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Meeker, Sharon K. – 1978
This paper describes a technique for giving ESL (English as a second language) students with rather limited English ability an opportunity to talk on a regular basis. The technique takes into consideration: (1) the time limitations of the classroom; (2) the tendency of some students to dominate discussion and the need for giving others…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Laubach Literacy International, Syracuse, NY. – 1996
The resource book was designed for teachers of adult learners of English as a second language (ESL). It provides background information on language acquisition, adult learning, and cross-cultural issues, and presents specific teaching techniques and activities. An introductory section outlines the principles of adult and second language education…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Literacy Council of Alaska, Fairbanks. – 1984
This manual addresses a variety of issues in the recruitment and training of volunteer English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers. Sections on general topics focus on: recruiting tutors, recruiting students, determining when and where to train volunteers, developing the training workshop agenda, evaluating the workshop, introducing the training…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education, Diagnostic Tests
Simich-Dudgeon, Carmen – 1989
A review of selected research studies and practices on the teaching of literacy to limited English proficient (LEP) students suggests that there is considerable variation in the way literacy is defined. Several methods currently being used to develop LEP students' literacy skills are reviewed. Many LEP students continue to be taught reading skills…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Children, Daily Living Skills, Educational Strategies
Rigg, Pat – 1977
The language experience approach (LEA) has been used successfully with students who are beginning to read in English as a second language. In an LEA lesson the teacher can elicit students' comments on a wordless picture book, transcribe students' sentences, read the resultant story aloud (or have the class read it), and have the story copied.…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Grammar
Eby, J. Wesley; And Others – 1973
Ten units containing 86 structural objectives make up this volume of instructional materials for the first year to year and a half of teaching English as a second language to Navajo children. The Navajo Area Language Arts Project (NALAP) materials, intended to present a sequence of English grammatical structures based on specific language and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Art Activities, Class Activities
Eby, J. Wesley; And Others – 1974
Building on structural objectives in Book One, the 96 objectives in Book Two of the Navajo Area Language Arts Project (NALAP) provide instructional material for an additional one to one and one-half years of teaching English as a second language to Navajo children. The materials, intended to give a sequence of English grammatical structures based…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Art Activities, Class Activities
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1977
The Spanish SL strand of unit five for second graders provides the English-dominant child with the structures and vocabulary he will need for effective communication in a bilingual environment. This teacher's guide contains assessment activities, activities for oral language development, and activities for listening and related skills of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Decoding (Reading), Grade 2, Grammar
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1975
The supplement and ditto packet to the Spanish as a Second Language strand of unit six for second graders contains activities for both seatwork and group participation. Unit six is oriented toward the basic theme of the neighborhood as a community; Kits 21-24 reflect the spiraling questions of what the elements are, how wants and needs are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comprehension, Decoding (Reading), Educational Media
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1976
Theme of this Spanish as a Second Language unit for grade three is the communities of the nation. Learning and assessment activities in kits 29-32, each designed for two to three weeks of teaching, are intended to provide the English-dominant child with structures and vocabulary for effective communication in a bilingual environment. Activities…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Decoding (Reading)
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1977
Focusing on the community, this Spanish as a Second Language unit provides the English-dominant child with the structures and vocabulary needed for effective communication in a bilingual environment. The instructional and assessment activities help the child build concepts in his new language through formal and informal language experiences.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Grammar
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1976
Learning and assessment activities centered around the extended community are contained in this teacher's guide to unit seven of the Spanish as a Second Language strand for grade three. The curriculum provides the English-dominant child with structures and vocabulary for effective communication in a bilingual environment. Activities in kits 25-28…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Community Characteristics, Decoding (Reading)
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1977
Using the school as a theme, unit three of the Spanish as a Second Language curriculum for first graders focuses on learning and assessment activities designed to provide the English-dominant child with structures and vocabulary needed for effective communication in a bilingual environment. Activities in kits 9-12 help build concepts in a new…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1977
Spanish for second graders is explored in the instructional and assessment activities of the unit six Spanish as a Second Language strand. The function of the strand is to help provide the English-dominant child with the structures and vocabulary needed for effective communication in a bilingual environment. Focus, objective, and materials for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Comprehension, Creative Dramatics
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1977
The supplement and ditto packet for the unit six language arts strand for second graders features visual aids to help carry out the activities described in the teacher's guide. Visuals based on the stories are used to help stimulate oral language and conceptual development along with class participation activities and written work. Other materials…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Creative Expression, Creative Writing, Decoding (Reading)
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