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Direct linkBrown, Bryan A.; Spang, Eliza – Science Education, 2008
This research project explores the language practices that emerged as a teacher taught a lesson designed to promote science literacy development for traditionally underrepresented students. This ethnographic study of a Detroit, Michigan, school examined the teacher's use of science language and its influence on students' use of science language.…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Scientific Literacy, Minority Groups
Peer reviewedFakhri, Ahmed – Language Learning, 1984
Investigates interaction between application of communicative strategies and narrative discourse features. The data draws upon research in narrative discourse collected from one student of Moroccan Arabic. The study suggests that the subject resorted to a number of strategies to compensate for her linguistic deficiencies and that application of…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Research
Peer reviewedRost, Michael; Ross, Steven – Language Learning, 1991
Reports on a two-phase study of second-language learner use of listener feedback, particularly their use of clarification questions in native speaker-nonnative speaker discourse. (29 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Feedback, Interaction
Peer reviewedFotos, Sandra S. – Applied Linguistics, 1993
Research is presented that investigates the amount of learner noticing produced by two types of grammar consciousness-raising treatments: teacher-fronted grammar lessons and interactive, grammar problem-solving tasks. Results indicate that task performance is as effective as formal instruction in promoting noticing. (Contains 33 references.)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Pham, Lee – Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students, 1994
Presents various viewpoints on dual language acquisition by children. These include native language foundation, first-language monolinguals' vocabulary development, second-language learning, simultaneous acquisition strategies, television as a source of language learning, functions of language in discourse, analysis of conversation, syntax and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography
Autonomy, Self-Direction, and Self Access in Language Teaching and Learning: The History of an Idea.
Peer reviewedGremmo, Marie-Jose; Riley, Philip – System, 1995
Identifies the ideas influencing the rise of autonomy and self-direction in educational milieus. Also discussed are the background of minority rights movements, shifts in educational philosophy, reactions against behaviorism, and wider access to education. Research into learning strategies has contributed directly to these changes. (73 references)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights, Counselor Role, Discourse Analysis
Download full textFreeman, Rebecca – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1993
A way in which second language teachers can use analysis of student discourse to understand how small group interaction defines students' roles relative to each other is demonstrated in a case study. The study compared the participant role of a 21-year-old Japanese male student in an intensive English second language program in two different…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Cooperative Learning
Nabors, Leslie K., Ed.; And Others – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1995
Five papers on applied linguistics in educational contexts are presented. "What Can Second Language Learners Learn from Each Other? Only Their Researcher Knows for Sure" (Teresa Pica, Felicia Lincoln-Porter, Diana Paninos, Julian Linnell) presents further research on interaction and negotiation among language learners.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Applied Linguistics, College Students, Cooperative Learning
