... details squared away. Paul was organized too, but if alesson wasn't going well, his instinct was to try other ideas and change his plans in the middle of a lesson. This had led to several ... the Peace Corps, Kathleen had taught Englishasa second language to large classes of refugees and immigrants in Los Angeles. Her students had included Russian artists, Salvadoran migrant workers, ... meetings. A former Volunteer in Ghana who later returned to Africa asa Peace Corps staff member, reminisced about his teaching days, saying: When I was in Ghana, I would rather have hat my tongue...
... the same item to class. [Adapted from Patricia A. Richard-Amato. Making It Happen. Longman Inc., 1988.] This exercise has been presented asa class activity for adolescents, but clearly ... taught asaforeign language, as opposed to a second language, some the science or technical sections, are allocated as little as one hour of English Fi Showing that you are familiar with the ... communicative language teaching. It is referred to as an approach that ims to make communication the goal of language teaching. Several models have evolved around this rinciple. This chapter...
... Second Language Investigating Writing Sub-skills in Testing EnglishasaForeign Language: A Structural Equation Modeling Study Vahid Aryadoust National Institute of Education, Singapore arya2004v@yahoo.com ... would be more practical than a very analytical, pedantic approach. Also, Mickan and Slater (2003) took issue with the analytic scale since, as they claimed, “Highlighting vocabulary and sentence ... in analytical rating in L2 writing, it seems theoretically and statistically plausible to rate two major areas of the scripts: sentence structure and vocabulary and arrangement of ideas and...
... introductory paragraph, three paragraphs as the body and a concluding paragraph. This course was delivered entirely in EnglishasaForeignLanguage (EFL) with a duration of one hundred minutes for each ... SCAFFOLDING AN EFL (ENGLISH ASA FOREIGN LANGUAGE) ‘EFFECTIVE WRITING’ CLASS IN A HYBRID LEARNING COMMUNITY Agus Santoso, S.Pd., M .A. B .A. , Satya Wacana Christian University, 1990 M .A. , ... study was conducted in the ‘Effective Writing’ classes at the English Department at Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH), LippoKarawaci, Indonesia. This ‘Effective Writing’ was a subject which was...
... 0-7726-4550-71. Englishlanguage Study and teachingasa second language - BritishColumbia. 2. Englishlanguage Study and teachingasa second language -Standards - British Columbia. I. British ... EducationSpecial Programs Branch 7 ENGLISH ASA SECOND LANGUAGE STANDARDSIntroductionDefinition of an ESL Student ENGLISHASA SECOND LANGUAGE i students are those whose primary language( s), or language( s) ... Hamayan, Sarah Hudelson, JeanRamirez), ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students (Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English toSpeakers of Other Languages Inc., 1997). ENGLISHASA SECOND LANGUAGE STANDARDS12Administrative...
... different path-ways to achieving these outcomes.Who are learners of Englishasa second language? Standard Australian English is the national language of Australia and it is essential that all ... second language in child care or family day care.Children learning Englishasa second language need explicit modelling and language teaching, ap-propriate time to acquire the new language and ... Manual. National Languages and Literacy Institute of AustraliaMilne, R 1994, Emerging Literacy in the first five years, National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia, Journal 3 JanuaryMilne,...
... ixPreface to the first edition xii1 Why a global language? 1What is a global language? 3What makes a global language? 7Why do we need a global language? 11What are the dangers of a global language? ... such as East Asia, South America, and Eastern Europe –areas where English has traditionally had a relatively low pres-ence. The issues are beginning to be addressed – for example, many Australian ... important part in several countries, such as in relation to the Maori in New Zealand, the Aboriginallanguages of Australia, the Indian languages of Canada and theUSA, and some of the Celtic languages....
... with a partner on a common academic task– begin to adapt to a variety of teaching approaches andstrategies used in a Canadianclassroom– respect other cultures– participate with increasingcomfort ... in a Canadian classroom– begin to respond to social situations appropriately– begin to work with a partneron a common academic task– call some classmates and staffby name– communicate ... students,in English or a shared first language – state basic information aboutthe neighbourhood, munici-pality, province, and Canada– participate in all regular class activities– participate in...
... tograduate from a Canadian high school and go on tograduate from a Canadian high school and go on tograduate from a Canadian high school and go on tograduate from a Canadian high school and ... Grade 10 class. His parents want him tobeen placed in a Grade 10 class. His parents want him tobeen placed in a Grade 10 class. His parents want him tograduate from a Canadian high school and go ... have ad-equate language andorganization of knowledgeto respondWord Association:Teacher asks students toplay a word game in whichteacher says a word andstudents say everythingthey can...
... cognitiveadvantages that the contact with more languages can offerand uses this approach as the basis for future language teaching and learning. Chapters cover topics such as performing in a third language, ... awareness in multilingual proficiencyand language learning. In view of the widespread acquisitionof English by those who are already bilingual or are alsoacquiring a regional lingua franca ... language, metalinguistic awarenessin multilinguals and in multilingual education, and English as a third language in Europe.Features:ã The first study of the important role metalinguistic awareness...
... Polio, Charlene, and Patricia Duff. 1994. Teachers’ language use in university foreign language classrooms: A qualitative analysis of English and target language alternation. The Modern Language ... Chinese-only principle, English was regularly and strategically employed as an international lingua franca (English asa lingua franca, ELF) for explanatory, managerial and interactive functions. ... Chinese language learners remains an under-researched area. To investigate Chinese language teachers’ language beliefs toward code choice in teaching Chinese asaforeign language, 24 Chinese language...