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Orsini-Jones, Marina – Research-publishing.net, 2015
The author reflects on how she has used technology as a language teacher since the mid-1980s. She describes the evolution of technology in language learning pre- and Internet tools, from "blended learning" to social media. She concludes with the telecollaboration projects she has been recently working on and the issues they have found…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Electronic Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies
Bayuk, Milla – 1983
The need for cognitive style mapping and student grouping in order to enhance learning and retention in foreign language instruction is examined. The four components of classical audio-lingual language instruction, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, are discussed. Different learning modalities are considered, including visual, auditory,…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style
Richards, Jack C.; Rodgers, Ted – 1980
Three interrelated pedagogical elements--approach, design, and procedure--are basic in a discussion of language teaching. Approach defines those foundational assumptions, beliefs, and theories about the nature of language and language learning. Design specifies the relationships of theories to both the form and use of instructional materials.…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Class Activities, Educational Principles, Instructional Design
Moss, Wayne – Alberta Modern Language Journal, 1983
The importance of incorporating aural comprehension activities in the second language classroom is discussed. In addition, both the theoretical models upon which the listening comprehension research is based and the operational definitions employed by the researchers are examined. It is suggested that research demonstrates the value of emphasizing…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Huxur, Gulbahar; Mansfield, Earl; Nnazor, Reginald; Schuetze, Hans; Segawa, Megumi – CSSHE Professional File, 1996
This paper examines the learning needs and adaptation problems of foreign graduate students, and is based on the experiences of the five co-authors' graduate studies in Canada and the United States. It reviews the factors that contributed to their decision to study abroad, pre-sojourn expectations and arrival, their arrival in the host country,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Instruction, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
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Spolsky, Bernard – 1979
The relationship between teaching English to speakers of other languages and bilingual education is explored through three dimensions in language education: participants, channels, and codes. Language barriers to education can be found in each of these. As student participants become more numerous and more linguistically diverse, the educational…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cognitive Style, Curriculum