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| TESL Talk | 6 |
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| Bialystok, Ellen | 1 |
| Froehlich, Maria | 1 |
| Kent, Pat | 1 |
| Kimball, Margot C. | 1 |
| Palmer, Adrian S. | 1 |
| Perry, F. A. | 1 |
| Riley, James D. | 1 |
| Walker, J. K. | 1 |
| Yalden, Janice | 1 |
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Riley, James D. – TESL Talk, 1978
Discusses the assumptions underlying content-area reading instruction for native speakers of English, which also apply to students of English as a second language. This includes the need for providing guidance for students acquiring the concepts inherent in the content. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Kent, Pat; And Others – TESL Talk, 1978
A system of grouping children by language ability was adopted by English as a second language teachers at an elementary school in Vancouver. Advantages of the level system are discussed. (SW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Walker, J. K.; Perry, F. A. – TESL Talk, 1978
A study was undertaken at the Canadian Forces Base Saint-Jean to determine whether sex is a significant factor in second language learning. Subjects were 200 females and 200 males, all francophone privates between 18 and 22; no significant differences between males and females as learners were found. (CFM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Females, French, Language Ability
Yalden, Janice – TESL Talk, 1978
The problems associated with using the Educational Testing Service's Test of English as a Foreign Language as a valid indication of English language proficiency are discussed. (HP)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Testing, English (Second Language)
Bialystok, Ellen; Froehlich, Maria – TESL Talk, 1978
A study was conducted to measure the extent to which three learning strategies--practicing, monitoring and inferencing--affected student performance in three grade 10 (ages 14-15) and three grade 12 (ages 16-17) classes of French as a second language. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: Achievement, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Ability, French
Kimball, Margot C.; Palmer, Adrian S. – TESL Talk, 1978
Discusses "proper intake" (intake that contains certain designated features of informal communication) in the classroom, when the goal is for students to be able to use language in informal communication. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), English (Second Language)
