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Marika Kunnas; Mimi Masson; Shawna M. Carroll – Foreign Language Annals, 2025
This paper presents the findings related to culture from an online survey with French as a second language (FSL) teachers (n = 45) about equity and antioppression in the Ontario FSL curriculum. FSL teachers defined culture and reflected on the link between language and culture and the role of students' cultures in FSL. Framed by an anti-biased,…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, French
Martínez-Gómez, Aída – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2020
Young bilinguals in multilingual environments frequently act as language brokers for members of their families and communities. It is thus not surprising that growing numbers of young language brokers are drawn to formal translation/interpreting programs. Nevertheless, when they join, they often encounter pedagogies that tend to focus on elective…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Translation
McConnochie, Meredith; González, Eileen M. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2023
This paper examines how in-service teachers enrolled in an MA in TESOL program demonstrated critical language awareness (CLA) as they designed and implemented ethnographic action research projects anchored in funds of knowledge. The action research project aimed to introduce teachers to school-based ethnographic research and to provide an…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Second Language Learning
Yu, Baohua – Educational Studies, 2019
This study examined (1) differences in background, integrative/instrumental motivation, learning approach, leaning strategy and proficiency in second language (L2) and (2) the determinants of learning outcomes between Hong Kong and Mainland (Chinese) students. To achieve this, a questionnaire survey was distributed to 773 s language learners…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Curriculum Design, Language Proficiency
Eyring, Janet L. – CATESOL Journal, 2014
This article discusses the state of the art in the field of "adult ESL" in the US. It identifies the size, characteristics, and settings of adult education and discusses relevant professional standards, assessment procedures, and teacher preparation. Three approaches to noncredit adult ESL education will be presented (Functional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Zhang, Zheng; Heydon, Rachel – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
This paper focuses on the lived curriculum from the vantage of the students in a case study of a Sino-Canada transnational education programme in China. The programme consisted of subject area curricula transplanted from Ontario, Canada, and taught in English, as well as subject area curricula from Mainland China that was taught in Mandarin. The…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Case Studies
Carreira, Maria; Kagan, Olga – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This article reports on a survey of heritage language learners (HLLs) across different heritage languages (HLs) and geographic regions in the United States. A general profile of HLLs emerges as a student who (1) acquired English in early childhood, after acquiring the HL; (2) has limited exposure to the HL outside the home; (3) has relatively…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Heritage Education, Geographic Regions, Literacy
Riamliw, Jakraphan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation investigated the concepts of literacy held by Thai teachers of university-level Foundation English courses, the connection between concepts of literacy and EFL literacy instruction, teachers' literacy-teaching practices, and the challenges these teachers faced in teaching EFL literacy. The relationship between the concepts of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Literacy, Second Language Instruction

Pease, Jonathan – ADFL Bulletin, 1996
Describes the Chinese-language program at Portland State University. Elements of this program include newspaper and classical courses; textbooks from China, Taiwan, and English-speaking countries; the use of characters on the first day; and a diverse student body. The university's goal is to make a solid Chinese education available to anyone in…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Design
Couto, Vera; Towersey, Louise – 1992
A study surveyed 207 students of English as a Second Language, aged 11-57 and at all levels, in a Brazilian English institute to derive a student profile for curriculum development. Subjects were questioned concerning: motivation for starting and continuing English language study; perceptions of the language lessons in terms of activity types,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language)
Capdepont, Emmanuel – Francais dans le Monde, 1993
The new diversity of foreign language students' motivations and learning paths requires a new, more learner-centered approach to instruction. Alternative ways of organizing the learning experience include modular curricula, individualized instruction, and guided independent study. This implies a more culturally oriented approach to language…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, French, Independent Study
Tang, Jasmine – 1995
This paper reports the results of 3 years of Chinese language instruction experience at the Rochester Chinese Institute. The author designed, implemented, and evaluated a comprehensive instructional curriculum in Chinese language for students aged 11-17 years. Students were first generation American Chinese children of Chinese interracial…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Design, Ideography, Instructional Materials

Brett, Paul – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
This study, undertaken to assess the feasibility of the integration of a multimedia learning provision into a university language curriculum, reports results from a questionnaire of 107 undergraduates' attitudes toward the use of a multimedia program. Implications are that multimedia can play a beneficial role in the curriculum and may facilitate…
Descriptors: Business English, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
Chamot, Anna Uhl; Stewner-Manzanares, Gloria – 1985
A review of the literature on instruction in English as a second language (ESL) looks at four areas of ESL instruction individually and then derives conclusions and recommendations from those areas. The first area, ESL instructional approaches, includes discussion of the educational benefits of current ESL instructional approaches (audiolingual…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)
Allender, Susan Chou – 1998
A discussion of adult learners of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) with special needs draws on what has been learned in an Australian program of adult immigrant ESL education and acculturation. It summarizes research undertaken within this program to identify groups of adult learners with special needs and the learning barriers that face them,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Educational Background
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