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Direct linkAllen, Heather Willis – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
Numerous scholars have critiqued a lack of focus on foreign language (FL) writing in the second language (L2) acquisition research base and in FL programs in the United States. This position article argues for reimagining the role of writing to maximize learners' 21st-century skill development and FL programs' contributions to broader…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Research, Writing Instruction
Download full textQuynh Tien Le; Morgan Polikoff – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
Castañeda v. Pickard (1981) mandated that educational programs for emergent bilinguals be tested for program efficacy. Since English language development (ELD) curricular materials are one part of an instructional program, we assess this mandate by examining the effectiveness of ELD materials in Texas. Using local linear matching, we find that…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Li, Guofang – TESOL Journal, 2017
Despite recent scholarly advancements in teaching English as an international language (EIL), its implementation in TESOL classrooms has been challenging and limited. Because English teachers play a significant role in EIL implementation in their daily lessons, preparing EIL-oriented teachers becomes critical. This article outlines major…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies, Cultural Literacy, Linguistic Competence
Kural, Faruk; Bayyurt, Yasemin – Educational Studies, 2016
This study presents the outcome of the implementation of a process-oriented model of an intercultural competence (IC) and English as a lingua franca (ELF)-awareness development syllabus to prepare government-sponsored Turkish international sojourners for global communication in English L1 countries. Based on social constructivist research…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Implementation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Gagné, Philippe; Dumont, Laurence; Brunet, Sabine; Boucher, Geneviève – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2013
In this paper, we present a step-by-step guide to implement a curricular alignment project, directed at professional development and student support, and developed in a higher education French as a second language department. We outline best practices and preliminary results from our experience and provide ways to adapt our experience to other…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation
Basturkmen, Helen – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This article examines Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) in New Zealand and Australia (Australasia) and Europe in recent years, focusing on the creation and implementation of curricula in these contexts. The examination draws on themes distinguished by Grosse and Voght (1991) in their discussion of the emergence of LSP foreign language programs…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Second Language Programs, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development
Chien, Chin-Wen – English Language Teaching, 2014
Under task-based language teaching (TBLT), language learners engage in purposeful, problem-oriented, and outcome-driven tasks that are comparable to real-world activities. This qualitative case study discusses the integration of a task-based approach into a TESOL course in a language teacher education program in Taiwan with regard to 39…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Teacher Education Programs, Task Analysis
Becerra, Luz María; McNulty, Maria – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2010
This action research examines experiences that students in a grade 10 EFL class had with redesigning a grammar-unit into a topic-based unit. Strategies were formulating significant learning goals and objectives, and implementing and reflecting on activities with three dimensions of Dee Fink's (2003) taxonomy of significant learning: the human…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Action Research
Smrokowski, Linda – Learning Languages, 2005
Although she is now teaching Spanish in a new school full time, Linda Smrokowski, spent 9 years teaching in a once-per-week second language program. Because many once- or twice-per-week programs still exist, she shares strategies for writing and implementing detailed lesson plans that worked for her while she was teaching in a once-per-week…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Spanish, Second Language Programs, Second Language Instruction
