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Whalen, D. Joel – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2019
This article offers readers 13 "My Favorite Assignments" that were presented at the Association for Business Communication's 83rd annual conference held in Miami, Florida, in 2018. The teaching innovations offered include assignments that present quick, fun icebreaker exercises; visual communication and diversity; rhetoric; email; and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Business Communication, Instructional Innovation, Listening
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Misemer, Leah – Composition Studies, 2015
This section of English 177: Literature and Popular Culture, The Graphic Novel was designed to teach students to "make compelling arguments about and in various media" and to produce a "professional-like final product that represents their work to the world at large." While twice weekly lectures by Professor Robin Valenza…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Novels, Literature, Popular Culture
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Xue, Mo – Qualitative Report, 2013
This qualitative study investigated 14 Chinese international graduate students' lived experiences with group work and the effects of group work on their English communicative competence. The interview results showed that these participants' attitudes towards group work went through changes from initial inadaptation or dislike to later adaptation…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Asians, Student Experience
Livingstone, Carol – 1983
A guide to the use of role playing in the foreign language classroom outlines in general terms what role play is, provides examples, analyzes its uses, and gives practical assistance in planning activities. The following topics are examined: aspects of role behavior (formality, register, function, attitude, para-linguistic and extra-linguistic…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dialogs (Language)
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Green, Charles S. III – Teaching Sociology, 1991
Presents an interview with Phil Nyden, a professor at Loyola University (Illinois). Describes his qualitative methods course. Includes his suggestion of a group project rather than individual research projects enabling students to focus on methodology rather than substantive issues. Lists course objectives: learning qualitative methods, applied…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Ethical Instruction, Ethics
Bowman, Connie L. – OMLTA Journal, 1985
In one high school French department, videotaping began to be used as part of a final examination. It was found that the students wanted to see their tapes and began to critique their own and others' performances. The next year, taping was done earlier in the school year so that the tapes could be used as performance models. Students were more at…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Dialogs (Language), Difficulty Level