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Bezemer, Jeff – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2007
This article explores the attribution of linguistic resources to multilingual students in a primary school in the Netherlands. Drawing on an ethnographic study of a regular, multicultural classroom, it describes patterns of attribution emerging from observations of classroom activities and interviews with the teacher. Its focus is on the…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Multilingualism
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Adapted for whole class use, this unit of study is aimed at helping children in England who have reached Level 3 in English at Key Stage 2 and who need further help with the skills of writing to enable them to achieve Level 4. It focuses on extending pupils' range and control of sentences in writing. The sessions include the proper use of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Developed for use in small groups, this unit of study is aimed at helping children in England who have reached Level 3 in English at Key Stage 2 and who need further help with the skills of writing to enable them to achieve Level 4. It focuses on extending pupils' range and control of sentences in writing. The sessions include the proper use of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Ghosn, Irma K. – 1996
An approach to writing instruction for elementary and secondary school learners of English as a Second Language is described. The activity was developed for use in schools in non-English-speaking cultures where report writing skills may be neglected at that level. It introduces report writing and documentation of sources, and teaches the basic…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Farrar, Bernice Lever – 1991
Students from the ages of 13 or 14 onward need to know the "colours of words" which can let them live fully in the rainbow of life, thus eliminating student fears associated with written language and of being pawns of those who have the power of words, especially written words. Colour coding the eight basic types of work that words can…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Class Activities, College English, Community Colleges
Mufarej, Selene Zocchio; Abrahamsohn, Maureen Alison – 1997
Deconstruction for reconstruction is a classroom teaching technique designed to help students improve writing skills. The objective is to write natural expanded sentences that fit in a cohesive paragraph. The technique evolved from observation of many intermediate and upper-intermediate students of English as a Second Language for whom writing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies
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Wood, David John – Journal of Chikushi Jogakuen University, 1997
A variety of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instructional activities based on the film "Kramer vs. Kramer" are described. The first involves having students identify the characters and their relationships to one another, and at a higher level, information about their characteristics and feelings. A second is an exercise in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education
English Teaching & Learning, 2002
This journal, written in primarily in Chinese, contains the following papers: "Introducing Web-Based Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) Courses and Resources for In-Service EFL Teachers" (Hao-Jan Chen); "A Survey of Primary School English Education in Miao-li County" (Yu-Fang Chang); "Interactions between…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cloze Procedure, Computer Uses in Education, Construct Validity