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Czellér, Mária; Nagy-Bodnár, Klára – Research-publishing.net, 2019
As economies are inevitably becoming dominated by multinational and global companies, the need for Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) is growing accordingly. Language institutes in higher education are trying to tailor their curriculum to meet the expectations of such companies each with their specific technical vocabulary. While LSP courses are…
Descriptors: Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE UTILIZATION OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY AS INTEGRATING DISCIPLINES FOR SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SHINN, RIDGWAY F., JR. – 1965
TO ORGANIZE A NEW CURRICULUM FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES A 1-YEAR PROGRAM WAS INSTITUTED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF AN INTEGRATED HISTORICAL-GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH. GROUPS AT THE FOURTH-, SIXTH-, AND EIGHTH-GRADE LEVELS WERE USED. THE OBJECTIVE DATA WERE GATHERED FROM THE IOWA WORK STUDY SKILLS AND THE SEQUENTIAL TESTS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS,…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Curriculum Development, Geography, History
Math Basic Skills Module for Disadvantaged Electronic Students. Final Report.
Rodewald, Dave – 1985
A project was undertaken to develop a remedial academic curriculum and materials that would help disadvantaged students gain the basic mathematics skills necessary to succeed in an electronics program. Major activities of the project included development of a bibliography of currently available math resource books with materials appropriate for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged
The Three-Year (1995-1997) Workplace Literacy Program at Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc. Final Evaluation.
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Friedenberg, Joan E. – 1998
An external evaluation was conducted of the Workplace Literacy Program at Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc., which provided oral and written job-specific instruction in English as a second language to Chinese garment workers. The program was designed for underemployed garment industry workers with low English proficiency, including seamstresses,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Broadcast Television, Chinese
The Whys and Wherefores of an ESP Textbook on Business English.
Hacikyan, A. J.; Gill, Marilyn – SPEAQ Journal, 1979
Discusses the guidelines adopted in writing a 1980 English language textbook designed for business professionals and following the functional principles. Emphasizes the communicative skills approach implemented through situations and activities relevant to the business world, and describes the receptive and productive skills exercises provided in…
Descriptors: Business English, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development
Practical Approaches to Curriculum Development. A Management Handbook. Project HIRE: A Curriculum Management System for Instructing the Handicapped. Final Report, Volume 2.
Gardner, David C.; Beatty, Grace Joely – 1979
Within the context of the major objectives of developing, field testing, and refining the curriculum materials described in volume 1 of this final report (CE 024 117), Volume 2 describes and critiques the management system used by Project HIRE in that development process. (See Note for availability of curriculum materials.) Chapter 1 introduces…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Course Content
Survival Skills Curriculum in Language Arts for 0-4 Level Adult Basic Education Student.
Leopold, Joan Y.; Anstine, Carolyn G.; Greene, Margaret P. – 1983
A project was undertaken to develop a realistic survival skills curriculum in language arts for adult basic education (ABE) students that could be used with predischarge residents in institutions for mentally ill individuals in Pennsylvania. After identifying 28 predischarge residents at the Harrisburg State Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives