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Crosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Robbins, Kelly P.; Brown, Kathleen J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: In this clinical focus article, the authors argue for robust vocabulary instruction with emergent bilingual learners both in inclusive classroom settings and in clinical settings for emergent bilinguals with language and literacy disorders. Robust vocabulary instruction focuses on high-utility academic words that carry abstract meanings…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Bilingualism, Inclusion, Teaching Methods
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Schissel, Jamie L.; López-Gopar, Mario; Leung, Constant; Morales, Julio; Davis, James R. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
For linguistically diverse communities, researchers have long questioned assessment approaches that disregard learners' multilingualism. Our study offers potential approaches that center contextualized, multilingual knowledges and skills within classroom-based language assessments with one teacher and his English foreign language courses for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Bijani, Houman – Cogent Education, 2019
An Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) may be evaluated either during the interview procedure (direct-method) or from a tape-made oral interaction (semi-direct method). Such variety in methods of assessment can influence test takers' scores extensively. However, it is not conclusive whether such differences are due to test format or something else.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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Laborda, Jesus Garcia; Litzler, Mary Frances – International Education Studies, 2011
Many ELT examinations have gone online in the last few years and a large number of educational institutions have also started considering the possibility of implementing their own tests. This paper deals with the training of a group of 24 ELT teachers in the Region of Valencia (Spain). In 2007, the Ministry of Education provided funds to determine…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Puren, Christian – Francais dans le Monde, 1981
Describes a methodology conference which took place in 1980 in Dijon for European secondary school teachers in which they were exposed to French teaching methods. Results show they were especially resistant to audiovisual methods. (BK)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, French, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Kenner, Roger – NALLD Journal, 1981
Discusses Concordia University Colloquium in July 1981 whose theme was a renaissance for the language laboratory. The primary conclusion was that the language laboratory of the past is destined to become the open learning center of the future and that communicative drills must replace mechanical manipulations of language. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Language Laboratories, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Nuenning, Paul – Englisch, 1980
Reports on visits to classes in English taught by teacher candidates, listing, in several groups, the errors which were most frequently encountered. The purpose of the article is not to deride but to help the candidates improve their teaching. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Second Language Instruction, Teacher Education
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Graman, Tomas – Harvard Educational Review, 1988
Describes experiences of working with critical pedagogy in teaching English as a second language. Provides insights into the constructive processes made possible when education is based on human needs and calls Freire's critical pedagogy particularly appropriate for second language learning. Concludes with a call for reconceptualizing education as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Humanization, Relevance (Education)
Weber, Hans – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1979
Reports on political and economic factors influencing foreign language teaching in the USA. The 1979 TESOL Congress noted increasing interest in English as a foreign or second language, which occasionally runs counter to long-term bilingual teaching programs. Stressed were: the notional-functional method, confluent education, and the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Notional Functional Syllabi
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Heaton, J. B. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1980
Describes materials that have been developed that are concerned largely with "metacommunication," the type of communication used by teachers to check whether messages have been received and understood. They are used to instruct Chinese-speaking teachers of mathematics, art, science, physical communication, and music to teach in English. (PJM)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Teacher Relationship
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Larkin, Edward T. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1991
Presents information on how and what is taught in courses on the "Age of Goethe." Two appendices are presented that list the institutions responding to a questionnaire concerning the teaching of this course and the less familiar texts of the period that are treated by some instructors. (GLR)
Descriptors: Course Content, German, German Literature, Higher Education
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Prabhu, N. S. – TESOL Quarterly, 1992
Discusses the dynamics of the language lesson. It is argued that the lesson represents at least four types of events: a curricular event, an implementation of a method, a social event, and an arena of human interaction. (3 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Conflict Resolution
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Modiano, Marko – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2004
A discussion of globalization is presented that focuses on the pros and cons of English spread. The postcolonial theoretical basis for promoting the status of second-language varieties of English, and how this impacts on the foreign-language speaker of English in the European Union, is investigated. Three primary factors, linguistic…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
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Learning Languages, 1995
The U.S. is participating in an international comparative survey of language education with over 30 other countries. Phase one will examine the teaching of Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and English-as-a-Second-Language, noting the social, political, and educational context of language education. Phase two will test students and collect data…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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Thompson, Peter S. – French Review, 1992
Promotes student-as-teacher strategies in general, while extending their definition to include the peer teaching arrangement usually referred to as "group study." Cloze passages and rehearsed dictee are examined as well as the theoretical suggestion that these exercises are especially apt to encourage a variety of learning styles. (six references)…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Style, Cooperative Learning
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