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Ennis, Michael Joseph – TESL-EJ, 2018
This article reports the results of a classroom experiment on the effects of "extra credit pop quizzes" on course attendance, classroom participation, and successful course completion. In response to low and sporadic attendance and a high fail rate within the context of an English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) course at an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, English for Special Purposes, English for Academic Purposes
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Lavolette, Elizabeth; Polio, Charlene; Kahng, Jimin – Language Learning & Technology, 2015
Various researchers in second language acquisition have argued for the effectiveness of immediate rather than delayed feedback. In writing, truly immediate feedback is impractical, but computer-assisted feedback provides a quick way of providing feedback that also reduces the teacher's workload. We explored the accuracy of feedback from…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Accuracy
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McPherson, Elisabeth – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1990
Discusses issues of concern to community college English teachers in the 1960s: institutional growth, professional recognition, work load, sexism in language, students' right to their own language, teacher training, racism and bias, back to basics movement, usage tests, and doublespeak. Presents excerpts from a speech made by the author in 1969…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, College English, Educational History, Educational Innovation