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Peer reviewedLaing, Donald; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991
A study examined effects of requiring mainly nonfrancophone university freshmen to use word processing in a French literature course. Results showed students learned word processing without harmful effects on course performance, showed greater control over French spelling and grammar, and wrote more syntactically complex French. Increased…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Computer Oriented Programs, French Literature
Li Nim-Yu, Kitty – 1990
A study investigated the relative effects of using computers and writing by hand on secondary students' quality or quantity of writing, and on their attitudes toward writing. Subjects were 40 eighth-grade students in an Anglo-Chinese school in Hong Kong, with some experience in writing brief compositions. The word processing program used was…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Download full textSivell, John N. – 1988
A newspaper produced by students of English as a second language (ESL) is an old idea rarely put into practice. However, word processing and simple desktop publishing technology can help realize several often elusive goals of ESL: creation of an authentic information vehicle providing contact with a genuine audience (other students); involvement…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Class Activities, Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. REEP, Arlington Education and Employment Program. – 1999
The guide discusses the role of computers in the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classroom, drawing heavily on the experiences of the Arlington (Virginia) Education and Employment Program (REEP). After an introductory section, chapters address these topics in brief articles written by practitioners: initial considerations in program design (the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Cohen, Linda M. – 1989
Significant advances in hardware and software have increased the possible applications for educating limited-English-proficient students. Two major studies have focused on technology and its relationship to the education of this population. There is a great diversity of hardware currently in use in schools, either stand-alone computers or computer…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc., New York, NY. – 1988
This document describes a project that provides full-time training in the microcomputing area of data entry/word processing as well as job-specific English as a second language (ESL) to adults whose first language is Chinese. The project includes a component that develops the trainees' language proficiency in business communications while…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bilingual Education, Chinese Americans, Clerical Occupations
