Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ679382
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Publication Date: 2004
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Adult ESL in Higher Education: Balancing Academic Learning, Speech Science and English Language Arts.
Buttaro, Lucia
Perspectives: The New York Journal of Adult Learning, v2 n1 p4-17 2003-2004
Replicating earlier studies, 66 English as a second language speech students at a community college undertook content-based second language learning in psychology, sociology, and history. End-of-semester assessments showed they had improved second-language confidence and learned academic subject matter; most agreed sheltered courses were a useful method. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Anxiety, Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Speech Curriculum, Two Year Colleges
New York Association for Continuing/Community Education, 1320 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210; http://www.nyacce.org/index.html.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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