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Azran, Raquelle – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1998
For most English-as-a-Second-Language students, writing is the most difficult skill to master. By integrating writing within the daily routine of language learning, students become as comfortable with writing as they are with speaking and reading. This article presents practical examples for integrating writing within everyday K-12 classroom…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach

Nuessel, Frank; Cicogna, Caterina – Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers, 1993
Discusses the lack of emphasis on writing skills in elementary and intermediate language classes, the purpose and process of writing, and general recommendations for the incorporation of writing into the language curriculum. Contains specific examples of writing tasks, including the composition of telegrams, recipes, postcards, directions, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Modern Language Curriculum, Second Language Instruction
Burtnett, Olga J. – 1988
A guide to personal letter writing for foreign language classes provides ideas, formats, and useful information for an instructional unit and student projects. The first section outlines unit goals and offers ideas for activities and assignments. These include class pen pals, teacher and parent letters, holiday letters, follow-ups for telegrams,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, French
Hadaway, Nancy L. – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Describes a letter exchange project which links university students with bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. Finds that letters are relevant and meaningful communication; provide strong motivation to write; and offer an emotional link with another individual who can serve as a role model of the target language. (MG)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Skills
Bennett, Ruth; Mattz, Pam; Jackson, Silish; Campbell, Harold – 1999
This paper shows how a traditional story can be used to teach an indigenous language, and how the inclusion of writing can help students learn the language effectively. Hupa people have told Coyote stories for thousands of years. Such Hupa stories are incorporated in Hupa language instruction using the Language Proficiency Method, which involves a…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Elementary Secondary Education
Shaltiel, Sarah – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1998
Discusses the advantages to considering writing an integral part of learning English as a Second Language at all grade levels, offering a day-by-day lesson sequence on the topic of courage that affords ample opportunity for writing and for class discussion to share and evaluate the writing. Suggestions for each day's classwork are followed by a…
Descriptors: Discussion, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Bourdet, Jean-Francois; Lieutaud, Simone – Francais dans le Monde, 1993
It is proposed that intercultural creative writing exercises can be conducted using the fax machine to communicate between schools, even in different countries. Specific themes and activities for French second-language writing projects are outlined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education

Schraeder, Laura L. – 1997
A middle school teacher describes the process by which she discovered a collaborative approach to teaching writing to a class including English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. To create a meaningful writing experience, she had students prepare a personal narrative, starting by having the class generate endings to the sentence beginning "I'll…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
de Silva, Maria Antonieta Donis – MEXTESOL Journal, 1983
Reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities and exercises that use folders of interesting material that students can use alone or in small groups are described. The folders contain pictures or other material of interest to the students, instructions in English and Spanish, and answers. The folders are color-coded by type of activity.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1984
This journal includes the following articles on teaching English as a second language: "Information for English Teachers"; "Approved Textbooks for the 1984-1985 School Year"; "Oral Bagrut Examinations--Revised Rating Scale" (Rafael Gefen); "Books for Grade Four" (Penny Ur); "Determining the Character of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Policy, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education

Kluge, David, Ed.; McGuire, Steve, Ed.; Johnson, David, Ed. – 1999
This volume is a collection of papers focused on a single theme, cooperative learning, written by classroom teachers of varying experience levels. This book introduces cooperative learning and gives examples of cooperative learning activities, units, and systems created by teachers in Japan, The United States, and Canada, who are currently using…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Pula, Judith J., Ed. – Maryland English Journal, 1996
The two issues of this journal contain articles about aspects of English teaching and samples of student work. The Fall 1995 issue contains: "'I Want More Books Like It': Implementing a Reading Workshop in an Urban Classroom with At-Risk Students" (Rebecca Joseph); "Service Learning Prompt for the Maryland Writing Test" (Kathy…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism
Fryer, T. Bruce; Medley, Frank W., Jr. – 1987
Selected papers from the 1986 Southern Conference on Language Teaching on instruction for language proficiency are presented: "The Foreign Language Teacher: Confronting an Ever-Changing Profession" (Robert Di Donato); "Restructuring a Traditional Foreign Language Program for Oral Proficiency" (Filisha Camara-Norman, James…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Guidelines, 1992
This document consists of five years (1988-1992, 10 issues) of the Singapore-based journal "Guidelines." Issues contain articles on a variety of topics in second language teaching. Topics include classroom language teaching strategies, techniques for teaching specific language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) or knowledge…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques