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Download full textPhonekeo, Say; Macalister, John – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021
A culture of thinking (CoT) is defined as "a place where a group's collective as well as individual thinking is valued, visible, and actively promoted as the regular, day-today experience of all group members" (Ritchhart et al., 2011, p. 219). This study aimed to determine the effects of a CoT implementation on Lao English as a foreign…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Reading Comprehension, Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers
The Effectiveness of Written Corrective Feedback and the Impact Lao Learners' Beliefs Have on Uptake
Direct linkRummel, Stephanie; Bitchener, John – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2015
This article presents the results of a study examining the effectiveness of written corrective feedback (CF) on the simple past tense and the impact beliefs may have on students' uptake of the feedback they receive. A seven-week study was carried out with 42 advanced EFL learners in Vientiane, Laos. Students' beliefs about written CF were first…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Pretests Posttests, Cues, Grammar
Minneapolis Public Schools, MN. – 1994
This booklet of individual handouts was prepared to assist Minneapolis mainstream school teachers to work with limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. Topics discussed include current research on how LEP students best learn in mainstream classes, social versus academic English, and adapting instructional procedures for and integrating LEP…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cambodians, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Phap, Dam Trung – 1981
This is a manual for teachers of Indochinese students. The manual begins with brief cultural, linguistic, and historical descriptions of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodian people. The tenets of animism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Christianity, as practiced in Indochina are reviewed. Also discussed are Indochinese attitudes toward learning and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cambodians, Counseling Techniques, Cultural Background
Kamm, Rebecca Ann – 1990
Factors were studied that influence attitudes of Asian English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners in order to better understand possible reasons why attitudes may change and ways they may be influenced. Special attention was given to cultural and education differences, difficulties relating to nonliterate adult learners, and strategies to assist…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Asian Americans, English (Second Language)
Lolla, Raymond S. – 1985
The purpose of this project was to develop three mailing brochures that would describe the basic cultural differences that exist among the prominent bilingual groups in Eastern Pennsylvania. These brochures could be used to enhance the vocational education environment by providing the vocational instructor working with limited English speaking…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodians, Cultural Background
