This journal is a monthly publication of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), a nonprofit professional organization of language teachers dedicated to the improvement of language learning and teaching in Japan. JALT's publications and events serve as vehicles for the exchange of new ideas and techniques, and a means of keeping abreast of new developments in a rapidly changing field. Each issue of the journal contains several sections and departments: feature articles; opinions and...
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These 12 journal issues include articles on the following topics: cultural effects on learning and teaching English in Vietnam; a student guide to plagiarism; getting a master's degree in TEST at Temple University Japan; getting organized in Japan; conference reports; a discourse pattern for teaching the reminiscence story; student controlled learning; contagious storytelling; fairy tales and language learning; resources about storytelling; a study of attitudes and apathy in university students...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Biculturalism, Bullying, Computer Assisted Instruction, Culturally Relevant...
This teacher's manual for a preschool second-year program in English as a second language contains daily lesson plans--objectives, activities, exercises, and subject material--for 22 weeks of class. The program is designed for two English instructional periods per day. English should also be used as the medium of instruction in one other subject. The first four weeks are spent in review of the first year's work. The subjectives and subject material for each week's work are listed at the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Educational Objectives, English (Second...
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Prague, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2013). The e-Learning 2013 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within e-Learning. This conference covers both technical as well as the non-technical aspects of e-Learning. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in...
This paper presents the results of a multidimensional analysis to investigate stylistic patterns and their communicative functions in language teaching research articles. The findings were that language teaching research articles contained six stylistic patterns and communicative functions. Pattern I consisted of seven salient positive features (i.e. Present Perfect Aspects, Split Auxiliaries, Type Token Ratio, Possibility Modals, Total Adverbs, Infinitives, and That Relative Clauses on Subject...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Language Styles, Journal Articles, Educational Research, Language Patterns, Second...
Articles are included on such issues as the following: heritage languages; the psychology of language; the Voice of America broadcasts; dual language programs; linguistic autobiography in the language classroom; pronunciation; electronic education; dialects; world languages; bilingual education; language travel; language structure; conceptual metaphor for language learners; language teacher training; medical language; study abroad; misleading test scores in California;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingual Education, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Awareness, Dialects,...
The book and accompanying CD-ROM is designed to assist teachers who want to develop their own materials on the World Wide Web, are interested in integrating interesting Web sites and ideas into their curriculum, or are interested in students' perspectives of the Web. It is also for anyone who wishes to refresh a language or get a feel for a new one or who wants to learn more about Web-based language teaching. The book is divided into three parts and several chapters. Part one,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Chinese, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Technology, English...
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These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal July 15-19, 2014). The e-Learning 2014 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within e-Learning. This conference covered technical as well as the non-technical aspects of e-Learning under seven main...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conference Papers, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in...
This dictionary of collocations was compiled by an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teacher in Saudi Arabia who teaches adult, native speakers of Arabic. The dictionary is practical in teaching English because it helps to focus on everyday events and situations. The dictionary works as follows: the teacher looks up a word, such as "talk"; next to the word is a list of words associated with that word, such as "peace, pep, pillow, shop, trash, heart-to-heart, man-to-man, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Dictionaries, Elementary Secondary Education,...
These eight journals include articles on such topics as the following: adult literacy; incorporating song lyrics and music into the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classroom; using poetry with adult ESL learners; reading "Time" and "Newsweek" in ESL classrooms; teaching intuitively; teacher-created materials; New England English; Internet learning; projects for teachers without access to full language labs; the influence of television; Ebonics; immigrant students; jail...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Bilingualism, Black Dialects, Business English, Computer Uses in...
The 23rd EUROCALL conference was held in Cyprus from the 24th to the 27th of August 2016. The theme of the conference this year was "CALL Communities and Culture." It offered a unique opportunity to hear from real-world CALL practitioners on how they practice CALL in their communities, and how the CALL culture has developed in local and global contexts. Short papers from the conference are presented in this volume: (1) The impact of EFL teachers' mediation in wiki-mediated...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conference Papers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction,...
This two-volume collection of studies attempts to measure and describe the sociolinguistic norms of a Puerto Rican bilingual community. The target population of 43l individuals in a single neighborhood in Jersey City identify with the large Puerto Rican community of the greater New York area. The individual studies, all written to be understood independently, are grouped into background studies and sociologically, psychologically, and linguistically oriented sections. Some interviews and census...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Culture, Bilingualism, Cultural Differences, Diglossia, English (Second...
This textbook for English as a Second Language (ESL) students presents 29 lessons on United States history. The lessons cover the following topics: the New World; two permanent colonies; the 13 colonies; the colonies and England; the Declaration of Independence and the Continental Congresses; Revolutionary War, 1775-1781; Articles of Confederation; Constitutional Convention; U.S. Constitution; first president; beginnings of political parties; review: early America; War of 1812; growth of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Civics, Civil Rights, Civil War (United States), Colonial History (United States),...
Forty papers presented at the Japanese Association for Language Teaching (JALT) conference were selected for inclusion in this volume. JALT is a nonprofit professional organization of language teachers dedicated to the improvement of language learning and teaching in Japan. JALT's publications and events serve as vehicles for the exchange of new ideas and techniques, and a means of keeping abreast of new developments in a rapidly changing field. The theme of this conference was connecting...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second...
The literary anthology is intended for non-native speakers of English, including stories written in regional and social dialects to give readers an appreciation of how images and meaning can be conveyed effectively through non-standard forms of the language. Linguistic and cultural notes are provided to make the language more accessible to readers. Discussion questions follow each story or poem to help orient readers to main themes or issues. Readings are organized thematically, with each...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language), Language...
The two volumes of the journal, jointly produced by the Minnesota and Wisconsin English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers' associations, include these articles: "'Iwareru and Meiwaku': A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and American Communicative Styles" (Masako Saito, James H. Robinson); ""Reading in the Elementary Classroom" (Alice Weickelt); "An Overview of Hmong for ESL Teachers" (Lisa Dettinger, Thom A. Upton); "Reading Lab: From Pleasure Reading...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Traits, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary...
Articles in this special issue include the following: "ICT and Modern Foreign Languages: Learning Opportunities and Training Needs" (Graham Davies); "Authoring, Pedagogy and the Web: Expectations Versus Reality" (Paul Bangs); "Web-based Instructional Environments: Tools and Techniques for Effective Second Language Acquisition" (Esperanza Roman); "From Rooms to Environments: Techno-Short-Sightedness and Language Laboratories" (Pascual Perez); "Web...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education,...
This document consists of five years (1988-1992, 10 issues) of the Singapore-based journal "Guidelines." Issues contain articles on a variety of topics in second language teaching. Topics include classroom language teaching strategies, techniques for teaching specific language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) or knowledge (grammatical forms or structures), commentaries on specific theories or approaches in specific contexts or at particular educational levels, classroom...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Learning, Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques,...
This journal is a monthly publication of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), a nonprofit professional organization of language teachers dedicated to the improvement of language learning and teaching in Japan. JALT's publications and events serve as vehicles for the exchange of new ideas and techniques, and a means of keeping abreast of new developments in a rapidly changing field. Each issue of the journal contains several sections and departments: feature articles; opinions and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary...
Information about the educational systems of Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama that may be helpful to the U.S. college admission officers is presented. Background information about the countries and the current primary, secondary, and postsecondary educational systems are considered. For Brazil, information is presented about quality factors and curricula, and a list of universities and a glossary of educational terms are included....
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Admission, College Students, Comparative Education, Educational Quality,...
This catalog, the seventh in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, was developed to facilitate the exchange of programmatic information among adult education practitioners about projects funded by states under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. This catalog contains 382 project abstracts from 46 states. The abstracts appear in the catalog under 19 subject categories: administration, adults with disabilities, adult basic education, adult performance level/life...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Resources, Correctional...
Discussion of the teaching of English for special purposes (ESP) challenges two assumptions: that ESP (1) is for adults; and (2) should be taught after students have mastered a core of general English skills. Further, it is proposed that it may be more appropriate to teach ESP in upper secondary education. The paper draws on teaching experience in a Malay-medium Brunei secondary school, where students of English as a Second Language (ESL) were not well motivated and did not learn English well...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Articulation (Education), Educational Needs, English for Special Purposes, English...
The manual provides a framework for two days of training in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instructional methods for monolingual special education teachers at the upper elementary level in New York City (New York) schools. The materials help teachers without ESL certification provide mandated ESL services to Limited-English-Proficient (LEP) students in all special education settings. An introductory section outlines the underlying philosophy, approach to instructional programming, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art Activities, Bilingual Education, Caregivers, Classroom Techniques, Elementary...
For the thirty-fifth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the national AECT Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with the practice of instructional technology...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Workplace Learning, Electronic Learning,...
Bilingualism can be used as a teaching aid in teaching and learning English language in an Indian classroom and to improve the language accuracy, fluency, and clarity of learners. Bilingualism can aid the teaching and learning process productively in the classroom. In India, most of the students consider English as a subject rather than a tool of communication. The fear towards English language can be diminished when native and source languages are used comparatively in the classroom. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language...
An exploratory study sought to gain more information about the initial interactions of newly arrived international students on United States campuses--how new international students described their feelings of uncertainty before leaving their home countries and how these uncertainties impacted their interpretations of their initial interactions. Subjects were six international students enrolled full-time at a medium-sized university in the midwestern United States (three from Thailand, two from...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, English (Second Language),...
This manual presents lesson plans for a first year course in spoken English for Navahos, based on one hour of instruction five days a week. A sample lesson is presented for illustration. The instruction outlined for each week is so structured as to provide a maximum number of exposures to a given sound. In view of this, it is suggested that the lesson plans be considered basic, required material that must be presented. The manual concentrates on phonics, cultural enrichment through the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Enrichment, English, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials,...
The 1984 volume of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) newsletter includes articles on language competence and cultural awareness in the United States; interest in English in Peru; employment trends; the case method in adult English as a second language (ESL); evaluating computer assisted instruction; the "sakura" technique; writing and editing instruction; practice teaching; ESL literacy; second language learning theory and writing instruction; part-time...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer...
These issues of "The Language Teacher" examine second language learning issues in Japan, focusing on such topics as the following: language educators and labor law; using videofeedback to nurture self-monitoring skills; learning diaries in learner training; English for special learners; developing listening subskills with trivia; attitude and motivation in language learning; the need for change in English writing instruction in Japan; the role and influence of Japan's university...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Attendance Patterns, College Entrance Examinations, Communicative Competence...
The 1985 volume of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) newsletter includes articles on the role of grammar in language teaching; teaching English in Spanish schools; software for English as a second language (ESL); ESL teacher employment overseas; reading in English for special purposes; ESL techniques for hearing-impaired students; internationalization and standardization of English; learner assessment through surveys; using a grid in beginning reading; language use...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Techniques, Computer Software, Courseware, English (Second Language),...
This book makes a case for the mother tongue as the medium of education for the first 12 years of the child's life. It describes Nigeria's 6-Year Primary Project, which taught experimental groups of students in their native Yoruba in varying degrees for their first 6 school years, beginning in 1970. The book shows how the mother-tongue education program was planned, organized, and implemented. Chapter 1 traces the historical background of mother-tongue education, describing educational policy...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development,...
The article proposes Stern's (1983) framework for classifying issues related to instruction in order to ascertain the relevance of Universal Grammar (UG) in the ESL/EFL classroom. Discussed in this article, particularly as UG pertains to them, are issues related to: (a) L1 transfer; (b) teaching rules and giving error correction versus presenting structures by analogy; and (c) the extent to which the focus should be content rather than language. The article will be of interest especially to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Humanities, English (Second Language), Language Universals, Second Language...
For its 53rd annual meeting, the Association of Educators and Researchers met in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Marriott Charlotte City Center. This year's conference theme was "Building Literacy Communities", which was also used as the title for this year's Yearbook, Volume 32. This organization has long been the home of some of the nation's most notable literacy experts. At the North Carolina conference, these literacy professionals once again engaged individuals in dialogue of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Literacy Education, Influence of Technology, Reading Comprehension, Reading...
This volume contains papers submitted to the 11th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 May 2013, and papers submitted to the 1st International Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation," Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The 11th BCES Conference theme is "Education in One World: Perspectives from Different Nations." The Distance Partner Conference...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Comparative Education, Global Approach,...
The Competency Based Bilingual/Bicultural Project at Eastern District High School in New York City is an integrated bilingual demonstration project designed to develop English and native language skills as well as instill positive self concepts among high school students with Spanish-speaking backgrounds. In 1980-1981, the program provided instruction in English as a second language, reading, native language arts, bilingual instruction in content areas, and vocational/career guidance. This...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Demonstration...
This catalog, the sixth in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, is designed to keep practitioners in the field of adult education informed about projects funded by states under section 310 of the Adult Education Act. Included in the catalog are descriptions of a total of 243 projects focusing on the following program areas: adult basic education, administration, adult performance level and life skills, counseling, community linkage, corrections education,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Correctional Education,...
Written for, by, and about adult students, this issue includes a series of articles dealing with building self-confidence. Following a discussion of the importance of self-confidence, suggestions are provided for increasing one's self-esteem. Presented next are the stories of how various individuals and a Vietnamese refugee family are building and maintaining feelings of self-confidence. Also discussed are facts behind General Equivalency Development (GED) programs, labor and industry...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Programs,...
This implementation guide is intended to support the Grade 4 to Grade 6 portion of the German Language and Culture Nine-year Program (the program of studies). It was developed primarily for teachers, yet it includes information that may be useful for administrators and other stakeholders in their efforts to plan for and implement the new Chinese program of studies. The program of studies provides a discussion of the value of learning a second language and lays out learning outcomes for each...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Outcomes of Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Second Language Learning, Second...
Some believe that a learner must acquire the ability to produce and recognize all speech sounds used by the speaker of the target language while others think that if the goal is communication it is not necessary to teach all phonemic aspects. In fact in teaching (especially the phonology of) a language, the learners' objectives are to be taken into account. If their goal in the long run is either to teach the language or to use it in radio news broadcasts, they should learn pronunciation...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second...
The main objective of the "What's the Buzz?" newsletter project was to meet the professional development needs of adult basic and literacy educators in Pennsylvania, including teachers, tutors, counselors, and administrators. The project prepared and disseminated monthly, 10 issues of a 12-14 page newsletter. It was mailed to more than 4,200 adult educators in Pennsylvania and over 300 in other states. The newsletters included information from a variety of sources, including the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult...
The 1997 issues of "JALT Journal" include the following articles: "Influence of Learning Context on Learners' Use of Communication Strategies"; "The Eiken Test: An Investigation"; "Assessing EFL Student Progress in Critical Thinking with the Ennis-Weir Critical Thinking Essay Test"; "Contrastive Rhetoric in Letter Writing"; "Japanese EFL Learners' Test-Type Related Interlanguage Variability"; "Codeswitching in EFL Learner...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Advertising, Code Switching (Language), Contrastive Linguistics, Critical Thinking,...
The present study aimed at investigating learners' beliefs about different learning activities and the degree of discrepancy between learners' preferences and instructors' awareness of those preferences in foreign language learning. The study involved 603 EFL students majoring in different fields who responded to a questionnaire on their preferred activities in the "General English" course. In addition, 27 instructors who taught the "General English" course were asked about...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Class Activities, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Learning Activities,...
This document consists of the three issues of the serial "VOX" published in 1989-1991. Major articles in these issues include: "The Original Languages of Australia"; "UNESCO and Universal Literacy"; "Language Shift and Maintenance in Torres Strait"; "Maintaining and Developing Italian in Australia"; "Literature and Language Learning"; "The Interview Test of English as a Second Language"; "Trends and Factors in Language...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Asian Studies, Bilingual Education, Certification, Communicative Competence...
A project of the State College Area School District (Pennsylvania) to increase the self-confidence and independence of limited-English-proficient adult students is reported. Students learned to ask questions for information, give directions, read maps and bus schedules, and plan trips using local resources and a Pennsylvania state visitor's guide. The program has been found helpful in increasing student confidence in English, improving knowledge of the community and state, and easing the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Acculturation, Adult Basic Education, English (Second Language), Geography, Limited...
This document contains the 2000-2001 issues of the "NABE News," a magazine about bilingual education. The theme of each issue is: (1) "Back to School: Anti-Bilingual Ballot Initiatives To Affect Thousands of LEP Students"; (2) "Serving Emerging Populations: School Districts Re-Tool To Respond to New Students' Needs"; (3) "NABE Celebrates 25 Years of Service to Bilingual Education"; (4) "Promoting Biliteracy: Recent Research Supports the Benefits of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary...
The author discusses three recently established organizations now taking an interest in bilingual education: ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages); ATESL (Association of Teachers of English as a Second Language, part of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs); and TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages). A paramount purpose of an educational system is to make it possible for its graduates to take a place in society, which presupposes...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Language Role,...
This is an informative listing for educators, librarians, and others interested in materials for bilingual multicultural education. There are two main sections, annotations and analyses. Annotated entries are arranged under the following headings: (1) assessment and evaluation; (2) bibliographies; (3) classroom resources; (4) English as a second language; (5) informational resources; (6) mathematics; (7) professional readings and resources - teacher education; (8) science and health; (9) social...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indian Languages, Annotated Bibliographies, Biculturalism, Bilingual...
The four 1986 issues of the journal on suggestive and accelerative learning and teaching (SALT) include articles on these topics: SALT components in English composition instruction; music therapy for moderately retarded students; the brain and accelerated learning; accelerated learning and self-concept; remedial reading; versions of the concert session in suggestopedic instruction used in three countries; SALT and structural analysis in vocabulary instruction; SALT methods and English grammar...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Acceleration (Education), Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Developmental...
Originally presented at the second annual Whole Language Umbrella Conference, the 18 essays in this book address the three related themes of identity, responsibility, and practice. The essays in the book discuss how whole language is defined, and how its practitioners come to define themselves; how whole language teachers act upon their identities through being informed, responsive, and accountable; and how identity and responsibility work together to inform daily practice in the classroom....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Literacy, Multicultural Education,...
