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Thipatdee, Goachagorn – English Language Teaching, 2019
The purposes of this research was to develop English writing skills through techniques of sentence skeleton and signpost word analysis for English major students, and to compare the writing skills before and after the study. The sample consisted of 43 English major juniors at Faculty of Education, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, enrolling in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Writing Skills
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Girolametto, Luigi; Weitzman, Elaine; Greenberg, Janice – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Purpose: This study examined the efficacy of a professional development program for early childhood educators that facilitated emergent literacy skills in preschoolers. The program, led by a speech-language pathologist, focused on teaching alphabet knowledge, print concepts, sound awareness, and decontextualized oral language within naturally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Speech Language Pathology, Emergent Literacy
Christensen, Torkil – Hokusei Womens Junior College Kiyo, 1986
A technique for teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) that requires students to write relatively simple English in large volume has been successful in developing both language skills and self-confidence. Students rewrite stories to reflect situations and conditions different from those in the original telling; for example, by changing the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Moody, James – 1992
A discussion of the teaching of languages for special purposes (LSP) argues for giving greater attention to the learner's actual language needs. It suggests that conventional English for special purposes (ESP) is inadequate for the unique linguistic context of Papua New Guinea, and that further research be undertaken into implications of such an…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Engineering Education, English for Special Purposes
Song, Minjong – 1998
An experimental study compared the effects of controlled and free writing exercises and of evaluative vs. communicative feedback on the writing quality and apprehension of Korean college students of English as a foreign language (EFL). Students in two sections of a freshman reading course wrote dialogue journals as practice in free writing, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Guidelines, 1992
This document consists of five years (1988-1992, 10 issues) of the Singapore-based journal "Guidelines." Issues contain articles on a variety of topics in second language teaching. Topics include classroom language teaching strategies, techniques for teaching specific language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) or knowledge…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques