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Direct linkFallas Escobar, Christian – Classroom Discourse, 2019
This study presents the analysis of a translanguaging by design activity I conducted with students finishing an EFL program at a Costa Rican university, for which I showed them pictures of graffiti in Spanish and encouraged them to discuss these, using their entire linguistic repertoire. I recorded their discussions, selected instances of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Code Switching (Language)
Download full textRhodes, Nancy C.; Schreibstein, Audrey R. – 1983
This booklet, based on a nationwide study of elementary school foreign language programs, addresses the following topics: (1) why students should learn a foreign language; (2) information that may help persons select and initiate a specific type of program; and (3) a detailed description of three elementary school approaches used in the country…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning
Ciancone, Tom – 1996
A discussion of numeracy (the ability to cope confidently with the mathematical demands of everyday life), focuses on provision of numeracy instruction alongside English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction for learners with low literacy skills. It looks first at considerations and methods for assessing student numeracy needs, including the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Content
PDF pending restorationPlacer-Barber, Venus – 1981
A guide to the development of programs in English as a second language (ESL) outlines the program development process and necessary considerations. A foreword describes the two major types of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students and notes differences between LEP students in general and their monolingual English-speaking counterparts. Chapters…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Purdue Univ., Calumet, IN. Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures. – 1986
A statewide Indiana study designed to pilot selected learning outcomes in foreign language programs is reported. It investigated the usefulness of the state's "Guide to Proficiency-Based Instruction in Modern Foreign Languages for Indiana Schools." The report outlines the project's background, the need for proficiency-based goals, the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Competency Based Education
Pfannkuche, Anthony; And Others – 1979
The manual designed to accompany a seminar for teachers concerning some of the central issues in contemporary foreign language teaching and focusing on how adults go about acquiring language includes materials for five sessions, in three sections. The first section covers language learning and acquisition in general, and contains a survey of the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization
FLES News, 1990
These three issues of the FLES News newsletter contain the following articles: "What I Learned in Second Grade: A French Teacher's Experience" (Pat Westphal); "Foreign Language Program Articulation: Building Bridges from Elementary to Secondary School" (Jo Anne Wilson; an ERIC Digest); "How Do Principals View Foreign…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Articulation (Education), Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Brown, James Dean – 1995
A systematic approach to second language curriculum development is outlined, enumerating the phases and activities involved in developing and implementing a sound and effective language program. The first chapter describes a system whereby all language teaching activities can be classified into approaches, syllabuses, techniques, exercises, or…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
FLESNews, 1993
This document consists of the three issues of "FLESNews" published during school year 1992-1993. This newsletter of the National Network for Early Language Learning contains articles on a variety of topics in elementary school second language teaching, listings of instructional materials, classroom instructional activities, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Conferences
Pasko, Edward Anthony – 1992
This handbook provides guidelines and forms for evaluating second language teachers' performance and second language programs. The first section, which addresses the supervision and evaluation of language teachers, outlines basic principles (supervisory goals, evaluator attitudes, supervisory visits, and follow-up conferences), gives instructions…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Language Association Bulletin, 1991
The five numbers of this journal for foreign language teachers include these articles: "Articulation: Beyond the Syllabus"; "Total Immersion in French at the Elementary School Level: An Observer's Report"; "'Columbus Countdown 1992' Announces a Cultural Project in New York City"; "Revising the Scope and Content…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bilingual Education, Book Reviews, Class Activities
Rosenbush, Marcia H., Ed. – Iowa FLES Newsletter, 1995
The first ten years (30 issues) of the newsletter for Iowa teachers of foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) contain a variety of articles on both curricular and extracurricular FLES programs and teaching. Topics addressed include: teacher certification; summer language camps; multicultural education and cultural awareness; program…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Conferences, Cultural Education
