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Tan, Lynde; Zammit, Katina; D'warte, Jacqueline; Gearside, Anne – Language and Education, 2020
While recent literacy research shows an increasing uptake in multimodal literacies, there remains a disjunction between multimodal literacy teaching and assessment. This paper offers a critical review of assessment in the context of teaching multimodal literacies and begins by reviewing the notion of literacy and reframing assessment in…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Al-Jarf, Reima S.; Mingazova, Nailya G. – Online Submission, 2020
This study analyzed the textbooks titled "Arabic for Non-native Speaking Children", Level I by Zakirov, Mingazova, and Mukhametzyanov (2011), and "Arabic for Non-Native Speaking Children", Level II by Mingazova, Zakirov, and Mukhametzyanov (2013) which are used to teach Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) to elementary school…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
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Nation, Paul; Crabbe, David – System, 1991
Presents a language syllabus containing approximately 120 items that represents an easily achievable goal for people wishing to visit a foreign country for a month or more. Advice for learning the items in the syllabus is provided. (15 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials
Bar-Lev, Zev – 1990
An examination is made of a foreign language teaching concept called pre-language that attempts to help foreign language students increase their speaking confidence and speaking abilities in the new language. The teaching method is designed for four distinct environments, including: (1) an independent mini-course for tourists or emergency needs;…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Minicourses
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Dickins, Pauline M. Rea; Woods, Edward G. – TESOL Quarterly, 1988
Focuses on the development of criteria for the design, implementation, and evaluation of English as a second language grammar teaching and learning tasks within the communicative curriculum by providing a working definition of grammar and drawing implications for task development. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Grammar
Benucci, Antonella; Cini, Lucia – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1991
Traces the preparation of communicative syllabuses for courses at the School of Language and Culture for Foreigners in Siena, Italy. In particular, the communicative acts chosen for study, the language skills to be developed, the cultural content, and the teaching activities are discussed. (32 references) (CFM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Devitt, Sean M. – 1989
It is proposed that the main emphasis in second language instruction continues to be on linguistic form rather than on meaning or content. In a review of literature, arguments are reiterated supporting the idea that meaning can be transmitted without having all the linguistic means of the target language at one's disposal. These arguments submit…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions