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Direct linkHumphrey, Sally; Macnaught, Lucy – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2016
In this article the authors report on the use of a scaffolding pedagogy (Gibbons, 2009), informed by systemic functional linguistics, to support the writing of English language learners in middle years curriculum learning. They focus on the work of one teacher and her English class across the first 18 months of a longitudinal design-based literacy…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Janet Scull; Patricia Bremner – Babel, 2013
The development of oral language and specifically increased control over literate discourse is critical to students' ability to create and comprehend texts in the early years of schooling and beyond. For students with home languages that differ from the forms of language used in school, the development of oral language through carefully designed…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Literacy Education, Indigenous Populations, Intervention
Download full textSouth Carolina Literacy Resource Center, Columbia. – 1994
This curriculum framework for adult literacy was written by 21 South Carolina adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instructors, as submitted to the South Carolina Literacy Resource Center. It is based on current theories in the fields of adult education and second language acquisition and is designed to be flexible so that it may be adapted to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Guides, English Instruction
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education. – 1989
This student workbook and teacher's guide are for a vocational English-as-a-Second-Languge (VESL) course designed to prepare limited-English-speaking students for vocational training programs in industrial and technical fields. The curriculum focuses on the general technical English most critical in making the transition from…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Limited English Speaking
Purvis, Don – 1996
The report details results of a research project to monitor and map the literacy development of three learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) studying in an Australian English program for adult migrants. The objective was to gain a longitudinal picture of their reading and writing development over a period of nine months. Five additional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedBlack, Stephen; Thorp, Kay – Prospect, 1997
Interviews were conducted with a small group of multilingual students in an adult literacy class to examine how, at the individual student level, everyday literacy practices differ and intersect with a number of linguistic, cultural, and situational variables, and thus, how students' literacy needs differ in terms of a literacy program. (39…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Gillette, Gloria W. – 1994
This English pronunciation manual for adults was developed by teachers for teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL), specifically aimed at those who do not have training in linguistics or foreign language instruction. It is a compendium of methodologies used by ESL teachers and is not aimed at any particular foreign language learner.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Diction, English Instruction
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bilingual Education Office. – 1992
This handbook is designed for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel. It provides an explanation of the sociocultural and linguistic characteristics of Korean-Americans so educators can address their needs more effectively and orchestrate a better teaching environment by understanding and supporting the Korean-American cultural…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Context
Stierer, Barry, Ed.; Maybin, Janet, Ed. – 1994
Articles presented include: "Introducing the New Literacy" (John Willinsky); "The Emergence of Literacy" (Nigel Hall); "Media Education: The Limits of a Discourse" (David Buckingham); "Extracts from 'Thought and Language' and 'Mind in Society'" (L. S. Vygotsky); "From Communicating to Talking" (Jerome Bruner); "What Does It Mean To Be Bilingual?"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Bilingualism, Child Language, Classroom Communication
Graham, Bill – 1996
The guide contains 25 useful techniques for teaching literacy. It is designed for basic literacy instruction but may also be used in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction; three of the tools are specific to ESL students. Published sources that provide a fuller explanation of the techniques are listed after each entry and in a bibliography…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Newman, Christy M.; And Others – 1994
Materials for adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction are presented. They are designed to enable adult ESL learners with limited oral and/or written competence in English to handle most everyday survival, social, family, and job-related situations independently, using oral and written English. Stage 2 materials, presented here, are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Education, Audiotape Recordings, Citizenship Education
Kang, Hee-Won; Pham, Kien T. – 1995
Techniques for integrating English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction and mathematics instruction, particularly the language of mathematics, are discussed. Focus here is on mathematics instruction for limited-English-speaking students in the mainstream classroom. First, examples of the academic language of mathematics that students must…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation
