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Download full textNORDSCI, 2018
This volume includes two sections of the 2018 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; and (2) Language and Linguistics. Education and Educational Research includes 22 papers relating to scientific topics in the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy of education,…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Career Readiness
Blinderman, Abraham – Teachers Coll Rec, 1969
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grammar, Textbook Content, Textbook Preparation
Peer reviewedJohns, Ann M. – Journal of Business Communication, 1981
Discusses the problem of finding appropriate communication and grammar texts for English-as-a-second-language (ESL) business students. Notes that texts do exist; however, more needs to be done before English characteristics of business can be adequately presented to ESL students. Provides lists of available texts. (PD)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Students, Business Communication, Business Correspondence
Benevento, Jacqueline – 1984
This paper discusses criteria for evaluating foreign language textbooks. First, common textbook dislikes, concerning both content and format, are outlined. Then three desirable characteristics--authenticity, communication, and integration--are discussed at length, divided into subcriteria, and arranged as a rating scale for textbook evaluation.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Dialogs (Language), Evaluation Criteria, Grammar
Wood, William H. – 1980
An examination of current textbooks for freshman English composition courses reveals that authors, editors, and publishers continue to perpetuate outmoded techniques which frustrate, rather than enhance, student writing ability. Most notable of these techniques is the unnecessary emphasis placed on complicated rules of grammar. Such an emphasis…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Grammar, Introductory Courses
Smith, Michael Sharwood – 1976
Pedagogical grammar is the presentation of grammatical information for teaching purposes. Two important distinctions are relevant here: reference books versus teaching grammars programmed into a course, and generalized versus specialized grammars, (depending on the extent to which they have been designed to meet specific teaching/learning…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Course Organization
