Discusses blogs, a short form of "weblog" or Web-based diaries or personal journals that are appearing on the Internet. Focuses on their description and background, basic use, educational applications, and advanced features. (Author/VWL)

Illustrates the significant contribution journal writing can make to deepening researchers' understanding of all facets of the research processes. Argues that such journals can provide other researchers with illuminating insight into the research process. (Author/VWL)

Two English-as-a-Second/Foreign-language (ESL) teachers describe their experiences using journals of their teaching experiences. They share what they learned about their own classroom practices by keeping teaching diaries and explain how they made the entries in the journals while teaching full time. (Author/VWL) (Author/VWL)

After a brief discussion of discovery writing, several types of writing activities are suggested that can enhance learning and critical thinking. They include free writes, journals, electronic dialogue, collaborative writing assignments, and class newsletters. (LB)

Discusses the use of student journals as a means of assessing the intellectual journey taken by students through a postgraduate course in critical language awareness. Shows how students construct their multiple identities in their journals and how these identities are transformed or conserved as they enter a new discourse community. (Author/VWL)

Looks at the design, implementation, and integration of a task journal in an English-as-a-Foreign-Language class that is designed to do the following: 1) stimulate students' thinking about the text; 2) promote reflection on the reading process; 3) give students practice with a practical strategy for vocabulary building; and 4) serve as a basis for…

Lists and describes 10 tips for successfully implementing writing tutorials as generated by English as a Second or Other Language teachers and based on the points they commented on in their journals and class discussions. (Author/VWL)

Examines the extent to which a highly motivated older adult can acquire a new language by focusing on a case study of a 57-year-old woman's endeavor to learn Spanish in an immersion setting. The learner's experiences, as recorded in diary entries, are examined in relation to the literature on cognitive aging. (Author/VWL)

Introduces the activity of student-written reading logs as a practical application of reader-response theory in English-as-Foreign-Language literature teaching. Because reader-response theory stresses the synthesis between reader and text, it is proposed that practical applications should be based on the interaction. (Author/VWL)

This article presents my views and reflections on working with adult ESL learners at a community-based adult literacy program in the Southwest. In this article, I share my experience working with adult learners learning English as a second language and critically address and discuss issues significant to the learners in their language and…

Presents eight philosophical principles needed for implementing a whole language foreign language class (WLFLC) and provides a description of a WLFLC as a practical example. Outlines the three basic components needed to establish a WLFLC and presents a description of activities used, including language projects, reading children's literature in…

Discusses the incorporation of "service-learning" into college curricula. Describes a project linking classroom language to the target culture. Results indicate that students increase their awareness of the communicative value of the target language, reflect on their own learning, and learn a second language in context. (eight…

Examined the effect of differential feedback (corrections, commentaries), and a combination of the two) on the journal writing accuracy of minority- and majority-language students being educated in the same classrooms. Journal writing samples were collected from 112 fifth grade students over 4 months. Outcomes of the study are discussed in light…

Describes the use of secret student/student dialog exchange journals with English-as-a-Foreign-Language students at Tamkang University in Taiwan. This activity helps develop students' fluency and expressive language and increases their awareness of an audience. (Author/VWL)

A French teacher's journal notes about his experience as a student in an intensive English course in a foreign country are presented. The notes address aspects of the language learning experience, including unfamiliar cultural context, intrusion of the new language into daily thought, resistance, translation, interference, and motivation. (MSE)