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Direct linkCalaf, Dolores C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes are in great demand by immigrant adults in the Boston area. The problem investigated in this study was the limited funding to implement ESOL programs in Boston, which has resulted in waiting lists for many contracted community-based programs. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Download full textDoolittle, Martha; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2015
This report summarizes highlights from December 2015 discussions, or "platicas," held with Austin Independent School District elementary principals about the district's dual language program. Principals provided their opinions about the program and gave suggestions for improvements.
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, School Districts, Elementary Schools
White, Ronald V. – 1986
The management of innovation in instruction in English as a second language can benefit from the experience and techniques of management in the world of commerce as well as from theories and procedures in education. A systematic approach to the management of innovation emphasizes the importance of clearly defined objectives, evaluation that…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Change Strategies, English (Second Language), Instructional Innovation
Shaner, J. Michael – 1980
An educational program developed for adults as part of a larger resettlement operation for Cuban refugees seeking asylum in the United States and based at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania is described and evaluated. Evaluative measures indicated that the program was more successful than anticipated, with substantial upward movement through tested…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Cubans, English (Second Language)
Puerto Rico State Dept. of Education, Hato Rey. – 1972
This Commonwealth of Puerto Rico evaluation report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, is organized into seven parts. Part 1, "Basic Information" includes subsections focusing on the Puerto Rico School System, Title 1 target areas, and program…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, English (Second Language)
Dawood, Rosemary – 1993
The Adult New Reader Collection-Model Project proposed to serve five targeted groups by providing literacy, language development, and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) materials. The five groups included: literacy tutors; students identified by the staff and matched to their trained tutors; adult library users not connected to a literacy program…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, English (Second Language), Library Material Selection
Bell, Thomas O.; And Others – 1974
The purpose of the American Samoa program, Upgrading Language Abilities (ULA) funded under Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act, is to raise the English language proficiency of educationally deprived high school students to the point where they can successfully compete with native speakers in an English medium educational system unhindered…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, English (Second Language)
Thomas, Tom E.; And Others – 1973
This report discusses the background of a program funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, initiated in 1970 to upgrade language abilities (ULA) of secondary students in American Samoa, contains a description of its many components, summarizes activities and accomplishments for fiscal year 1973 displays feedback and evaluation data…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), High School Students
InterAmerica Research Associates, Rosslyn, VA. – 1984
This monograph provides a general description of the four major components of the Bilingual Education Act of 1984, with the text of the Act itself appended. The first section discusses the law's general provisions. The second section introduces three of the major programs funded under Part A of the Act: (1) transitional programs; (2) developmental…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Data Collection, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Bilingual Education. – 1979
This report details plans for future action by the Detroit Public Schools for bilingual education. It begins with an historical overview of national and local bilingual education in the last several years. The next section consists of a statement of goals, both for the program and the students involved. The two following sections address the areas…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Escobar, Joanna Sculley; Daugherty, John – 1975
The manual provides a checklist for administrators responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating an Adult English as a Second Language Program. The checklist consists of four sections: philosophy, administration and organization, program development and operation, and program impact. For each section there is a series of specific…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Check Lists, Educational Administration
VAN TESLAAR, A.P. – 1967
THE EUROPEAN COORDINATOR AND RESIDENT CO-DIRECTOR OF THE MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG BRANCH OF THE SUMMER 1966 LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IN FRANCE AND GERMANY PREPARED THIS EVALUATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL VENTURE. DESIGNED TO ANALYZE THE INNOVATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE 1966 INSTITUTE WITH THE IDEA OF STRENGTHENING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AND SIMILAR PROGRAMS, THE…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comparative Education, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Escobar, Joanna Sculley; Daugherty, John – 1975
This 1975 handbook consists of three books to be used, together or independently, by administrators in developing, implementing, and evaluating an adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program. The first book, an administrator's checklist, is designed as an inventory that specifies succinctly the critical and significant program elements. The…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Check Lists
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1969
This document is an attempt to provide a comprehensive, annotated listing of curriculum materials, machines, and equipment available to assist adult basic education students. The materials are arranged alphabetically by author under the subject headings -- reading, spelling and writing skills, English grammar, English as a second language,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Annotated Bibliographies, Arithmetic
British Council, London (England). – 1990
Proceedings of a seminar on the management of English second language training (ELT) in British technical assistance programs are presented in the form of narrative summaries. An introductory section gives an overview of the conference. Four subsequent chapters summarize presentations and discussions on these topics: project management,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
