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Reshara Alviarez – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2025
This article highlights research collected during a year-long critical participatory ethnographic study at a primary school in Trinidad and Tobago. The study presents the experiences of two teacher collaborators who engage in the processes of problem identification, design and implementation of a language-friendly plan, reflective practice and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Teacher Role, Transformative Learning, Participatory Research
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Rai, Dhiraj Kumar – Pedagogical Research, 2017
The multilingual surrounding of Spanish Language Teaching (SLT) in India has presented a unique linguistic principle. This principle relies upon the application of English language instructions (as FL1) to combine several methods for teaching-learning Spanish language (as FL2). However, the effectiveness and appropriateness of this linguistic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ullmann, Rebecca; And Others – 1974
A resource kit for the teaching of listening comprehension in French at the intermediate secondary level is represented by a teacher's guide. The module is designed to develop language awareness through the presentation and discussion of basic language concepts and contrastive language study. Language variation and cognates are among the topics…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Contrastive Linguistics, French, Instructional Materials
Ullmann, Rebecca; Balchunas, Martha – 1978
A resource kit for teaching French in a French-Canadian cultural context is represented by a teacher's guide, a student resource booklet, and a tape transcript. This module is designed for use at the intermediate or advanced level of secondary instruction. Classroom activities are based on a cassette tape that introduces some of the phonological…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dialects, French, Instructional Materials
Galloway, Vicki; And Others – 1980
This introductory unit to the exploratory language program, "Around the World," developed in South Carolina discusses the nature of language and so provides a framework in which to fit subsequent learning. It seeks to make students aware of the language they already use unconsciously. In line with this goal, it is divided into categories of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cross Cultural Training, Experiential Learning
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Vladiv, S. B. – Babel, 1976
This article notes the numbers of students in Australia enrolled in high school and college courses in Serbo-Croatian. Many of these have Serbo-Croatian ethnic or linguistic backgrounds. (CHK)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Origins, Higher Education, Language Enrollment
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Soh, Kay-cheng – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
Discusses language use as a variable in studies of second-language learning, considering a study of 300 secondary school students learning Chinese that showed that integrative and instrumental motivation to be independent and that language use explains one-fifth of total variance in language achievement. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Proficiency, Language Usage, Language Variation
Stillman, Peter R. – Intercom, 1978
A series of activities to help junior high school students build a conceptual model of communication. Through games and reading selections, students become familiar with dialect and jargon; consider the thesis that language is behavior; and understand how easy it is to fail to communicate with other people. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Dialects, Idioms, Interpersonal Competence
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Jonas, Maurice – French Review, 1977
Before asking how to teach French, one should ask what French to teach. It is suggested that everyday French, "la langue usuelle," should be the norm for American teachers and textbook writers and editers. Greater utilization of film scenarios and songs of good quality are among the means suggested. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: French, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Language Styles
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Mason, Keith; Nicely, Kenneth – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
Presents a survey of 37 1st-year secondary and postsecondary Spanish textbooks for their coverage of the voseo, a frequently used, 2nd person singular form of address. Results indicate that only 16% of the analyzed texts included any reference to the voseo. The article recommends inclusion of the voseo in future Spanish textbooks and in class…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Higher Education, Language Usage, Language Variation
Biro, Jan E. – 1991
A study examined the factors shaping English language education within the Japanese public education system and the attitudes of Japanese learners toward the pronunciation of English, first in an overview and then within the context of a case study of an adult Japanese student. The first section discusses the status and instruction of English in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Students
Street, Brian, Ed. – 1993
A collection of essays on cross-cultural aspects of literacy education includes: "Conceptions and Uses of Literacy in a Papua New Guinea Village" (Don Kulick, Christopher Stroud); "Literacy and Feelings: The Encoding of Affect in Nukulaelae Letters" (Niko Besnier); "The Uses of Schooling and Literacy in a Zamfimaniry…
Descriptors: Arabic, Code Switching (Language), Cooperative Learning, Cross Cultural Studies
Magrath, Douglas – 1981
Middle Eastern students face cultural conflicts in adapting to the western value system. While feeling obligated to maintain their native culture they also need to feel comfortable with the culture of their target language. In attempting to identify with a new group, ESL students may sense a loss of membership in their native group. Culture stress…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Administrator Responsibility, Communication Problems, Cultural Traits