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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Reber, Elisabeth – ELT Journal, 2011
In line with a communicative curriculum for English, it is claimed that communicative competence involves knowledge about when and how to display affectivity in talk-in-interaction. Typically, interjections have been described as a lexical means for expressions of emotion. A survey of textbooks canonical of EFL at German elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Textbooks, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
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Marshall, Helaine W.; DeCapua, Andrea – ELT Journal, 2010
The Newcomer Booklet has become a popular classroom activity among ESL teachers at many different levels and with many types of learners. In this article, we explore why this is the case and why this type of project works so well for a particular population of English language learners, those with limited or interrupted formal schooling. We…
Descriptors: Models, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Immigrants
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Lee, Icy – ELT Journal, 2009
Research on teachers' beliefs has demonstrated that beliefs have an important impact on teachers' practice. In teacher feedback research, however, not much is known about teachers' beliefs and the extent to which they influence practice. This article reports on the findings from a study that investigated teachers' beliefs and practice in written…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Teacher Surveys