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Fearn, Lesley June – JALT CALL Journal, 2022
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) is crucial in most secondary schools within the EU and many other schools worldwide. Some teachers are integrating Online Community Projects (OCPs) into their curricula to provide a means of communication that motivates learning and incites learner-centred methods. This collaborative Action Research study…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rivera, Jessica; Donovan-Pendzic, Esperanza; Marion, Mary Jo – Voices in Urban Education, 2015
The English Language Learner (ELL) Summer Camp in Worcester, Massachusetts--an intensive six-week program that served middle school and high school students from Worcester Public Schools (WPS)--was the product of a five-way partnership that included the school district, higher education institutions (Latino Education Institute [LEI] at Worcester…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, School Community Programs, Enrichment Activities
Kleinjans, Edith K. – 1976
This document describes the development of the language skills subprogram of the Hawaii English Program--Secondary. After considering various theories of instructional strategies in language, the team developed a pair of complementary subprograms: a part-to-whole skills lab for building up students' stocks of language options and a whole-to-part…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Language Skills, Language Usage, Program Descriptions
Derge, William; Kudirka, Joi – 1986
The curriculum developed by the Fairfax County (Virginia) Department of Manpower Services in Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) program is a response to the needs of Southeast Asian refugees for language and cross-cultural skills and to employers' needs for support services. The core curriculum, emphasizing fluency and listening…
Descriptors: County Programs, Curriculum Development, Employment Potential, Immigrants
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Davis, Colin – ELT Journal, 1995
Considers the benefits of extensive reading, examines some of the reasons for its failure to take off, describes two programs, and offers teachers some leading questions to help them develop their own programs. (three references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Skills
Buell, Frederick; Kelly, William – 1988
This report discusses a project addressing the difficulties that Queens College has with English as a Second Language (ESL) students in the typical humanities classroom. ESL students represent 40% of the college's student body, and instructing them is a significant intellectual and pedagogical challenge. Despite training in English language and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Cultural Awareness
Correro, Gloria C. – 1986
This report presents a review of the activities implemented from January 1979 to August 1985 within the Cooperative Demonstration Kindergarten (CDK), a project of the College of Education, Mississippi State University. Part I provides the original concept paper for the CDK. Part II reproduces the statement of agreement between the College of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Curriculum Development, Demography
Hansen, Adele G.; Marston, John – 1985
A program designed to provide instruction in specialized English for Southeast Asian and other refugees redeveloping their skills as licensed practical nurses (LPNs) contained two language proficiency tracks and provided language instruction incorporating high school equivalency test practice material in the specialized English course. Technical…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Grammar, High Schools, Instructional Materials
Kaufman, Barbara, Ed.; Lydiard, Beverly, Ed. – 1971
This issue of Kaleidoscope, which focuses on projects involving innovative educational changes, describes 102 programs in elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The projects cover a wide range of educational interests, including school administration and environment, guidance and special needs programs, curriculum areas, total program…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices, Ethnic Studies
Hannaman, David L.; And Others – 1989
The processes used by the Defense Language Institute (DLI) Foreign Language Center to develop proficiency-based nonresident courses in Czech, Polish, and Russian for language maintenance is described. Based on needs assessment and analysis of Department of Defense endusers, DLI provided the concept and design for the Proficiency Improvement…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Literacy, Copyrights, Curriculum Development
Connector, 1996
Four newsletter issues address aspects of adult immigrant education for employment. The first focuses on the manufacturing industry, with articles describing a Pima County Adult Education (Arizona) program concerning quality standards, an El Paso Community College (Texas) program for employees of companies in transition, and survey results on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1990
This handbook on elementary-secondary foreign language education goals and objectives serves as a framework on which a comprehensive curriculum for Michigan schools can be built. It includes a discussion of the most significant components of current foreign language methodology and is designed to assist local school districts in goal setting and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Perin, Dolores – 1987
The Consortium for Worker Literacy is made up of a group of New York City unions that are providing literacy education to workers and their families in order to help them adjust to a radically changing labor market. The consortium operates a degree program for workers in collaboration with the City University of New York. At a different academic…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Consortia