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Direct linkSusan Ballinger, Editor; Ruth Fielding, Editor; Diane J. Tedick, Editor – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book fills a large gap in our understanding of how to prepare teachers for the challenging but increasingly popular task of integrating content and language instruction. It brings together findings on content-based teacher education from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America in order to inform researchers and teacher educators and…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Zein, Subhan, Ed.; Garton, Sue, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2019
Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruction, yet research into teacher education for early language teachers remains relatively sparse. This volume responds to this gap by compiling studies with diverse methodological tenets from a wide…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Second Language Learning, Teacher Education, Educational Research
Peer reviewedLasagabaster, David, Ed.; Doiz, Aintzane, Ed.; Sierra, Juan Manuel, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2014
Motivation is a key aspect of second language learning. There is no doubt that abstract models are basic to gain theoretical insights into motivation; however, teachers and researchers demand comprehensible explanations for motivation that can help them to improve their everyday teaching and research. The aim of this book is to provide both…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Content and Language Integrated Learning
Moore, Sarah C. K., Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2014
This book traces the recent socio-historical trajectory of educational language policy in Arizona, the state with the most restrictive English-only implementation in the United States. Chapters, each representing a case study of policy-making in the state, include: (1) SEI in Arizona: Bastion for States' Rights (Karen E. Lillie and Sarah Catherine…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Language Planning, State Policy, English Only Movement
Keengwe, Jared, Ed.; Onchwari, Grace, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Standardized tests have been selected as a key assessment factor in expanding the academic achievement of the national student population. However, these tests position immigrant students at the risk of academic failure, leading education experts to search for new strategies and teaching models. The "Handbook of Research on Assessment…
Descriptors: Guides, Immigrants, Refugees, Land Settlement
Kondo-Brown, Kimi, Ed.; Saito-Abbott, Yoshiko, Ed.; Satsutani, Shingo, Ed.; Tsutsui, Michio, Ed.; Wehmeyer, Ann, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2013
This volume is a collection of selected refereed papers presented at the Association of Teachers of Japanese Annual Spring Conference held at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in March of 2011. It not only covers several important topics on teaching and learning spoken and written Japanese and culture in and beyond classroom settings, but also…
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language
Witte, Arnd, Ed.; Harden, Theo, Ed. – Peter Lang Oxford, 2011
This book explores the idea of "intercultural competence", which, despite its current popularity across various discourses, has remained a vague and oscillating concept. Interculture lacks a universal definition and "competence" is not only a cognitive construct but also includes psychological traits such as attitudes,…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Interpersonal Competence, Second Language Learning, Research
Hawkins, Eric, Ed. – 1988
This British collection of essays on intensive second language instruction is divided into four groups. A section on intensive courses outside Britain includes: "Intensive Courses in a German Youth Hostel"; "Intensive German from an Austrian Perspective: An LEA Initiative"; and "Integrating Intensive Sessions into the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textGajo, Laurent, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique applique, 1998
Articles on immersion and bilingual education include these: "Terminological Considerations Regarding Content and Language Integrated Learning" (Tarja Nikula, David Marsh); "Educazione bilingue e multiculturale, istruzione bilingue, immersione totale: quattro nozioni da definire" ("Bilingual and Multicultural Education,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Burns, Anne, Ed.; Burton, Jill, Ed. – TESOL International Association, 2008
Over the last 30 years, inquiry-based teaching has become a highly valued component of professional development and practitioner research in Australia and New Zealand. This volume of the Language Teacher Research Series focuses on teaching and learning experiences in those two countries, which encompass a large geographical area with diverse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
McGillivray, W. Russ, Ed. – 1985
The collection of essays on French second language instruction in Canada, directed to parents, includes: "Our Brave New World" (Andrew Kniewasser); "French in Your School: Identifying and Achieving the Right Program" (Carolyn Hodych, Jos Scott); "So, You're Worried About Becoming an Immersion Parent" (Judy Gibson);…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bilingualism, Dramatics, Elementary Secondary Education
Leaver, Betty Lou, Ed.; Shekhtman, Boris, Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers examines approaches to teaching near-native ability in foreign languages. The 13 papers focus on the following: (1) "Principles and Practices in Teaching Superior-Level Language Skills: Not Just More of the Same" (Betty Lou Leaver and Boris Shekhtman); (2) "Toward Academic Level Foreign Language Abilities:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advanced Students, Arabic, Chinese
Fleming, Berkeley, Ed.; Whitla, Margaret, Ed. – 1990
This collection of essays on early French second language instruction includes: "Why Bilingualism?" (Steven MacKinnon); "French Second-Language Programs: Alternative Approaches" (Henry P. Edwards); "Core French: A Brighter Future" (Janet Poyen, Judy Gibson); "The Parents' Role" (Deborah Whale); "Franco…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Objectives
