ERIC Number: ED267649
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1983
Pages: 55
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TECFORS, A Newsletter for Instructors of Writing and Reading to ESL and Bi-Lingual Adult Students. Volume 6, 1983.
TECFORS, v6 n1-5 Jan-Nov 1983
Numbers 1 through 5 of the 1983 TECFORS newsletter include these articles: "Topic Schemas (LL): In the Classroom" (David A. Ross); "Using Diagrams to Teach Reading Comprehension" (Tia Johnson, Judy Sheetz-Brunetti); "Correcting ESL Compositions" (Nancy Hooper); "A Schema Theory Bibliography" (Ann M. Johns); "Using Simple Diagrams to Teach Composition Skills" (Judy Sheetz-Brunetti, Tia Johnson); "Diagnosing Difficulties of the ESL Reader in the Content-Area Classroom: Psychological and Structural Factors" (Kerry Segel); "'Relevance' and the ESL Writing/Reading Class" (Ann Johns); "Reading Classes for Foreign Students: The Why and the How" (Dennis Cone); "Steps in Learning to Spell: Programs Based on Social Utility" (Thomas D. Horn); "When Asians Write: What to Expect in Grammar" (Mark Picus); "Vocabulary Development--Questions for Research and a Method for Guided Vocabulary Practice" (Ann E. Daubney-Davis); "Academic Writing versus Composition" (Macey Blackburn McKee); and "Meeting Culture Shock Head On" (Michele Molinaire). Number 3 also contains in-depth book reviews on texts for classroom use or professional development. The other numbers include short book reviews and notes on professional activities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Classroom Techniques, Culture Conflict, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Relevance (Education), Research Needs, Second Language Instruction, Spelling, Technical Writing, Vocabulary Development, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Department of English, Attention: Nancy Lee, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004 ($4.00 per year; $7.00, two years).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Houston Univ., TX. Dept. of English.
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