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Moglen, Daniel – CATESOL Journal, 2014
Vast amounts of daily news content are widely available and easily accessible, and they can be converted into materials for intermediate and advanced ESL classes. This article will describe the why and how for integrating news media sources into a multiskills ESL classroom. Through the news, students are immediately engaged with the material…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, News Media
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Fuqua, Jason – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2015
The number of native Arabic-speaking students coming to America to study English in university programs has grown over the past few years, and continues to be substantial. It has also been noticed by the English Language Institute (ELI) at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) that these students often struggle more with reading activities in class,…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Reading Skills, Semitic Languages, Arabs
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Bezemer, Jeff – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2007
This article explores the attribution of linguistic resources to multilingual students in a primary school in the Netherlands. Drawing on an ethnographic study of a regular, multicultural classroom, it describes patterns of attribution emerging from observations of classroom activities and interviews with the teacher. Its focus is on the…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Multilingualism
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O'Hara, Ellen T. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1991
Offers a group approach method to learning new structures in German. Students practice one pattern by constructing sentences in a simple, mildly competitive board game that can easily be put together by the teacher. (GLR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Games, German, Group Activities
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Westfall, Ruth; Foerster, Sharon – Hispania, 1996
Emphasizes that traditional textbook explanations of the preterite and imperfect tend to focus on their aspectual differences. The article argues that a comprehensive analysis of the interaction of these two tenses in narration must go beyond aspect to include their respective temporal and discourse properties. (30 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Metaphors
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Thomas, Ursula – Unterrichtspraxis, 1978
Describes a device or "game" using 3x5 cards to divide sentences in such a way as to guide the language learner to anticipate grammatical structures; to make him aware that grammar, as well as vocabulary, conveys meaning. (EJS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Games, German
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Polly, Lyle R. – NALLD Journal, 1979
Three activities used with first-year French students are described: (1) drawing pictures by following directions which demonstrates knowledge of subjects and prepositions, (2) reading a poem in French and rewriting it in French prose, and (3) learning numbers through role-plays involving money. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Class Activities, French, Grammar, Language Proficiency
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Ellis, Rod – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
The traditional approach to grammar teaching provides learners with opportunities to produce specific grammatical structures. This article explores an alternative approach, one based on interpreting input. The rationale for the approach is discussed, as are the principles for designing interpretation tasks for grammar teaching. (Contains 35…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Competency Based Education, Grammar, Interpretive Skills
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Pack, Alice C., Ed. – 1972
This quarterly newsletter includes a variety of articles on the teaching of English as a second language. The first article discusses the use of the enquiry method and problem solving as classroom procedures. This approach involves the development of four cognitive processes: framing questions, imposing order on data, making extrapolations, and…
Descriptors: Body Language, Class Activities, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes