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Download full textHill, Sara, Ed.; And Others – Information Update, 1989
This newsletter issue focuses entirely on classroom instruction in adult basic education (ABE) and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs. The first article, "Whole Language and Adult Literacy Education" (Kazemek), describes 10 principles of holistic language education and how they may be translated into actual classroom practice.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Dramatics
Gersten, Russell; Woodward, John – 1993
A study investigated how schools and teachers attempt to meet the needs of language minority students and to utilize literature as a means to teach English language reading to students while building their English language capacities. Language arts and reading instruction was observed in 12 third- through fifth-grade classrooms in three elementary…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Cross, John B.; And Others – 1995
A study determined the effects of Whole Language Immersion, a pedagogy rooted in Whole Language and English as a Second Language on two sections of eleventh-grade students in Sumter County, Alabama, defined as at-risk by the Alabama Exit Examination. For 10 weeks, the control group was taught grammar while the experimental group underwent language…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning
Ditmars, Jane W. – 1993
This manual provides specific lesson plans for teaching life skills and literacy to adult beginning readers and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. It includes four curricular sections: Focus on Language Arts, Focus on Life Skills and Literacy, Focus on Holidays and Observances and Focus on Survival Math. A total of 95 topics are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cultural Enrichment
Anstrom, Kris; DiCerbo, Patricia, Ed. – 1998
This document examines the education of secondary level English language learners within mainstream language arts classes. It provides teachers and teacher educators with an understanding of how mainstream language arts instruction can be designed and implemented to enhance academic achievement for these students. Research for this report included…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Diversity (Student), English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
