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Huang, Ling-Ying – English Language Teaching, 2014
This project explores the understanding of early year's teachers regarding whole language approach and its implementation. A total of 200 questionnaires were delivered to teachers at nurseries and kindergartens in an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) context. 169 questionnaires were completed and analysed. The findings shows that an overwhelming…
Descriptors: Whole Language Approach, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Early Childhood Education
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Wang, Pei-ling – English Language Teaching, 2011
The purposes of this study are: (1) to investigate students' perceptions of computer-assisted whole language instruction; (2) to examine the effectiveness of whole language instruction on students' reading improvement; and (3) to determine the difference between basic-level and advanced-level students' improvement in reading skills. A total of 212…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Lo, Yi-Hsuan Gloria – 1996
The purpose of this study is to identify the issues, concerns, and challenges that will arise if whole language is applied to teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in high school in Taiwan. Research questions include the following: (1) What are the issues, concerns, and challenges if whole language is applied to teaching English in…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Chen, Dar-Wu – 2000
English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) student writers are often labeled as having poor language proficiency skills, poor writing skills, and poor organizational skills. These labels can negatively affect teachers and students. They have become yardsticks for guiding teachers' instruction and measuring students' performance. Often, ESL writing…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Lo, Yi-Hsuan Gloria – 2000
This paper explores the whole language approach to teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in the context of gender issues. More specifically, this study is focused on teaching ESL to university freshman in Taiwan. The whole language approach is used for two reasons: language can best be learned when it kept as a whole--especially with…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Li, Li-Te – 1996
It is proposed that English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) instruction can go beyond learning driven by structures and tests and address universal human needs through an orientation toward meaning and discussion. Application of the concepts of the Whole Language Approach to EFL instruction is explored, drawing on experience with junior college…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Attitudes
Luke, Christopher, Ed. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 2001
This collection of papers includes: "Language Learning Motivation: The Student, the Teacher, and the Researcher" (Robert C. Gardner); "The Self-Reported Perspectives Regarding Academic Writing among Taiwanese Graduate Students Specializing in TEFL" (Robert Johanson); "Contradictions, Appropriation, and Transformation: An…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Computer Uses in Education, Consonants, Constructivism (Learning)
English Teaching & Learning, 2003
These four issues contain the following articles: "A Case Documentation of English Instruction at the Elementary School Level: The Cross-Cultural Impact of Native Speaker Teachers" (Hsien-Chin Liou) [written in Chinese]; "A Collaborative Tale with Two Taiwanese EFL College Groups" (Feng-Ming Chi); "A Developmental Study on…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Development, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Differences
National-Louis Univ., Evanston, IL. – 1995
This document contains 33 papers from a conference on research in adult, continuing, and community education. Representative papers include the following: "Highlander Folk School: A Commune Based on Intellectual Property" (Keith B. Armstrong, Donna J. Martin); "Women, Welfare and Mandated Education: An Analysis of Single Mothers'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy