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Bonzo, Joshua D. – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
The present study examines the written products of third-semester German students' written productions during a timed, in-class writing activity. Topic selection control was modulated from instructor to student during eight 10-minute sessions. To account for order of treatment, two of the four groups were counterbalanced with the other two. Each…
Descriptors: Grammar, Statistical Analysis, Second Languages, German
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Liou, Hsien-Chin; Peng, Zhong-Yan – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
The interactive functions of weblogs facilitate computer-mediated peer reviews for collaborative writing. As limited research has been conducted on examining the training effects of peer reviews on students' peer comments, their revision quality, and their perceptions when composing in weblogs, the present case study aims to fill the gap. Thirteen…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Assignments, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
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Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi, Ed.; Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The 23rd EUROCALL conference was held in Cyprus from the 24th to the 27th of August 2016. The theme of the conference this year was "CALL Communities and Culture." It offered a unique opportunity to hear from real-world CALL practitioners on how they practice CALL in their communities, and how the CALL culture has developed in local and…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Collier, Catherine – 1979
The syllabus of an introductory course in linguistics intended as a foundation for studies in bilingual/bicultural education, Alaskan native languages, and anthropology is presented. The course was designed for a program for teachers of Yupik as a second language. The course objectives are to introduce students to the internal structure of…
Descriptors: Assignments, Bilingual Education Programs, English, Eskimo Aleut Languages
Damen, Louise – 1982
Considerations for identifying the stages of cultural learning of individual students of English as a second language (ESL) are discussed. It is suggested that culture shock, or the shock of the new, is a common experience for those learning a second language in a second culture, and that anger, unhappiness, frustration, and even illness may…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, Elementary Secondary Education
Margarita, Elaine – 1998
This course syllabus for a 5-day intensive teacher education institute in FLES (Foreign Languages in the Elementary School) developed for Dowling College (New York) and geared to the certification requirements of New York State is presented. An introductory section describes the origins of the course, demand, and successful course components. The…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Course Content, Course Descriptions
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Meng, Lynn Whitnall; Meng, Mark – 1994
Library use instruction designed specifically for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students is discussed briefly and library skill activities used with this population at Union County College (New Jersey) are described. It is noted that many students from other countries have had little or no exposure to libraries because of either limited…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Students, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)