Recently, culture has taken an important role in language education. In this view, creating a global cultural consciousness among second language (L2) students can help bridge the gap between linguistic ability and functional intercultural communication. This paper, which makes reference to Japanese adult EFL learners, justifies the body of…

TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) students are usually people who are in the process of assimilating a new language and culture and therefore require more than a superficial knowledge of the language. Adults learning English as a second language might be taught by a language experience approach. Building upon the learners' experiences…

Through a survey conducted in Michigan, this study attempted to provide information concerning the organization of and classroom practices in adult education programs in English for speakers of other languages. Administrators were queried via a mailed questionnaire about organizational aspects of their programs, and teachers were asked to provide…

The purpose of this paper was to examine teachers' beliefs and enactments in fostering independent functioning in English in an adult English as a Second Language program (Trailer Park ESL). The students who participated in the Trailer Park ESL program were native speakers of Spanish from Mexico, worked construction jobs in north Florida, spoke…

A resource center of folios, supplies, charts, and a file cabinet has proved its value to a group of four teachers using Situational Reinforcement Methods to teach adult English as a second language. Through each teacher's contributions to the center, stimulus and variety are provided while meeting immediate student needs. (AG)

This coordinator's report and training manual are materials from a teacher training project for teachers of English to adult speakers of other languages in state-funded adult education programs in central New Jersey. The 14-page report is a personal narrative with no supporting documentation. It covers objectives, the project's educational…

Written for use with the REEP (Refugee Education and Employment Program) Curriculum, this curriculum guideline makes modifications and includes additions to make the REEP curriculum suitable for use in any non-intensive English as a Second Language (ESL) program. (The REEP Curriculum is intended for use in an intensive five-day per week program; a…

This short guide examines three types of syllabi that can be used in helping adult English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students develop functional communication skills--grammatical, topical, and functional syllabi. Examples of the types of vocabulary that would be introduced in each curriculum are provided, and the main approaches that would be…

This guide is intended to assist English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) adult educators in knowing which of the available literacy resources are particularly useful and why. It is divided into three sections. Section 1 focuses on initial considerations for ESL instruction, offers some literacy perspectives for ESL, overviews the ESL literacy problem,…

This manual is intended to be a survival guide for newly assigned teachers who have had little or no preservice training in teaching English as a second language (ESL) and who do not have access to such training prior to being assigned. The manual contains a set of beginning and intermediate lessons that can be used for the first 20 to 30 hours of…

The document describes a project designed to help the Asian adult bridge the language and cultural gap through a two-pronged approach to the problem: the development of curriculum materials designed to deal with the specific phonological and structural problems of the Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Korean students; and the sponsorship of…

This document is an anthology containing 33 articles originally published in the Boston Adult Literacy Initiative's newsletter, "All Write News" during the past 10 years. The articles were chosen to deal with a wide variety of topics, to balance theory and practice, to include materials from all the years, and to include articles that have not…

Based on a study by the Institute of Study for Older Adults of the language needs, program models, and learning dynamics of older adults lacking English skills, this manual provides guidelines for establishing language courses for older adults. After definitions of common terms and concepts are provided, Section I describes the literacy needs,…

The Center for English Language Research and Teaching (CELRT) at the American University of Beirut, with the cooperation of the Ford Foundation, held a conference with the purpose of attracting attention to the various English language training needs and opportunities outside of the normal system of school instruction. David Nize argues in his…