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Download full textBelanger, Joe – 1995
Noting that language study (one leg of the traditional English tripod of language, literature, and composition) has received mixed attention internationally and is almost forgotten in North America, this paper presents a rationale for researching language awareness and three instruments that can be used in such research. The paper begins with…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Language Research
O'Malley, Sharon – 1992
A 3-year statewide English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) video learning mini-research project focused on three main areas of televised and video-based instruction in Texas: literacy, adult general education, and ESL. The project described in this paper is a subset of the statewide study and concentrates on the impact of video-based learning when used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Audiovisual Aids, Comparative Analysis
Solomon, Jeff; Rhodes, Nancy – 1995
A project to identify alternative strategies for assessing the academic language of English language learners is reported. First, literature on the concept of academic language is reviewed, and then findings from classroom research are used to propose an alternative conceptualization of academic language, one which focuses on the role of stylistic…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis
