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Kramer-Dahl, Anneliese; Chia, Alexius – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2012
This article draws its data from a collaborative intervention project "Expanding Textual Repertoires," which sought to help English teachers develop their students' higher-order work with language and texts in Singapore secondary schools. The focus is on the strategy of weaving, a form of connection-making which involves the deliberate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students, Concept Formation, Thinking Skills
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Cortese, Giuseppina – TESOL Quarterly, 1985
Describes an English as a second language course designed to build the students' reading abilities in order to develop their oral and writing skills. The course consists of group and individual projects on the topic of American Indians and culminates with a simulation of a court hearing involving an Indian land claim. (SED)
Descriptors: American Indians, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Reading Skills
Liskin-Gasparro, Judith E. – 1984
In November l982, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) published the ACTFL Provisional Proficiency Guidelines, a series of descriptions of proficiency levels for speaking, listening, reading, writing, and culture in a foreign language. The history, origins, objectives, and implications for language teaching of those…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Cultural Education, Educational History, Educational Objectives