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Peer reviewedDeveny, John J., Jr.; Bookout, Jonathan C. – Foreign Language Annals, 1976
An intensive course in Spanish is described which met daily for eight weeks from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Time was divided among classroom instruction, native speaker groups, and the language laboratory. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Grammar, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses
Peer reviewedBardovi-Harlig, Kathleen – Language Learning, 2001
Examines the emergence of the present perfect in the interlanguage of adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Part of a growing body of research on the acquisition of temporal expression by learners of a variety of second languages, this study explores a tense/aspect form acquired late in first language acquisition. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar
El-Banna, Adel Ibrahim – 1985
An experiment investigated the effectiveness of teaching grammar by deductive versus inductive methods in an intensive course in English as a second language. Additional student variables considered were general intelligence, verbal ability, cognitive ability, and sex. The subjects were 259 students in the Faculty of Education at Egypt's Tanta…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Deduction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMoreland, Floyd L. – Classical Outlook, 1980
Describes two total immersion summer programs, one in Latin and one in Greek, each lasting two and a half months, with daily class instruction involving four hours per day, plus three hours of optional classes. In addition, students must spend six to eight hours doing homework each night. (MES)
Descriptors: Grammar, Greek, Greek Literature, Higher Education
Download full textStevens, Virginia; Taylor, Becky – 1995
The approach taken by two English-as-a-Second-Language teachers at the American University in Cairo (Egypt) in intensive courses for university-bound students is described. The approach is characterized by continuous communication between teachers, with the objective of providing constant reinforcement of those skills. Focus is on how two teachers…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques, Cooperation, English (Second Language)
Egan, Dennis, Ed. – TEAM, 1983
Three issues of the journal "TEAM" are presented. Each issue contains feature articles, a section on teaching techniques, book reviews, English Language Center news items, and announcements. The articles in these three issues deal with the following topics: the freshman English course at the University of Minerals and Petroleum, a course in…
Descriptors: Arabic, Book Reviews, Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure
Kessler, Carolyn – 1974
An ESL (English as a Second Language) program has been set up for international students at a small, two-year college for women, Immaculata College, in Washington, D.C. It has been integrated into the regular school curriculum and the courses carry academic credit. Courses emphasize specific language skills. Spoken English empasizes oral facility…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
