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Hekmati, Nargess; Ghahremani Ghajar, Sue-san; Navidinia, Hossein – Online Submission, 2018
The present article explores the idea of using movies in EFL classrooms to develop students' writing skill. In this qualitative study, 15 EFL learners were engaged in different writing activities in a contextualized form of movies, meaning that the films acted as text-books, and activities were designed based on the contexts of the films. Taking…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Films, Writing Skills
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2014
The presentation will show the types of online writing tasks that can be integrated in online courses, online discussion forums, blogs, wikis…etc as a supplement to in-class writing instruction. The types of online writing tasks include the following: Tasks that focus on specific writing skills; tasks that provide free writing activities; tasks…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Online Courses, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
Gözpinar, Halis – Online Submission, 2014
The research is expected to contribute to the study of proverbs in foreign language acquisition to develop intercultural competence and fill in the gap in foreign language teacher education. The research investigates what attitudes English teachers in Turkey and Georgia have towards the teaching of proverbs in foreign language classrooms and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Languages
O'Donnell, Hugh – Online Submission, 2015
Literacy remains an area of concern in early secondary education in Scotland (ages 12-14), with recent research suggesting a continued decline in attainment levels. As literacy underpins learning, interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to teaching literacy are now being emphasized through the new Curriculum for Excellence that aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Computer Simulation, Astronomy
Gonder, Jennifer, Ed.; Howell-Carter, Marya, Ed.; Anderson, Jessica, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
Included herein is the conference proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations, sponsored by the Psychology Department of the State University of New York at Farmingdale. The conference theme for 2013 was: The Science of Learning. The Conference featured a keynote address by Victor Benassi, Ph.D.…
Descriptors: Psychology, College Instruction, Conferences (Gatherings), Undergraduate Students
Zen, Deqi – Online Submission, 2005
Writing activities have long been used in a foreign language class for reinforcing students' linguistic knowledge or other language skills. However teaching writing as writing in its own right has only been advocated in recent decades with the increasing awareness of second and foreign language students' needs to write for academic purposes in the…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Writing Processes, Language Skills, Writing Instruction