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Download full textRussell, Victoria; Swanson, Peter – Dimension, 2022
In this article, the authors describe the redesign of a first-semester Spanish course at the United States Air Force Academy due to the COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent transition from traditional, face-to-face instruction to fully online language teaching during the fall of 2020. More than 200 learners were enrolled across 11 course sections…
Descriptors: Spanish, Introductory Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ngai, Phyllis; Janusch, Sandra – TESL-EJ, 2018
Awareness of transcultural pragmatics serves as the foundation for intercultural communicative competence. Explicit teaching of pragmatics in conjunction with intercultural communication training can contribute to the professional development of non-native English-speaking teachers. This article reports on an interdisciplinary attempt to develop a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Rodríguez-Bonces, Monica – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2017
This article presents the foundations to design a curriculum that integrates music and drama as strategies for the teaching of English as a foreign language. Besides promoting interdisciplinarity, this curriculum seeks to improve the language level of those children attending continuing educational programs at any higher education institution. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Direct linkGutiérrez Pérez, Regina – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
This article presents a didactic experience carried out in the Degree of Translation and Interpreting (English) at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville and it is part of a project of Innovation and Teaching Development. The main objective is the development in students of a metaphoric competence -- metaphorical awareness and strategies to…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Translation
Ayuthaya, Jaruda Rajani Na – rEFLections, 2018
The changing of the English profile to English as an International Language (EIL) has broadened the definition of competent users of English around the world to include the ability to shuffle between English in local contexts (Canagarajah, 2013). However, Thai EFL learners continue to show an inability to understand and use English in…
Descriptors: Singing, Profiles, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Wu, Zhiwei; Li, Xinqiang – TESL Canada Journal, 2019
This article reports on a study examining the extent to which pedagogical activities can affect students' cosmopolitan communicative competence (CCC) through online transnational encounters. A total of 58 students from a Hong Kong university and 25 students from an American university were divided into 25 transnational groups. They communicated…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Teaching Methods, Computer Mediated Communication, Intercultural Communication
Misir, Hülya – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
This study aims at discovering the relevance of general competence of Turkish and Arab learners who have an A1 level of English proficiency in preparatory school of University of Turkish Aeronautical Association (UTAA) to their speaking skill in terms of syntax by analyzing the recordings of speaking exams in the first semester. One can ask why…
Descriptors: Syntax, Course Descriptions, Guidelines, Comparative Analysis
Buitrago Campo, Ana Carolina – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2016
This article reports the results of an action-research project focused on improving students' communicative competence in English through the task-based learning approach. This study was conducted in a co-educational public school in Medellín (Colombia) with thirty-four tenth graders. Actions implemented include the development of a series of…
Descriptors: Grade 10, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Action Research
Loeher, Larry, Ed; And Others – The TA at UCLA Newsletter, 1987
Four issues of a University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) newsletter by and for teaching assistants (TAs) are presented, with focus on course syllabi, sexism, teacher evaluation, and foreign TAs. Consideration is given to: a positive classroom atmosphere; myths of college instruction; use of classroom tests; lecture methods; the "abused…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Instruction, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions
