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Aubrey, Scott – English Language Teaching, 2009
Recently, culture has taken an important role in language education. In this view, creating a global cultural consciousness among second language (L2) students can help bridge the gap between linguistic ability and functional intercultural communication. This paper, which makes reference to Japanese adult EFL learners, justifies the body of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Education, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Byrd, Eboni Nikita; Comer, Marcus M. – Online Submission, 2007
It is estimated that 22 percent, of adults in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina have poor literacy skills, meaning that they have difficulty with tasks involving simple texts and documents. Purpose: Given this low level of adult literacy, the purpose of this exploratory research study was to analyze the perceptions of North Carolina's adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Program Effectiveness, Family Literacy
Smith-Gold, David A. – 1975
TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) students are usually people who are in the process of assimilating a new language and culture and therefore require more than a superficial knowledge of the language. Adults learning English as a second language might be taught by a language experience approach. Building upon the learners' experiences…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Cultural Background, English (Second Language), Language Programs
Education Center for Chinese, San Francisco, CA. – 1972
The Asian Newcomer Parent Program (ANPP), an experimental project initiated by the Education Center for Chinese (ECC) in 1971, was intended to provide newly immigrated parents some of the same opportunities as their children to learn English, to understand American mores and lifestyles, and to transcend some of the cultural and communication…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Annual Reports, Asian Americans, Audiolingual Methods
Mattran, Kenneth Joseph – 1973
Through a survey conducted in Michigan, this study attempted to provide information concerning the organization of and classroom practices in adult education programs in English for speakers of other languages. Administrators were queried via a mailed questionnaire about organizational aspects of their programs, and teachers were asked to provide…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, English (Second Language), Language Programs
Mihai, Florin M.; Platt, Elizabeth – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this paper was to examine teachers' beliefs and enactments in fostering independent functioning in English in an adult English as a Second Language program (Trailer Park ESL). The students who participated in the Trailer Park ESL program were native speakers of Spanish from Mexico, worked construction jobs in north Florida, spoke…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Adult Education
Fremed, Resa; And Others – Adult Leadership, 1974
A resource center of folios, supplies, charts, and a file cabinet has proved its value to a group of four teachers using Situational Reinforcement Methods to teach adult English as a second language. Through each teacher's contributions to the center, stimulus and variety are provided while meeting immediate student needs. (AG)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, English (Second Language), Resource Centers
Decker, Donald Milton – 1970
The author feels that one of the most significant contributions to English teaching in Mexico today is being rendered by the 14 American-Mexican and three Anglo-Mexican cultural relations institutes or "binational centers." These autonomous institutions receive the cooperation of agencies of the American and British governments and exert…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language)
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Continuing Education. – 1984
Intended for addition to the original catalog, this supplement contains 680 additional indexed and abstracted titles that represent the most current of the professional resources available in adult education. Together with the original catalog, this supplement is an access point to the Community and Continuing Education Information Service (CCEIS)…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Development
Hoffmann, Hans G. – Englisch an Volkshochschulen, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Audiovisual Aids, English (Second Language)
Lydon, James – 1981
This coordinator's report and training manual are materials from a teacher training project for teachers of English to adult speakers of other languages in state-funded adult education programs in central New Jersey. The 14-page report is a personal narrative with no supporting documentation. It covers objectives, the project's educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, English (Second Language), Inservice Teacher Education
Lewis, Jean, Comp. – 1984
Written for use with the REEP (Refugee Education and Employment Program) Curriculum, this curriculum guideline makes modifications and includes additions to make the REEP curriculum suitable for use in any non-intensive English as a Second Language (ESL) program. (The REEP Curriculum is intended for use in an intensive five-day per week program; a…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Competence, Curriculum Guides
Bliss, Bill – 1987
This short guide examines three types of syllabi that can be used in helping adult English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students develop functional communication skills--grammatical, topical, and functional syllabi. Examples of the types of vocabulary that would be introduced in each curriculum are provided, and the main approaches that would be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Communication Skills
Bright, Jeffrey P.; And Others – 1982
This guide is intended to assist English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) adult educators in knowing which of the available literacy resources are particularly useful and why. It is divided into three sections. Section 1 focuses on initial considerations for ESL instruction, offers some literacy perspectives for ESL, overviews the ESL literacy problem,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, English (Second Language)
Graham, C. Ray; Walsh, Mark M. – 1983
This manual is intended to be a survival guide for newly assigned teachers who have had little or no preservice training in teaching English as a second language (ESL) and who do not have access to such training prior to being assigned. The manual contains a set of beginning and intermediate lessons that can be used for the first 20 to 30 hours of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Citations (References)
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