These tips from the classroom showcase a variety of oral communication and performance activities that invite both teachers and students to explore the power and pleasure of using creative, kinesthetic strategies. (Author/VWL)

Describes how Operation Provide Refuge welcomed many Albanian Kosovar refugees to the United States. Explains how English-as-a-Second-Language Teachers can fulfill an important role as both language teachers and cultural brokers. A list of recommended readings and World Wide Web sites is included. (Author/VWL)

Highlights methods of teaching grammar that have been adapted for computer-assisted language learning. (Author/VWL)

Suggests that because the new methodological emphasis in intermediate-level foreign-0language courses has shifted from translation-based learning, which utilized literary texts extensively, to communication-based learning, literature has been overlooked as a viable tool of instruction. Argues that this shift does not allow students to develop an…

Investigated the effects of language background on success in the learning of Chinese characters by first-year college students of Chinese. An instrument consisting of a character-recognition task and a production task was employed. Eighty-five bilingual speakers of English and Chinese and 60 nonheritage learners from seven institutions…

Investigates the effect teachers trained with American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages oral proficiency interview-type training has on student performance, instructional methods, and classroom materials in the secondary foreign-language classroom. Results of teacher interviews and questionnaires supported the hypothesis that trained…

Critically reviews the sixth curriculum of the middle and high school syllabus in Korea, analyzes syllabus categories and sample sentences of the categories, identifies problems with the syllabus, and suggests reform measures for future syllabus design. (Author/VWL)

Discusses an effective model for improving the English listening comprehension of Korean college students. To achieve this, the focus of the experimental model is on three kinds of listening experience: pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening. (Author/VWL)

Examines grammaticality judgments on dative constructions among Korean, Japanese, and Chinese learners of English by replicating Ellis (1991). Focus is on predicting the learners' judgments on the grounds of lexical functional grammar (LFG). Examines six predictions derived mainly from LFG. (Author/VWL)

Investigates beliefs held by Korean college students majoring in tourism English about learning foreign languages, particularly English, and suggests desirable directions that English instruction may take. The student questionnaire is appended. (Author/VWL)

Describes an a second-language-learning activity called "Speak Out" that students have used successfully to achieve fluency in the English-as-a-Second-Language classroom. "Speak Out" is a 30-minute speaking activity that works well in an integrative skill program. The objective is to improve students' fluency through…

Describes portfolio development as it is carried out in one English-as-a-Second-Language classroom. This includes essays required in the complete portfolios, rationale for each essay, and arrangement of essays within the portfolio. Shows the process by which students develop their portfolios, including outline, rough draft, peer comments, and…

The Voice of America English broadcasts have become a very convenient and accessible resource for Chinese students to learn English in China. Discusses one third-year listening course for English majors where VOA news items have been used and have proved very effective in developing students' listening skills. (Author/VWL)

Discusses strategies that can be used in the classroom for developing critical awareness while reading. Describes strategies that can be used at the pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading stages, with a focus on both language and content. (Author/VWL)

Describes two activities that were used to train Chinese teachers of English participating in the college English teacher-training program at Nanjing University: A scavenger hunt and production of a yearbook. Teachers in language schools or training programs can adapt both activities to fit their particular contexts.(Author/VWL)