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Sofia Jusslin; Lotta Kaarla; Kaisa Korpinen; Niina Lilja – Modern Language Journal, 2024
There are calls for developing ways to teach language that can inspire and motivate students to study additional languages. While previous research has pointed toward benefits of arts-based activities in language learning, combining language and dance has mainly been studied with younger language learners. Contextualized within the course…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Intersectionality, Second Language Instruction, Swedish
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Moore, Sarah Catherine K. – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2016
In this webinar, Dr. Sarah Catherine K. Moore, Program Director at the Center for Applied Linguistics, outlined factors for content area teachers to consider as they design and deliver lessons for mainstream classrooms that include English learner (EL) students. This Q&A addressed the questions participants had for Dr. Moore following the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, English Language Learners, Lesson Plans, Best Practices
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Prague, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2013). The e-Learning 2013 conference aims to…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education
Baptista Nunes, Miguel, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal July 15-19, 2014). The e-Learning 2014 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Herrera, Socorro G.; Kavimandan, Shabina K.; Holmes, Melissa A. – Teachers College Press, 2011
In her new book, nationally known professional development consultant and literacy expert Socorro Herrera is joined by two colleagues to provide a framework for academic vocabulary and language instruction in today's diverse classrooms. The authors present a set of strategies and tools that work effectively across all content to support enhanced…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Adult Education, Teaching Methods, Language Skills
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
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Wilson, Gemma; Nash, Marysia; Earl, Gill – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2010
Language difficulties persist in a proportion of young people first identified in their early school years (Bishop and Adams, 1990; Stothard et al., 1998), and speech and language therapy (SLT) within secondary education is a developing area of expertise. This article briefly describes the rationale for collaboration between teachers and SLT…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Learning Problems, Teacher Characteristics, Language of Instruction
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LeBlanc, J. Clarence; Besnard, Christine – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1996
Focuses on the effect of using a second language in the classroom and the series of mental situations created in the listener in this environment. The second entry in this section discusses what is required in a student who listens to the news in a foreign language on a daily basis as presented by Radio Canada. (CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Radio, Foreign Countries, French
Schmitt, Norbert; Schmitt, Diane Rae – Thai TESOL Bulletin, 1993
This article discusses second language vocabulary learning strategies and includes an analysis and classification of possible strategies and the report of a study conducted among second language learners in Japan. Research on vocabulary learning strategies is synthesized into two lists of strategies: 14 methods for initial learning of a new word's…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grammar
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Chalmers, Lynne – LD Forum, 1995
Students with learning disabilities may gain from use of "flip-flop" study guides to gain key vocabulary and concepts. Rather than providing definitions for terms, the student provides terms for definitions and concepts in the study guide. Such guides allow the teacher to focus on particular concepts and provide repetition of information for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
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Turner, G. – Educational Review, 1983
Seventy-nine first-year and 85 third-year students were tested on the meanings of French words from vocabulary lists. Twenty percent were then taught memory-improvement strategies, 20 percent were taught strategies and given guided practice, and 20 percent learned the lists without aids. The strategies significantly improved the performance of…
Descriptors: French, Memory, Mnemonics, Paired Associate Learning
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Johnson, Dale D.; von Hoff Johnson, Bonnie – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes 10 categories of inferences and proposes a three-step procedure for teaching students to make inferences while reading. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Inferences, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning
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Kaplan, Elaine M.; Tuchman, Anita – Journal of Reading, 1980
Describes five strategies that foster independent learning of content area vocabulary. (MKM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
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Carr, Eileen; Wixson, Karen K. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Proposes four guidelines to help educators evaluate vocabulary instruction: (1) instruction should help students relate new vocabulary to their background knowledge, (2) instruction should help students develop elaborated word knowledge, (3) instruction should provide for active student involvement, and (4) instruction should develop students'…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Independent Study, Learning Strategies
Wingo, Rosetta F. – Business Education World, 1977
A study conducted to determine whether second-year typewriting students could learn intentionally and incidentally the meanings of technical business terms through the typing of specially written paragraphs in which the terms were defined within the context demonstrated the effectiveness of this procedure. (TA)
Descriptors: Business Skills, Educational Research, Incidental Learning, Intentional Learning
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