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Jensen, Mishan; Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2018
This report summarizes the bilingual and English as a second language programs implemented during 2017-2018 in the Austin Independent School District. Programs and program participation are summarized, as well as student demographic characteristics and the number of students served. [For the Executive Summary, see ED620143.]
Descriptors: School Districts, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Gossman, Ginger – Online Submission, 2009
QTEL is a teacher professional development program designed to improve instruction for English language learners and close academic gaps. This report summarizes feedback from AISD teachers regarding a QTEL professional development event.
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Second Language Instruction
Moussu, Lucie M. – Online Submission, 2006
The number of learners of English as an international means of communication increases hand in hand with the number of nonnative English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) of English as a Second Language (ESL) and the number of Native English-Speaking ESL teachers (NESTs). At the same time, scholars (Kamhi-Stein, 1999; Liu, 1999; Llurda, 2005) have…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Native Speakers, Language Teachers
Miller-Whitehead, Marie – Online Submission, 2005
This paper provides a discussion of some of the dilemmas that face teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL). The author suggests that end-of-course assessments of ESL students should include a measure of growth, gain, or value-added, as well as measures of students' mastery of the English standards or English course criteria. Research has…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Engin, Ali Osman – Online Submission, 2006
This research has been done to find out the factors influencing the students' successes in learning a foreign language (English). In other words, the effects of the methods and techniques, used by the teachers on the staff to teach the chosen foreign language, on the students' success. The main aim of our study is to make the foreign language…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning