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Download full textShook, Ronald – 1982
The best way to teach writing is to make it the way to learn something else. Instructors need to look at written communication as it is used in real life. When students take pains with their writing, it is because what they have to say is important to them. The students' need to communicate a particular meaning for a particular purpose guides them…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Educational Strategies, Educational Theories, Language Processing
Shirai, Hiroaki – 1995
The use of freewriting in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction as a means of promoting communicative competence is examined, particularly as it may improve high-school-level ESL instruction in Japan. First, the educational environment of Japanese high schools is described, and some problems with the teaching of ESL writing are outlined.…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis
Morley, Joan, Ed. – 1987
A collection of essays on pronunciation instruction theory and practice includes: "Teaching Pronunciation as Communication" (Marianne Celce-Murcia); "Learner Variables and Prepronunciation Considerations in Teaching Pronunciation" (Rita Wong); "Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension" (Judy B. Gilbert); "Pronunciation Tutorials for Nonnative…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedBamford, Julian; Day, Richard R. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1998
Four approaches to the teaching of second language (L2) reading are described (grammar-translation, comprehension questions/exercises, skills and strategies, and extensive reading) and their status in the reading classroom is examined, and important issues in L2 reading are then discussed, including word recognition, affective and sociocultural…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Grammar Translation Method
Peer reviewedRaimes, Ann – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1998
A review of research on second-language writing instruction looks at four research approaches: the language and culture students bring with them to the classroom; contexts in which teaching/learning take place; the shape of the language curriculum; and academic writing and English for academic purposes. Attention is given to English as a Second…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies
Hawson, Anne – 1994
It is proposed that research on neurological organization, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence can contribute to understanding the relationship between second language learning processes and academic achievement. Relevant research in these areas and in the field of neurolinguistics is reviewed, with several themes or topics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Strategies
Lectura y Vida: Revista Latinoamericana de Lectura, 1998
The four 1998 issues of the journal on literacy education, entirely in Spanish, include these articles: "The Inevitable Radical Weakness of Language: Some Reflections about Forming Readers and Citizens" (Daniel Goldin); "Relationships among Reading and Writing, Thematic Units, Learning Through Research...In Search of Effective…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques
Eckman, Fred R., Ed.; And Others – 1995
Selected papers on second language acquisition and instruction from the University of Wisconsin at Madison symposium include the following: "Learning and Teaching: The Necessary Intersection" (Susan M. Gass); "Reenvisioning the Second Language Classroom: A Vygotskian Approach" (Linda Schinke-Llano); "The FOCAL SKILLS…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Applied Linguistics, Classroom Environment, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Bird, Norman, Ed.; And Others – 1994
Papers from a 1993 International Conference on Language in Education include: "A Language Development Approach to Education" (M. A. K. Halliday); Text, Talk, and Inquiry: Schooling as a Semiotic Apprenticeship" (G. Wells); "Chinese Orthography and Reading" (O. J. L. Tzeng); "Task-Centred Assessment in Language…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies
