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Susan Ballinger, Editor; Ruth Fielding, Editor; Diane J. Tedick, Editor – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book fills a large gap in our understanding of how to prepare teachers for the challenging but increasingly popular task of integrating content and language instruction. It brings together findings on content-based teacher education from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America in order to inform researchers and teacher educators and…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Kirkgöz, Yasemin, Ed.; Dikilitas, Kenan, Ed. – English Language Education, 2018
This volume offers research-based studies on English for Specific Purposes in higher education from across the world. By drawing on international studies, the book brings together diverse ESP practices and aspects of relevant issues in the development of ESP programs, teachers and learners in a coherent fashion. There is a growing need for…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Second Language Instruction

Lambert, Richard D. – ADFL Bulletin, 1981
Laments the lack of institutional commitment to language learning in most colleges and universities. To improve the situation, suggests the introduction, in selected departments, of substantive courses where students are encouraged or required to use their language skills, and evaluation of performance in the course replaces proficiency exams.…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives

Tumanov, Alexander – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1983
Integration of extracurricular activities into the second language curriculum is supported in the context of culturally oriented communicative second language teaching. After methodological approaches in the literature are analyzed, various extracurricular program provided at the University of Toronto are described. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context, Extracurricular Activities
Reber, Theresa; Geeslin, Kimberly – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1998
A study examined university students' beliefs about the availability and content of Spanish courses designed for heritage speakers. Subjects were 50 students in three classes at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona, who were administered a questionnaire on student demographics, prior Spanish language instruction or instruction in…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Heritage Education, Higher Education
Parasher, S. V. – CIEFL Bulletin, 1977
Some of the errors in selected areas of English grammar and lexis made by a sample of 100 first year college students from Madhya Pradesh, India, were investigated. The errors of students are described in linguistic terms, and some of the probable sources of errors are explained. The rules of grammar and usage that should be established to help…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Grammar

Liski, Erkki; Puntanen, Simo – Language Learning, 1983
Analysis of error patterns in a test taken by 698 Finnish university students shows errors are made in this declining order of frequency: grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and use. More talkative students were proportionately more proficient per utterance, and higher proficiency also correlated with sex (female) and high matriculation test…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Error Patterns
Loheyde, Kristin; Kunz, Nancy – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1994
This paper reports on a study of the oral communication between international university students in an intensive English program (IEP) and office support staff at the IEP office. The study was based on audiotaped observations and interviews of students and office staff, along with questionnaires distributed to all 150 students enrolled in the…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Problems, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1979
This profile in outline form of the English language teaching situation in the United Republic of Cameroon discusses the role of English within the society and within the educational system. Cameroon is an officially bilingual state consisting of five francophone provinces and two anglophone provinces. In the anglophone provinces, English is the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English, English (Second Language)
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1997
Current trends and issues in second language education are summarized to provide background data for discussion in these areas: language use patterns in Canada and in the world; language education in Canada, with a focus on Alberta's situation (federal and provincial roles in multicultural education and second language study throughout Canada, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Economic Development, Educational Trends

Gottesman, Leslie David – Social Studies Review, 1990
Presents several lesson plans using newspapers to develop critical thinking skills that the author has used in critical thinking, English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL), and English composition classes. Examines news writing, the inverted pyramid, organization and language usage, letters to the editor, and how to critically analyze survey results. (CH)
Descriptors: Advertising, College English, College Second Language Programs, Content Analysis
Dechesne, Marti A. – 1998
A literature review, undertaken in preparation for a study of French regional needs for workforce English language instruction at the college level, covers research on this topic in areas of France and other non-English-speaking countries, student perspectives on language needs and motivation for learning English, linguistic issues in addressing…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, English (Second Language)
Warriner, Helen P. – 1977
The perennial problem of articulation of foreign language programs between the high schools and the colleges is readdressed in this paper. Six factors are identified as primary in contributing to the problem: (1) instruction is paced too fast, thus encouraging superficial learning and creating a disparity of coverage practices among the many…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs
Kibler, Louis – 1977
This paper considers the problems of the second-year intermediate college language course, the principles that are fundamental to any intermediate class and observations on the content of the course. The limitations imposed by time, the scope of the subject matter, and the varied capabilities and interests of the students constitute the Special…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content