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Peer reviewedHaynes, Judie – Essential Teacher, 2003
Examines how English-as-a-Second-Language students discover the "hidden curriculum." This requires conveying the social norms of the school community. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interpersonal Competence, Language Teachers, Pragmatics
Rechtman, Elana – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1992
A teacher's outlook toward academically capable but difficult students is presented that emphasizes how to handle them in heterogeneous classes. (LB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedBarber, Elizabeth J. W. – ADFL Bulletin, 1980
Relates teaching experiences and problems encountered in trying to improve students' motivation with a variety of teaching methods and classroom techniques. Concludes that the social function of language provides the highest motivation for most, but advocates different approaches to teaching in response to different students' needs and learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Language Acquisition
Dubin, Fraida – 1978
Considerations for communicative competence instruction in second language courses are largely undefined as to exactly what topics of appropriate behavior or rules of social interaction should be included. Sociolinguistics can provide second language teachers with an abundance of analytical material regarding the underlying cultural implications…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cross Cultural Studies
