Addresses issues relating to performance-based learning and serves as a guide to the process of developing a performance task. (Author/VWL)

Presents an action research project and analyzes the problem of enabling students to become competent readers in light of the new Israeli English-as-a-foreign-language curriculum. Describes a process that shows how students who lack reading comprehension skills cannot access information in a written text. (Author/VWL)

Discusses the use of portfolios for assessing second language learning. Focuses on different kinds of portfolios, criteria for evaluating a portfolio, and portfolios as a motivating tool. (Author/VWL)

Applied principles presented in several publications aimed at providing a link between research and teaching and making research findings accessible to teachers of Israel's New Curriculum and consolidated the findings into ten principles that appear to be most comprehensive. (Author/VWL)

With the implementation of Israel's New Curriculum in English, English teachers are considering the type of assignments that help students transition from isolated skills to communicative ability. Suggests that assignments dealing with relationships are a good starting point. (Author/VWL)

Discusses how each of the four domains of Israel's New English Curriculum takes on additional definitions in the age of the Internet. Provides Internet addresses for both new and experienced Internet users. (Author/VWL)

Reports five studies that provide initial insight into the black box of classroom testing. The studies investigate various aspects of perceptions and practices of assessment in the language classroom. (Author/VWL)

Examines 10 upcoming developments in information and communication technology (ICT) and looks at what impact these developments will have on the field of English language teaching. (Author/VWL)

Discusses the definition and classification of second language learning strategies, the range of strategies used among second language learners, the importance of learning strategies, and learner strategy training. (Author/VWL)

Discusses a study that examined how mechanical reading difficulties or problems with decoding can adversely effect reading comprehension. Provides pedagogical implications to consider when implementing a remedial program. Gives examples of phonological awareness tasks and implicit and explicit phonetics, and makes suggestions for reading rate…

Discusses the Haifa (Israel) District Inspectorate's testing of fifth graders to identify at-risk pupils and give them remediation before they enter junior high school. Describes the framework for the remedial sessions. (Author/VWL)

Highlights the learner test-writing process, in which pupils write their own tests. The process consists of a number of steps, including reviewing the material learned, writing the questions, taking the test, and going over the graded test. (Author/VWL)

Discusses alternative assessment in light of the New English Curriculum, considers why teachers and students in Israel may be reluctant to use alternative assessment, and provides a summary of different types of alternative assessment used at an Israeli high school. (Author/VWL)

To find out whether her students really read all the books in their extensive reading files, one English-as-a-foreign-language teacher in Israel developed a questionnaire that examined how much the students read, whether the reading file should remain as it is, and whether students enjoyed preparing the reading files. Overall, the results were…

Describes a whole language learning unit based on group investigation. The task is an authentic task and includes a problem that requires solving as well as step-by-step guidelines for collecting, organizing, and presenting data. The sample unit is developed around the topic of animals. (Author/VWL)