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Download full textSteffens, John E. – 1992
This paper discusses designing an individual higher education (IHE) teacher training program that focuses on the instructional needs of limited-English-proficient students (LEP). The paper seeks to accomplish the following: excite individuals to want to participate in building a new paradigm in teacher training for teachers of all LEP students;…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Altman, Roann – 2000
This paper is designed to help educators prepare non-native speakers of English for work in business by studying the overall effectiveness of English for specific purposes programs at the University of Michigan Business School. It describes the English for Business Studies (EBS) program established in 1986. Situated discourse research in a focus…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Course Descriptions, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
Mace-Matluck, Betty J.; Liberty, Paul G. – 1993
The annual evaluation of a Texas regional resource center is presented. The center provides training and technical assistance for school district personnel participating in programs for limited English proficient (LEP) students. Federally funded and housed in the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, it serves 800 school districts with a…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Meeting the Needs of the Gifted and Talented Limited English Proficient Student: The UHCL Prototype.
Bermudez, Andrea B.; And Others – 1993
The needs of gifted and talented limited English proficient (G/T LEP) students are being poorly met. A University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL), Texas, teacher education curriculum designed to train teachers in the identification, placement, and instruction of gifted and talented limited English proficient students (GT/LEPs) is discussed. As…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Counseling Services, Course Descriptions, Creativity
Harris, Mary J. G. – 1993
Guidelines and materials used at Iowa Wesleyan College (IWC) to plan homestay weekends for foreign students are presented. The IWC program is designed to help international students develop English listening and speaking skills, have students experience American home life, and promote intercultural communication and understanding. The materials…
Descriptors: College Students, Contracts, English (Second Language), Family Life
Valenciana, Christine – 1995
A literature review and analysis, and a case study of two "mainstream" student teachers working in a minority elementary school explored how teacher education prepares teachers to work in diverse settings. The literature review and analysis addressed both macro level issues (program policies) and micro level initiatives (specific studies…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Higher Education
Galvan, Jose L.; Kamhi-Stein, Lia – 1996
A proposed program in English as a Second Language (ESL) for limited-English-proficient students at California State University at Los Angeles (CSLA) is outlined. Eligible international students and recent immigrants and refugees would be identified and placed using a test of English for academic purposes. The proposed program would consists of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education)
Jurmo, Paul – 1995
The final evaluation of an English-as-a-Second-Language and mathematics basic skills program, provided by a college, for limited-English-proficient workers in a manufacturing company, is presented. The program was originally designed to teach job-related skills, but was amended by managers to build worker self-esteem and worker participation in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Corporate Education
