; Smith, Kathy Horak – NSTA Press, 2019
Many middle and high school teachers are educated to teach science content--they don't anticipate that one day they may be teaching it to students who need to learn both content and English. If the day has come when you're facing that two-pronged challenge, here's the resource you need. "Supporting Emergent Multilingual Learners in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Science Instruction, Inquiry
Sugarman, Julie – Migration Policy Institute, 2018
The instructional programs educators design to help English Learner (EL) students work toward English proficiency look different in schools across the United States. This is due in part to the variety of approaches K-12 educators take to important questions such as: Should the program foster bilingualism or focus solely on English? Should ELs…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Models, Elementary Secondary Education, Second Language Instruction
Keengwe, Jared, Ed.; Onchwari, Grace, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Standardized tests have been selected as a key assessment factor in expanding the academic achievement of the national student population. However, these tests position immigrant students at the risk of academic failure, leading education experts to search for new strategies and teaching models. The "Handbook of Research on Assessment…
Descriptors: Guides, Immigrants, Refugees, Land Settlement

Doman, Mary Gay – Foreign Language Annals, 1982
Examines form and gender correspondence rules for Spanish and attempts to evaluate them for potential utility to the foreign language user on the basis of formal and psychological criteria relating to how rules might affect performance, with specific reference to the role of rules as defined in monitor model. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Grammar, Models, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

Joy, Barrie; And Others – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations, 1983
Discusses selected aspects of understanding spoken foreign language within the parameters of a suggested model of listening comprehension. Suggests some educational strategies in accordance with the proposed model and indicates some of the ways in which computer-assisted learning might help to develop listening comprehension. (EKN)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Listening Comprehension, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Reschke, Claus – 1981
A detailed description is presented of a foreign language (FL) week project that was organized and executed by the Houston Area Teachers of Foreign Languages (HATFL) during the 1979-80 academic year. The document describes the preparation activities of the organizing committee, the pre-foreign language week advertising campaigns, the design of…
Descriptors: Advertising, Mass Media, Models, Organizational Communication

Watson, Cynthia B. – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Addresses the question of how teachers can best use writing style imitation to strengthen student composition by exploring validity of claims made for usefulness of models in teaching ESL writing; range, goals, and effectiveness of model-based exercises and writing-tasks; and advantages of process-oriented approach to writing. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Models, Process Approach (Writing), Second Language Instruction
Mabbott, Ann; And Others – 1994
This paper argues that instruction can play a significant role in second language acquisition (SLA) and that the acculturation process can, to some extent, take place in the second language classroom as well as the naturalistic setting. J. H. Schumann's acculturation model of SLA contends that learners will succeed in SLA only to the extent they…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Linguistic Theory
Luna, Rosendo, Jr. – 1979
This guide provides administrators and educators descriptions of ways to start, develop, and operate transitional bilingual programs in accordance with the Washington state "Transitional Bilingual Instruction Act of 1979." The three sections of the guide outline the following information: (1) selection and description of instructional…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Education, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Shaffer-Koros, Carole M. – TESL Talk, 1980
This approach utilizes a communications model, individual and group problem-solving activities and class discussion for mastering communication skills. Understanding communications principles and feeling secure in the classroom are essential. Students also deliver short informative and demonstration talks to prepare them for content area class…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Conversational Language Courses

Roy, Robert R. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1980
Proposes a model of immersion strategy based on an emphasis on communication and on the use of a great variety of teaching techniques. (AM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, French

Kraft, Helga W.; Lewis, Dan A. – Die Unterrichtspraxis, 1982
Describes techniques which enable high school teachers to use German in their classes as a means of communication and not just as an abstract problem for students to master. Covers using different media techniques, students as teachers, different approaches to the textbook, culture materials, and oral interview tests. (EKN)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Apprehension, German
Minneapolis Public Schools, MN. – 1994
This booklet of individual handouts was prepared to assist Minneapolis mainstream school teachers to work with limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. Topics discussed include current research on how LEP students best learn in mainstream classes, social versus academic English, and adapting instructional procedures for and integrating LEP…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cambodians, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)

Campana, Phillip J. – Foreign Language Annals, 1983
A report of comprehensive efforts within Tennessee to determine the extent of support in individual schools, school systems, counties, and congressional districts is reported, including the simple formula used. Also described are some of the linguistic maps and statistical tables in the report and the possible applications for teachers in other…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Models, Public Opinion