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Abdelaal, Noureldin Mohamed; Sase, Amal Saleh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study aimed at analyzing two advertisements, and investigating how advertisers use discourse and semiotics to make people and customers buy into their ideas, beliefs, or simply their products. The two advertisements analyzed are beauty products which have been selected from internet magazines. The methodology adopted in this study is…
Descriptors: Advertising, Comparative Analysis, Semiotics, Discourse Modes
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Farrell, Thomas S. C. – ELT Journal, 2015
Research in general education suggests that relationship-building is at the core of quality learning experiences. Yet relationship-building has not received the attention, it deserves from researchers in the field of TESOL where teacher-student relationships of various types are a central component in successful teaching and learning. This article…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Shorner-Johnson, Kevin – Music Educators Journal, 2013
The economic challenges facing public schools and music education are immense. In this context, music teachers and supporters will need to engage in persuasive advocacy to protect resource allocations to music programs. It is worthwhile to consider the model of music education advocacy that allowed music to be adopted into the Boston Public…
Descriptors: Music Education, Advocacy, Public Education, Educational History
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He, Yuemin – Inquiry, 2013
This author used translation in the classroom to increase student awareness of audience. However, this translation was not between different languages; it was translation from an informal to a formal writing style, and vice versa.
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Audience Awareness
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Mercer-Mapstone, Lucy; Kuchel, Louise – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2017
Science communication is a diverse and transdisciplinary field and is taught most effectively when the skills involved are tailored to specific educational contexts. Few academic resources exist to guide the teaching of communication with non-scientific audiences for an undergraduate science context. This mixed methods study aimed to explore what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Scientific and Technical Information
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Cimasko, Tony; Shin, Dong-shin – Written Communication, 2017
This study examines the composing process and authorial agency of a college ESL writer as she remediated an argumentative essay into a multimodal digital video. Employing principles of sociosemiotic ethnography, and drawing on the concepts of resemiotization and recontextualization, the study investigated multiple types of data, including an…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Morales, P. Zitlali; Rumenapp, Joseph C. – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2017
After first discussing the ideologies (standard and monolingual) implicit in language education in the United States, we argue for a necessary ideological shift in the way multiple languages and other forms of semiotic communication are understood, used, and supported in preschool for emergent bilinguals. We present examples from a preschool study…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Video Technology, Recall (Psychology), English (Second Language)
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Hosseinzadeh, Hassan; Dadich, Ann; Bourne, Chris; Murray, Carolyn – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2014
This study examines how the design and content of printed educational materials (PEMs) influence clinician capacity to deliver evidence-based sexual healthcare. General practitioners in New South Wales, Australia (n = 214), completed a survey about their use and perceptions of PEMs - a clinical aide, sexual health articles, and an educational…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Health Services, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables
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León Pérez, Isabel K.; Martín-Martín, Pedro – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
In experimental disciplinary fields such as medicine, the writing up of a research paper in English may represent a major hurdle, especially for inexperienced writers and users of EAL (English as an Additional Language), mainly due to a lack of familiarity with international discourse conventions. Despite the efforts of many EAP (English for…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Medical Education
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Adelstein, David; Barbour, Michael – Journal of Online Learning Research, 2016
In 2011, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning released the second iteration of the "National Standards for Quality Online Courses." These standards have been used by numerous institutions and states around the country to help design and create K-12 online courses. However, there has been no reported research on the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Comparative Analysis, National Standards, Elementary Secondary Education
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Jaeger, Elizabeth L. – Literacy, 2016
Educational standards documents worldwide include reading and writing of evidence-based argument as a major focus. In order to help students craft arguments that will be considered seriously by those with the power to make changes that affect them, educators need to cultivate within students their sociological imagination--that is, an…
Descriptors: Sociology, Imagination, Academic Standards, Evidence Based Practice
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Schieber, Danica L. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2016
Much research shows that students do not transfer learning well from one class to the next. This study was designed to investigate if students were transferring rhetorical strategies from their disciplinary courses to advanced writing courses. The findings suggest that business majors not only transferred rhetorical knowledge from their other…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Writing Instruction, Advanced Courses, Rhetoric
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Weinstein, Sara – Journal of Jewish Education, 2016
Didactic rewrites of aggadic stories are an important resource in values education. This study, geared primarily toward teachers involved in choosing curricular materials, investigates how the didactic rewriter actually becomes an interpreter, rather than a mere transmitter, of the original text. The personal values of the rewriters can influence…
Descriptors: Jews, Judaism, Religious Education, Values Education
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Schuhart, Arthur – Inquiry, 2014
This article introduces a new course in the Virginia Community College System English Curriculum, "English 114: Scientific Writing." The article briefly reviews the concept of "science rhetoric," then discusses the intended audience and purpose of the course, and explains the basic goals of the course in relation to the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Science Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Hooker, John F.; Simonds, Cheri J. – Basic Communication Course Annual, 2015
This essay is designed to connect specific communication skills desired by employers in industry to basic course concepts. While communication is often identified as one of the most important skills for graduates seeking employment, this broad view makes it nearly impossible for basic course directors and instructors to design their pedagogy to…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Employer Attitudes, Communication Skills, Job Skills
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