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Champlin, Matthew C. – Online Submission, 2019
This IPP combines a literature review and a materials development project. The literature review outlines and supports the approach taken throughout the curriculum and the materials that were developed. First, it lays out the nature of Turkish universities' ELPPs [English Language Preparatory Programs]; then, it deals with the basic philosophy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Curriculum
Miele, Anthony – Online Submission, 2007
English Language Development (ELD) and Academic English Development (AED) curricula in most public schools lack a communicative method and consist mostly of dry, meaningless grammar lessons devoid of relevance and authentic context. The purpose of this project is to develop guidelines to teach English language to elementary school children…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Guidelines
Vermillion, DeAnn M. – 1997
It is argued that there is a great need to integrate critical thinking instruction in courses in English for academic purposes (EAP) and English as a Second Language (ESL). Three primary components of critical thinking are identified: understanding the author's intended meaning; synthesizing all available information, which also includes…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, Discourse Analysis
Williams, Guy – 1993
A study combined a motivation survey and needs assessment of 10 students enrolled in the 1993 summer session of an academic intensive English program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension. In the first week of classes, the subjects completed a questionnaire and wrote journal entries about their motivations (acculturation or…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Thompson, Carolyn K. – 1999
This master's thesis proposes that students experience optimal learning of a second language in a literature-based curriculum and when multiple methods of teaching are employed. The document includes a statement of the problems and challenges of second language learning, an overview of historical and theoretical aspects of teaching a second…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
Hoffman-Marr, Annette – 1998
A study compared two methods for assessing English proficiency of limited-English-proficient school-age children, for purposes of placement in bilingual and monolingual education programs. The two instruments used were the Idea Oral Language Proficiency Test (forms C and D) (IPT), which assesses oral English proficiency, and the Woodcock-Munoz…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English for Academic Purposes