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Yeung, Alexander Seeshing – 1997
Two experiments were conducted to examine the effects of cognitive load management using vocabulary definitions in reading passages for readers of English as a second language (ESL) with different levels of expertise who were attending school in Hong Kong. Experiment 1 found that vocabulary definitions integrated within a passage (integrated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Grade 8
Download full textIto, Tae; Bauman, John – 1995
A study investigated the rate of vocabulary acquisition in English-Japanese word pairs among college-age Japanese learners in a classroom situation. Subjects were 41 students in an intensive program of English for academic purposes. Three groups of students were given word pair lists of different lengths, and guided in studying them over a period…
Descriptors: College Students, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
2003
This guide seeks to provide school administrators with specific information concerning the implementation of an effective school reading program. Information in the guide is intended to provide support for local school administrators, as they work with school staff in establishing cohesive and coordinated reading instructional programs for…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy
Lamb, Sandy; Lamb, Jay – 2002
This lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that both individual families and whole cultures learn about their pasts by collecting and analyzing stories and artifacts; and that not all archeological finds readily reveal their history to archeologists. The main activity in the lesson involves students in making an oral…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Family History, Language Arts
Lemberger, Beth – 2002
Based on Sun Tzu's book "The Art of War," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that the book has become required reading in military curricula as well as business, economics, and political science classes, and that many cultures rely on ancient texts and ideas for advice and guidance. The main activity in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Business, Class Activities
Discovery Communications, Inc., Bethesda, MD. – 2002
Based on cowboy poetry and songs, this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that Old West cowboys produced a category of literature, people still write cowboy poetry, and cowboy poetry or songs have certain characteristics. The main activity in the lesson involves students in analyzing a classic of cowboy literature…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts, Lesson Plans
Donley, Nancy R. – 2002
Based on Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that identifying and thinking about a key quotation or symbol in a novel can help a reader extract greater meaning from the work; and that a paper analyzing literature should follow a logical organization. The…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Imagery, Language Arts
Discovery Communications, Inc., Bethesda, MD. – 2002
Based on Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that some fictional literary characters become so famous that they enter popular culture in other forms (movies, games, toys); and that working on a product such as a game often demands collaborative effort. The main activity of the…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Educational Games
Soderquist, Alisa – 2002
This lesson plan presents activities designed to enrich students' understanding of a literary work through careful reading and analysis of selected key scenes; to have students recognize how arts media can be integrated into literature studies; to acquaint students with masterpieces of world art; and to reinforce learning through the use of…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Expression, Class Activities
Rooks, Kirsten; McLean, Mary – 2002
Based on Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travels," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that Swift comments on undesirable outcomes of advances in science; and other authors have also warned against abuse of science. The main activity of the lesson involves students developing a poster illustrating views of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts, Lesson Plans
Rooks, Kirsten W. – 2002
Based on Ken Kesey's novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that all works of art lend themselves to critical reviews; critical reviews consist of opinions and support for the opinions; and a critical review may compare and contrast a work in one medium to the same work in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Viewing, English Instruction, Film Criticism
Carangelo, Audrey – 2002
Based on "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," this lesson plan presents activities in which students work collaboratively to evaluate four stages in the life of Malcolm X, each corresponding to a different name he used; consider how each name Malcolm X used reflected that period in his life; and draw conclusions in a written essay about how his life…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts
Croft, Cedric – 2003
This booklet is the Teacher's Manual for "Spell-Write" (Revised), a text to aid students in New Zealand in writing, spelling, and word study programs. "Spell-Write" (Revised) will be used predominantly in Years 4-7 classrooms. The overriding principle which has been retained in this revised edition is that of…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Meehan, Merrill L. – 1999
The Monongalia County (West Virginia) Even Start Program is a comprehensive, rural, home-based family literacy program that provides families with adult literacy education, parenting education, and early childhood education. Although all Even Start programs conduct some home visits, the Monongalia County program is unique in that home visits are…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Limited English Speaking, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Pang, Elizabeth S.; Kamil, Michael L. – Mid Atlantic Lab for Student Success, 2004
Demographic trends indicate that in the 21st century, second-language issues in early literacy development will remain a pressing concern. According to the 1990 U.S. census, over 6.3 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 spoke a language other than English at home (Crawford, 2001). This number has grown to over 9.7 million as estimated…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Teacher Education, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
