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Young, Martha W.; And Others – Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students, 1994
The use of writing as a process to create a positive learning environment in English-as-a-Second-Language and bilingual classrooms is described from a variety of phases: interviews, prewriting, first draft writing, responding, revising, final draft writing, and publishing. (Contains 11 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition
Chandrasegaran, Antonia – Guidelines: A Periodical for Classroom Language Teachers, 1989
Teaching and learning activities for idea generation and planning, used to teach expository writing to university students in Singapore, are described. The techniques are applicable to both English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and English-as-a-first-language composition classes. (14 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English, English (Second Language), Expository Writing
Download full textDavies, Norman F.; Omberg, Margaret – 1986
The main tasks of the foreign language writing class should be to focus on the writing process and to help the students see their work as an act of communication with value in itself. An important means of encouraging good writing is the provision of good readers during the composition stage. A Swedish undergraduate course in English as a second…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
TECFORS, 1981
Numbers 3 through 5 of the 1981 TECFORS newsletter include these articles: "Pre-Writing Activities" (Sandra L. McKay); "Errors in Advanced-Level Discourse" (Robert B. Kaplan); "Sensory Imagery" (Elizabeth Jamison Hodges); "Introducing Advanced Concepts of Reading and Writing in the Beginning ESL Class"…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Bilingual Students, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Gibson, Deborah – 1985
A student-centered noncredit writing course for students of English as a second language, designed to alleviate the problems of diverse class membership, consists of a series of composition assignments with topics determined by class interests and composition length determined by the student. The entire class participates in prewriting activities;…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization, English (Second Language)
Scane, Joyce; And Others – 1991
Process writing methods, which are well established in Canadian elementary and secondary schools, are introduced in this book for use with adult English as a Second Language (ESL) and adult basic education (ABE) classes. The book is the result of two research projects that investigated the feasibility of using a process approach to teaching…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Biles, James J.; And Others – 1993
The guide is designed for volunteer tutors of English as a second language (ESL). It consists of two parts: the guide itself, offering principles and methods for ESL instruction, and a report of the guide's development. The guide begins with by outlining basic principles and classroom considerations of ESL tutoring. The second chapter discusses…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Class Activities
