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McEachran, Nancy; Oleson, Katherine E. – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2010
This article describes the creation of an intercultural welcoming panel that the authors developed with English as a second language (ESL) students and communication studies (CS) students at a community college. The creation of the welcoming panel is based on their collaborative work with both sets of students over several academic quarters. The…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, English (Second Language), Community Colleges, College Students
Niemi, John A. – 1971
The Finnish-Canadian Citizenship Project was organized to teach English to older Canadians of Finnish descent in British Columbia. The 24 enrollees had between one and ten years of formal schooling. The Finnish Canadians use a dialect of English words with Finnish pronunciations that must be unlearned in order to learn English. The students…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Conversational Language Courses, English (Second Language)
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Fukuda, Shohachi – TESOL Quarterly, 1975
A detailed description of an intensive training course for teachers of English in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. (PMP)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, English (Second Language), Inservice Teacher Education, Intensive Language Courses
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Haas, Teri; Smoke, Trudy – Journal of Developmental Education, 1990
Recommends instituting conversation workshops to help English-as-a-Second-Language students acquire language competence and factual and cultural knowledge. Reviews Hunter College's workshop program whereby students work with peer tutors in a writing lab discussing various informal and academic topics or the information covered in specific content…
Descriptors: Colleges, Communication Skills, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Exchange
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1978
Articles on individualization in English language learning, a bibliography and list of selected additions to the English Teaching Information Centre archives (October 1977 - April 1978), and a list of recent publications are presented. An introduction by Elizabeth Smyth and the following articles are included: "Autonomy, Self-Directed Learning and…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation, English (Second Language)
Galletta-Bruno, Diana – 1995
The practicum reported here addressed the difficulty some newly-immigrated Spanish-speaking, limited-English-proficient high school students experience in adjusting to a new culture, putting them at risk of dropping out of school. A program was designed for this population in a suburban high school with a substantial and increasing immigrant…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Conversational Language Courses, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language)
Greenville Literacy Association, SC. – 1994
Activities and results of the Greenville (South Carolina) English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and literacy program for limited-English-proficient community members are described briefly. The cooperative program involves the local literacy association, school district adult education program, and technical college, and offers ESL placement and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Conversational Language Courses, Daily Living Skills, English (Second Language)