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Direct linkFrimberger, Katja – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2016
The following article explores the conceptual background and pedagogical realities of establishing a well-being focussed language pedagogy in the context of an informal educational event called "Language Fest". The event was organised as part of the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded large grant project "Researching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, English Language Learners, Adolescents
Paolino, Annamaria; Lummis, Geoffrey W. – Babel, 2014
The use of songs and music in the Languages classroom is common practice. Research literature contains positive statements about music as a cognitive, linguistic and affective enhancer. Music and Languages risk becoming marginalised in the Western Australian curriculum due to curriculum pressures. Reduction of time in these learning areas could…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Italian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Download full textCastro Huertas, Ivon Aleida; Navarro Parra, Lina Jazmín – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2014
We report on an action research project aimed at developing oral communication in first-graders, using songs as a strategy for young learners to use and enjoy English. It was developed at a Colombian public school over three months. The teacher-researchers attempted to encourage students using simple and amusing songs to help them learn new…
Descriptors: Role, Singing, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Renaud, Susan; Tannenbaum, Elizabeth – English Teaching Forum, 2013
Using communicative activities with learners from diverse cultures can create excitement and empathy while promoting the acquisition of English. This article offers ESL/EFL activities that foster interpersonal tolerance among students who have experienced intergroup conflict. The activities are based on the idea that there are four levels of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Class Activities
Lisanza, Esther Mukewa – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study was an ethnographic case study that investigated oral and written language learning in a first grade classroom in Kenya. The languages used in this classroom were Swahili and English only. Kamba the mother tongue of the majority of the children, was banned in the entire school. In this classroom there were 89 children with two teachers,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Interpersonal Relationship, African Languages, Written Language
Chusanachoti, Ruedeerath – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study explored how Thai learners of English as a foreign language, engaged in English activities outside of classrooms to learn and practice the English language. Three research questions of this study include: (a) How do the participants perceive access and availability of out of class English activities in local environments?, (b) How do…
Descriptors: Singing, Music, Internet, Recreational Reading
Wilbur, Marcia L.; LeLoup, Jean W.; Ponterio, Robert; Jones, Zachary; Nuhfer-Halten, Bernice; Gordon, Kenneth A.; Gardner, Steven M.; Mentley, Carlos; Signori, Lisa F.; Heusinkveld, Paula; Burns-Hoffman, Rebecca; Jones, Jennifer; Cohn, Christie; Cherry, C. Maurice, Ed. – Southern Conference on Language Teaching, 2006
"Dimension" is the annual volume containing the selected, refereed, edited Proceedings of each year's conference. The theme chosen for the joint conference of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) and the Florida Foreign Language Association (FFLA) in Orlando, Florida, February 16-18, 2006, was "Languages for Today's…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
