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Processing Strategies of Foreign Language Readers: Authentic and Edited Input.
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Young, Dolly Jesusita – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
Cognitive and affective responses to one authentic and three edited texts were examined with four levels of university-level learners of Spanish. Results indicated that all students comprehended significantly more from the authentic passage than from the edited ones and also responded more favorably to the authentic passages. (Contains 47…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Editing, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition
Writing Clearly: Responding to ESL Compositions.
Bates, Linda; And Others – 1993
The guide offers instructors a system for responding to their English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students' writing, and is designed to accompany an ESL student guide to editing. It include information on how to: respond as a collaborator and constructive critic; respond to content; respond to sentence-level errors; assign grades; help students…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Editing, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Using C.A.L.L. to Teach Composition.
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Parkhurst, Christine – 1984
While artificial intelligence is far from producing a computer program that can understand English, there are computer applications for teaching composition that go beyond the electronic flashcard and other limited applications. A number of programs designed for use in college freshman English as a second language classes based on the artificial…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Reference Materials on the World Wide Web.
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Kitao, Kenji – Doshisha Studies in Language and Culture, 2002
This paper presents information about World Wide Web resources for English language teachers and students and for communication scholars and researchers. The first Web page, "Reference Materials for Students and Researchers," offers links to resources in English. Because there are many Web sites related to dictionaries, a second page,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Dictionaries, Editing, English (Second Language)
New Ways in Teaching Grammar. New Ways in TESOL Series: Innovative Classroom Techniques.
Pennington, Martha C., Ed. – 1995
This book includes 85 ideas for the teaching of grammar, contributed by teachers of English as a Second Language from varied countries. The ideas are organized in 10 sections that include specific aspects of grammar and grammar topics at the discourse level. These include: noun phrases and clauses (adjectives and nouns, articles, subject-verb…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Strategic Use of Pedagogic Grammar Rules in Micro-Level Editing.
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O'Riordan, Mary – 1999
A study in college-level English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction investigated (1) whether or not there is any relationship between the strategic use of explicit grammar knowledge, including metalinguistic concepts, in an attempt to recognize error, and the actual correction of error and success in academic ESL; (2) whether or not certain…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Editing, English for Academic Purposes