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Ellis, Elizabeth – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013
This article reports a study on a little-researched area: the linguistic repertoires of teachers of English as a second language (ESL) to adults. It proposes that, to heed recent calls to recognise learners' plurilingualism and to incorporate learners' languages in the ESL classroom, teachers' plurilingualism must be acknowledged and valued. This…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction
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Ellis, Elizabeth M. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2004
English as a second language (ESL) is taught in Australia to adult learners of mixed language backgrounds through the medium of English, and there is currently no requirement that ESL teachers speak another language. This paper reports on a study which asked what advantages there may be for ESL teachers to have proficiency in two or more…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Monolingualism
Coben, Diana, Ed.; O'Donoghue, John, Ed.; FitzSimons, Gail E., Ed. – 2000
This book contains 22 papers that are designed to situate research and practice in adults learning mathematics within the wider field of lifelong learning and lifelong education. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Diana Coben, Gail E. FitzSimons, John O'Donoghue); "Review of Research on Adults Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Algebra, Biographies