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Peer reviewedShang, H. -F. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2000
Compares the rationale, design, use, and effectiveness of approaches to literacy education: natural, whole language, learner centered, and particpatory. Provides guidelines for literacy programs: create a community of learners, make literacy learning meaningful, help learners see how language evolves, and connect literacy to life. (SK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Instructional Effectiveness, Literacy Education
Download full textAl-Tamimi, Yaser; Rabab'ah, Ghaleb – Online Submission, 2007
This study investigates the effect of phonological awareness instruction on the development of word-reading ability for EFL first-graders in a Jordanian state school. Based on Chard and Dickson's (1999) phonological awareness hierarchy, a phonological awareness training program was developed by the researchers, and used in training the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, English (Second Language)
Strickland, Kathleen; Strickland, James – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1997
Defines and clarifies the whole-language approach to second-language instruction, discussing the process of shifting to the whole-language approach, use of the approach in secondary schools, and using student interests to shape the curriculum. A chart contrasts elements of the transmission philosophy of the traditional classroom and the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Cross, John B.; And Others – 1995
A study determined the effects of Whole Language Immersion, a pedagogy rooted in Whole Language and English as a Second Language on two sections of eleventh-grade students in Sumter County, Alabama, defined as at-risk by the Alabama Exit Examination. For 10 weeks, the control group was taught grammar while the experimental group underwent language…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning
Gersten, Russell; And Others – 1992
A study assessed and compared the effectiveness of two distinct approaches of bilingual education used within a single school district in El Paso (Texas). The program designs, one a traditional transitional bilingual and the other a bilingual immersion, were implemented under similar conditions of resources, school year length, class size, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Allison, Desmond; And Others – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1995
A recent study proposed a rational for investigating the effects of mediating tasks upon a summary writing activity for tertiary-level students using English as an educational medium. The tasks in this study involved a group discussion or a reading comprehension exercise, with a third condition providing for immediate access to the text and…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Economics
