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Lee, Chien Ching; Tan, Seng Chee – Educational Media International, 2010
This paper aims to find out two outcomes of feedback in the novice writers' graphic organizers, which are the novice writers' ability to align their ideas to their writing goal, and their perceived germane, metacognitive, extraneous and intrinsic cognitive loads when generating and revising ideas based on the feedback. Data was gathered from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Media Selection, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Poliquin, Gaetane – 1988
A discussion of the use of songs to teach French as a second language focuses on the value of songs in teaching aspects of pronunciation. An introductory section describes the benefits of songs as instructional material, particularly to impart cultural information about Quebec to Canadian anglophones. Three sections outline justifications for the…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
Devitt, Sean M. – 1986
The use of mass media as a means of learning a foreign language from the beginning of language study is discussed. Using the media enables many of the features of the natural language acquisition process to be brought into play in a way that much current language teaching material does not. This position is supported by recent research into the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
Brookes, Gay, Ed.; Gantzer, Jack, Ed. – 1987
Papers presented at the City University of New York's English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) Council conference on the relationship between text and context in college second language instruction include the following: "Reading Research: New Directions and Implications for ESL" (M. Trika Smith-Burke); "Two ESL Readers: Case Studies of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Diaries, English (Second Language)
Terry, Robert M., Ed. – 1995
Papers on aspects of second language teaching include: "Cognitive Approaches to Listening Comprehension" (James S. Noblitt); "Popular Music in a Whole Language Approach to Foreign Language Teaching" (Sue Barry, Sidney Pellissier); "Language Maintenance: Bridging the Gaps in Foreign Language Education" (Jean W. LeLoup,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Instructional Materials