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Peer reviewedApplebaum, Sheila Dermer; Taborek, Elizabeth – TESL Canada Journal, 1986
Two Toronto community English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs used oral interview tests to place adults in appropriate programs. Instruments used included: Foreign Service Oral Interview; Ilyin Oral Interview; object-oriented testing; group testing; performance in authentic situations; Ontario Test of English as a Second Language; and George…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Community Programs
Download full textKanno, Yasuko; Applebaum, Sheila Dermer – TESL Canada Journal, 1995
Explores students' views of English-as-a-Second-Language courses in discussions with three Japanese secondary students. Their stories were analyzed in terms of Schwab's four curriculum commonplaces: learner, subject matter, milieu, and teacher. For the students, learning English is connected to negotiating their identities in a new environment.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), Interviews
