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Self-Directed Teams as an Enrichment Strategy for Nonnative Speakers
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Jameson, Daphne A. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2007
Business communication courses often include a mix of students who are native speakers of the language of instruction and those who are not. When native speakers form a majority, it is hard to meet the special needs of the nonnative speakers. If a course's purpose is to cover strategic aspects of communication, it seems inappropriate to spend…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Business Communication, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
European Expert Meeting on the Forms of Autodidactic Learning (Paris, France, October 16-19, 1979). Final Report and Recommendations.
Jankovic, Vojislav; And Others – 1980
This report has two sections: an account of the meeting on autodidaxy, or self-directed learning; and a collection of studies and papers on the subject. The first part considers the following: (1) the conceptual domain of autodidaxy; (2) the constitutive elements of autodidaxy, and the plurality of definitions attached to it; (3) aspects of…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Research, Independent Study, Instructional Materials
Extending S.D.L. in an Engineering College: Experiment Year Two.
Moulden, H. – 1980
The results of a second year of experimentation in self-directed learning (SDL) of English for Special Purposes are presented. The experiment was carried out with a group of 13 intermediate level students at the "Ecole des Mines" in Nancy, France. Changes in the original strategy are described. In addition to communication exercises directed by a…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, English for Special Purposes, Higher Education, Independent Study