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Direct linkStoskopf, Alan; Bermudez, Angela – Journal of Peace Education, 2017
In this paper we examine how the Abolition Movement's approach to non-violent resistance has been silenced in four American history textbooks. Despite extensive research that reveals an extensive network of groups dedicated to the peaceful abolishment of slavery little of this historical record is included in the textbooks. Instead, a skewed…
Descriptors: United States History, Peace, Teaching Methods, Activism
Download full textMehrseresht, Kowsar; Gowhary, Habib; Azizifar, Akbar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This study compared the relationship between the use of Persian vs. English in teaching English grammar to Iranian students and their achievement in learning English grammar. The participants of this study include 50 female students from a junior high school in Mehran. The researcher randomly selected 2 groups, one group was taught through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage
Zu, Lin; Kong, Zheqiong – English Language Teaching, 2009
Language is embedded in society and culture, and for that matter, learning a foreign language involves learning its culture. This paper is concerned with the inseparability of culture and language in foreign language teaching, arguing that culture introduction is an effective way to promote students' cultural awareness and language proficiency.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedWherritt, Irene M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1981
Suggests criteria and strategies for an efficient use of textbook grammar presentations to give students a useful and native-like language. Shows how text deficiencies can be remedied through rearrangement and deletion of grammatical points and emphasizes the need for reentering useful, high frequency items in new contexts throughout the course.…
Descriptors: Grammar, Instructional Design, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Materials
Dimopoulos, Kostas; Koulaidis, Vasilis; Sklaveniti, Spyridoula – Research in Science Education, 2005
This study aims at presenting a grid for analysing the way the language employed in Greek school science textbooks tends to project pedagogic messages. These messages are analysed for the different school science subjects (i.e., Physics, Chemistry, Biology) and educational levels (i.e., primary and lower secondary level). The analysis is made…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Science Education, Sociolinguistics, Physics
Peer reviewedBorkin, Ann; Reinhart, Susan M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1978
Generalizations were formulated about the appropriate use of "excuse me" and "I'm sorry" and were used to explain the inappropriate use of these expressions by nonnative speakers. The use of these expressions in English as a second language texts is reviewed and suggestions for teaching are offered. (SW)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedKidd, Richard – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1996
Clarifies the teaching of academic language functions (ALFs) at the secondary level. It is recommended that teaching should emphasize concepts underlyng ALFs, the forms for realizing them, and their names. Some pedagogic implications of the microfunction-macrofunction difference are outlined, and suggestions are given for teaching each type. (25…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Madsen, Harold S.; Bowen, J. Donald – 1978
The need to adapt or modify the use of given textbooks and other language teaching materials to fit the requirements of particular learning situations, and even particular students, is widely recognized. This volume presents a systematic approach to adaptation useful for methods courses as well as for the experienced teacher or curriculum planner.…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedField, Yvette – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Examines the use of cohesive conjunctions by student writers in Hong Kong to ascertain how it differs from native speaker use, to gauge the extent to which teaching, textbooks and transfer are influential, and to analyze the extent of misuse and unnecessary use. The article makes suggestions for teaching implications and further research. (18…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students, Comparative Analysis
Simons, Herbert D.; Ammon, Paul R. – 1987
To weigh the negative effects of "primerese" against its supposedly improved readability, a study compared the reading of controlled basal stories with that of the same stories minimally rewritten into more natural language. Participants were 64 white, lower middle class first grade students selected from five classrooms (all with basal…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
