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Mohan, Kristin – Online Submission, 2019
While art education has been and remains a pioneer in inclusion, there have been few investigations into its potential to improve perceptions of disability. In this study, the art teacher's role in modeling respectful communication and collaboration sparks an investigation into perceptions of disability in the inclusive high school art room. The…
Descriptors: Art Education, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Art Teachers
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
The article proposes a model for integrating TED Talks (TTs) in EFL college listening practice. It shows instructors where TTs can be located, gives reasons for using TTs, criteria for selecting TTs, the listening skills that can be developed, and an instructional strategy. TTs provide a variety of real-life themes, speakers, motivation, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Karatas, Tuçe Öztürk – Online Submission, 2016
The debate whether the second language or foreign language learners' mother tongue should be included in L2 settings is among the crucial issues of second language acquisition and language teacher training (Atkinson, 1987; Brooks-Lewis, 2009). Moving with this debate, this study focuses on the uses and functions of Turkish in the collaborative…
Descriptors: Native Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Jacobs, George; Kimura, Harumi – Online Submission, 2013
This article begins by discussing whether students of second and foreign languages (hereafter, "second language" will be used to refer to both foreign and second languages) should be encouraged to use their second language (L2) with classmates when doing group activities. Reasons for both L2 and L1 (first language) use are discussed with reference…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Second Languages, Group Activities
Taylor, Mark – Online Submission, 2016
Although English has traditionally been the only language of instruction in Ghana, most young children do not speak English at home. This paper argues that students' academic performance might be improved if their native languages were also used in school. Such an approach offers benefits in areas such as classroom participation, engagement in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Listening Skills, Listening Comprehension
Jacobs, George M.; Charles, Gilbert C.; Goldstein, Sue; Olsen, Winn-Bell J. – Online Submission, 1997
Group activities are becoming more and more popular in the teaching of second/foreign languages and other subjects in Thailand and around the world. Since about 1970, a great deal of work has gone into research and methodology in order to develop ways that teachers can help their students learn more effectively and happily in groups. Many people…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language, Language Usage