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Hertz, Vivienne Lucas – 1981
Technical communication teachers need to recognize the increasing diversity of their classroom populations and become more flexible in planning curricula without "watering down" students' expectations to leave the courses more skilled than they were upon entering. Teachers should discuss with students some of their writing barriers and the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Download full textTerrio, Susan J. – 1986
Research indicates that writing can be an important vehicle for integrating all the learning that occurs in a foreign language. However, a number of factors have conspired to displace foreign language writing as a critical skill: the push for oral proficiency, departmental fragmentation, larger class sizes, and heavier faculty loads. Second…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. – 1984
This introductory manual offers an overview of the Hawaii English Program in Literature for elementary students--a program designed to help children enjoy and understand literature through active exploration of a variety of stories and poems from contemporary works as well as from the classics. Part I, "Preparing to Teach the Program",…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Creative Dramatics
Peer reviewedHerrington, Anne J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Argues that developing writing activities, consulting with students as they work on a major writing project, and responding are important vehicles for teaching that fosters engaged learning. Central principles are to make assignments inquiry- or issue-based, to keep them focused but open enough for students to develop their own angle or interest,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Assignments, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1988
This document was developed as a resource for teacher trainers and adult educators who are teaching writing to adults. It has been designed to provide suggested intended learning outcomes, instructional strategies, and resources in an easy-to-use format. Most of the document is a chart that lists 10 intended learning outcomes, with parallel…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Lamorella, Rose Marie; Cummings, Christina H. – 1988
This document was developed as a resource for implementing the teaching of writing in adult education programs. Based on curriculum, assessment, diagnosis, prescription, instruction, evaluation, and classroom management. The program is presented in a 12-step systematic sequence. The steps are the following: (1) develop/customize/adopt a writing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Fryer, T. Bruce; Medley, Frank W., Jr. – 1987
Selected papers from the 1986 Southern Conference on Language Teaching on instruction for language proficiency are presented: "The Foreign Language Teacher: Confronting an Ever-Changing Profession" (Robert Di Donato); "Restructuring a Traditional Foreign Language Program for Oral Proficiency" (Filisha Camara-Norman, James…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
