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Mulder, Jean; Thomas, Caroline – English in Australia, 2021
Although "VCE English Language (EL)" has been offered for twenty years in Victoria, Australia, the subject, and especially students' experience of it, has had little evaluation. Using data from four surveys conducted across seven years with over 1500 Unit 3-4 "EL" students, augmented by VCAA enrolment data, a profile of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Written Language, Oral Language, Foreign Countries
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Sheahan, Annmarie; Dallacqua, Ashley K. – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2020
Despite ongoing and prolific critical scholarship arguing for the widening of the secondary language arts curriculum, many practicing teachers are required or encouraged to teach a curriculum dominated by canonical texts. This is often the case at schools with highly diverse students whose varied cultural and linguistic backgrounds have…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Secondary School Students, Teaching Methods, English Literature
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Deirdre Faughey – English Journal, 2019
In this article Deidre Faughey shares an experimental classroom project that she developed with a diverse group of students in three ninth-grade English Language Arts (ELA) classes. Podcasts provide a unique opportunity for students to embrace experimentation and to take risks with their own voices, explore the school building and community, and…
Descriptors: English Teachers, English Instruction, English Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Yandell, John; Brady, Monica – English in Education, 2016
Drawing on observational evidence of two classes working on "Romeo and Juliet," one in England and the other in Palestine, this essay explores the nature of knowledge in relation to English as a school subject. It asserts the importance of paying attention to the resources that students, situated in culture and history, bring with them…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Drama, English Literature
POVEY, JOHN F. – 1967
THE SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED AND THE METHODOLOGY AND MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN TEACHING ENGLISH LITERATURE TO COLLEGE-LEVEL FOREIGN STUDENTS ARE DISCUSSED. DANGERS INHERENT IN SIMPLIFYING ENGLISH LITERATURE, AS WELL AS DIFFICULTIES ARISING FROM LITERARY STYLES TOO COLLOQUIAL OR ARCHAIC FOR NONNATIVE SPEAKERS, ARE POINTED OUT. NONCOMPREHENSION OF…
Descriptors: English Instruction, English Literature, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Larew, Leonor A. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, English (Second Language), English Instruction, English Literature
Wardhaugh, Ronald, Ed.; Brown, H. Douglas, Ed. – 1976
This book provides a comprehensive review of the major areas of applied linguistics with original contributions by fourteen scholars. The following chapters are included: (1) "What is Applied Linguistics?" by H. Douglas Brown; (2) "Language Development," by Lois Bloom; (3) "First Language Teaching," by Jean Malmstrom (discusses the teaching of…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Dialect Studies
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1978
This profile in outline form of the English language teaching situation in Canada discusses the role of English within Canadian society and within the educational systems in the provinces. The discussion takes place within the context of the Official Languages Act of 1969, which declared English and French official languages for all government…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English Literature