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Çakir, Ismail – Online Submission, 2010
Providing cultural elements within the textbook contents is crucial for foreign language learners so that they can attain the authentic language appropriately involving some culture specific expressions that are commonly used in communication. Therefore, it is important for Turkish English learners to understand target culture for effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education
Gautherot, Jean-Marie – Francais dans le Monde, 1990
A project making French language children's books available to German students of French is described. The objective was to make second-language reading an ordinary activity, using the familiarity and pleasure of books to encourage exploration of the world and of the self. (MSE)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books, French
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Rectanus, Mark W. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1995
An analysis of recent initiatives with the Langenscheidt Publishing Group reveals some of the emerging relationships between publishing and language teaching. The evolution of electronic publishing and multimedia learning within the contexts of the communications industry and shifting patterns of media use are discussed. (27 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books, German
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Metcalf, Eva-Maria – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1998
After summary presentation of development of German children's and young-adult literature since middle of the century, this article proposes use of such literature in foreign-language classrooms and reports on two projects using children's literature in intermediate- and advanced-level classes. First project examines cultural differences by means…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences, European History
Cheng, Liying – 1995
This paper summarizes research findings on academic reading obtained from a questionnaire, two reading tests, and a textbook analysis and discusses essential reading skills required of foreign language (FL) learners in carrying out their academic studies as well as the skills with which they have problems. Results revealed that the essential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books, Functional Reading, Higher Education
Swarbrick, Ann – 1990
This practical guide is intended to help teachers encourage recreational reading in a second language. The guide is based on the experience of one British school. The guide's first section offers suggestions for finding and selecting appropriate books or story collections, library instruction, keeping individual reading diaries, and helping slow…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Diaries, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Tickoo, Makhan L., Ed. – 1989
A collection of articles on dictionaries for advanced second language learners includes essays on the past, present, and future of learners' dictionaries; alternative dictionaries; dictionary construction; and dictionaries and their users. Titles include: "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; or Vaticinations on the Learners' Dictionary"…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1985
A summary of the state of English language instruction in Belgium outlines the role and status of English usage in that country; English instruction at 11 levels of the instructional system, including elementary and secondary education in Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels, university instruction, examinations, and correspondence courses; English…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Creative Writing, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Freudenstein, R., Ed. – 1978
Essays that consider the way that women are portrayed in foreign language textbooks are presented. The selected essays were submitted to a competition sponsored by the Federation Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes, which requested that language teachers assess such concerns as: (1) whether women were described in a stereotyped way;…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Family Life
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Brown, M. Gordon; Russell, Jane M. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1947
This bibliography has been prepared in response to the growing interest, both in the United States and abroad, in English as a second or foreign language. The bibliography is selective rather than comprehensive, and provides a brief description of most publications. It is intended to be of assistance to foreign teachers of English as well as those…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Bibliographies, Second Language Instruction
Jaquith, Paul, Ed. – Cross Currents, 1991
"Cross Currents" is subtitled "an International Journal of Language Teaching and Cross-Cultural Communication." This special theme issue is devoted to the subject of Southeast Asian refugee education and contains 13 articles on refugee education (as well as 6 articles on other language teaching topics). The thematic articles…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Education, Asian Americans, Cooperative Learning