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Download full textStraubhaar, Rolf – Berkeley Review of Education, 2021
Ideologies regarding what is "good" teaching undergird common teaching practices and pedagogical decisions, which may support and/or run counter to the broader policy environment in which they occur (Gibson, 1998). Drawing from a six-month ethnography of 10th-grade newcomer students from Mexico and their teachers in a Central Texas…
Descriptors: Accountability, Language of Instruction, Teaching Methods, Ethnography
Direct linkApaloo, Marie; Cardoso, Walcir – Language Awareness, 2022
Possessive determiners (PDs) "his" and "her" are challenging for L2 learners to acquire, and this difficulty has been attributed to several factors, including negative L1 transfer effects (White et al., 2007). What researchers have not yet considered is how PDs are acquired by learners whose L1 predicts positive transfer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Portuguese, Dialects, Second Language Learning
Dias, Joseph V. – Research-publishing.net, 2014
Intercultural simulations, such as Barnga (Thiagarajan & Steinwachs, 1990), along with the use of critical incidents (Gibson, 2002; Gropper, 1996), have long been a mainstay of intercultural communication courses and have found their way into English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms (Apedaile &…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication
Shahnazari-Dorcheh, Mohammadtaghi; Roshan, Saeed – English Language Teaching, 2012
Due to the lack of span test for the use in language-specific and cross-language studies, this study provides L1 and L2 researchers with a reliable language-independent span test (math span test) for the measurement of working memory capacity. It also describes the development, validation, and scoring method of this test. This test included 70…
Descriptors: Language Research, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Scoring
Paredes, Elsie Elena – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe how Colombian adult English language learners (ELL) select and use language learning strategies (LLS). This study used Oxford's (1990a) taxonomy for LLS as its theoretical framework. Semi-structured interviews and a focus group interview, were conducted, transcribed, and analyzed for 12…
Descriptors: Semantics, Focus Groups, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language)
Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Alexandria. – 2000
These proceedings consist of 66 conference papers on these themes: changing nature of work; emerging technologies; internationalization of vocational education and training (VET); enterprise and educational innovation; flexible delivery approaches; and research and technology and using technology in research. The papers are "Training Needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Kashiwagi, Akiko – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation investigates processing of English and Japanese relative clause (RC) sentences by native speakers and second/foreign language (L2) learners. Particularly, the relationship between the sentence processing and individual differences in working memory (WM) capacity was examined. The main question addressed in this study is whether…
Descriptors: Sentences, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Japanese
Pack, Alice E., Ed. – 1971
This issue contains the following articles: "Behaviorist and Rationalist Psychology and Language Teaching Theory," by William Gallagher; "TESL and Speech Communication," by Kay M. Yamada; "More on Using a Telephone Directory to Teach English as a Second language," by Betty M. Crethar; and "Supplementation of Opposites in Simple Predicate…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Behavioral Science Research, Diagrams, Educational Psychology
Tatsuki, Donna, Ed. – JALT Journal, 2003
This collection of papers includes the following: "Learner Characteristics of Early Starters and Late Starters of English Language Learning: Anxiety, Aptitude, and Motivation" (Tomoko Takada); "Uncovering First Year Students' Language Learning Experiences, Their Attitudes, and Motivations in a Context of Change at the Tertiary Level…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Apprehension, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI. – 2003
This CD-ROM provides a resource for anyone interested in the diverse languages of the Pacific. It contains a digital archive of approximately 700 booklets in 11 Pacific languages. The original booklets were produced several years ago by the PALM project in order to record Pacific regional languages and to serve as teaching tools. This digital PALM…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, CD ROMs, Computer Uses in Education
Bers, Trudy H., Ed.; Calhoun, Harriott D., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2002
This spring 2002 issue of New Directions for Community Colleges reviews recent research on topics of importance to two-year colleges and identifies challenges and practical solutions. The 10 chapters include the following: (1) "Literature on Community Colleges: An Overview" (Trudy H. Bers and Harriott D. Calhoun); (2) "Transfer Rates: A…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Educational Research
Parker, James T., Ed.; Taylor, Paul G., Ed. – 1980
This monograph contains eleven exemplary articles that focus on topics related to competency-based adult education. Among the articles included are (1) Competency Based Education: Is It Applicable to Adult Education Programs?, by James E. Hertling; (2) What Adult Performance Level Is--and Is Not, by William G. Spady; (3) Competency Based…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Kim, Youb, Ed.; Risko, Victoria J., Ed.; Compton, Donald L., Ed.; Dickinson, David K., Ed.; Hundley, Melanie K., Ed.; Jimenez, Robert T., Ed.; Leander, Kevin M., Ed.; Rowe, Deborah Wells, Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2008
This publication offers the 57th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (NRC). This Yearbook begins with a preface and presents profiles of two awardees, John E. McEneaney and Scott G. Paris. Included in this Yearbook are the following papers: (1) The Education of African-American Students: Voicing the Debates, Controversies, and Solutions…
Descriptors: African American Students, Recreational Reading, Reading Ability, Scholarship
Busch, Katharine, Ed.; Atwell, Margaret, Ed. – 1989
A compilation of conference papers highlights the active role of the learner. The titles of the papers and their authors include: "Whole Language: Celebrating the Student within the Learning Community through Literature" (Dorothy J. Watson); "Integrating the Curriculum for Better Learning and Teaching" (Stephen B. Kucer);…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Students, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Nelson, Olga G., Ed.; Linek, Wayne M., Ed. – 1999
The 38 essays in this book look back at language experience as an educational approach, provide practical classroom applications, and reconceptualize language experience as an overarching education process. Classroom teachers and reading specialists describe strategies in use in a variety of classroom settings and describe ways to integrate…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
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