Student-Centered Learning through Content-Based Instruction: Use of Oral Report Projects in the Advanced EFL Reading Class.

Peretz, Arna S.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Student-Centered Learning through Content-Based Instruction: Use of Oral Report Projects in the Advanced EFL Reading Class.

Peretz, Arna S.

Reading in a Foreign Language, v5 n1 p181-91 Fall 1988

Describes a student-centered reading comprehension course for advanced English-as-a-Foreign-Language students of science and technology. In the course, student interest in and knowledge of content-area subjects are used to create: (1) motivation to read; and (2) an authentic task to accomplish (the preparation and presentation of an oral report). (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, English for Science and Technology, Higher Education, Reading Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Student Centered Curriculum, Student Motivation, Student Projects

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Language: English

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