Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Literacy Education | 9 |
Second Language Learning | 9 |
Whole Language Approach | 9 |
English (Second Language) | 6 |
Second Language Instruction | 4 |
Adult Literacy | 3 |
Case Studies | 3 |
Teaching Methods | 3 |
Writing Instruction | 3 |
Adult Basic Education | 2 |
Classroom Communication | 2 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Elementary Education | 1 |
Higher Education | 1 |
Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Practitioners | 3 |
Teachers | 3 |
Location
Australia | 1 |
California | 1 |
Singapore | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Goals 2000 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Choi, Ho Jung – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Based on the finding that teachers' literacy beliefs affect their instructional practices, recent studies on literacy beliefs present an increasing interest in heritage language (HL) because of the rapid increase in heritage learners' enrollment. However, less is known about Korean language teachers' literacy beliefs and practices in college…
Descriptors: Literacy, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Heritage Education
Vaish, Viniti – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2014
This paper analyzes whole language and code-based skills approaches in early literacy and the specific patterns of interaction present in both approaches. Nineteen hours of video data were coded to analyze the nature of whole language versus code-based skills instruction and document the allocation of time spent on each approach in a reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Literacy Education, Video Technology
Krashen, Stephen – ESL Magazine, 1998
Examines why the whole-language approach to literacy development has failed, presenting several definitions of whole language, discussing some of the research on whole language and whether it works, and providing information about the impact of whole language in California (which suggests that California's reading-performance problems are not…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
Literacy Across Cultures, 1997
This document consists of the two issues published during 1997 of the newsletter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching's national special interest group (N-SIG) on foreign language literacy. The major articles in these two issues are: "How To Develop Reading-To-Do Skills in Engineering Education" (Esko Johnson); "Key…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Literacy, Context Clues, Educational Strategies
Huerta-Macias, Ana – 1993
This digest defines the concepts of "whole language,""learner-centered," and "participatory," and discusses their application to adult learning in ESL literacy programs. All three approaches advocate that the learner should inform literacy instruction with his or her own particular input, that learners and their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Literacy Education
Turner, Lyn – 1994
The case study of a Bulgarian immigrant child's literacy education in English as a Second Language (ESL) is presented. Focus is on the boy's literacy development within the context of a mainstream kindergarten/first grade classroom in Australia. The report details the teacher's observations in the classroom and particularly in the child's writing…
Descriptors: Bulgarian, Case Studies, Classroom Communication, English (Second Language)
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 1995
This series of 24 magazines offers readings in Spanish on literacy, education problems, psycholinguistics, expository writing, and reading behavior. The magazine's editorial committee includes representatives from Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, the United States, Uruguay, Mexico, Venezuela, and Spain. Articles concern literacy issues of both…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Writing, Elementary School Students
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
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. – 1995
The collection of articles from publications of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) offers a theoretical basis for construction of effective English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs. Articles address issues of national policy, content and design of academic programs, and the context for ESL learning. They are:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Bilingual Education, Classroom Communication