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Hiradhar, Preet; Bhattacharya, Atanu – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2022
This book discusses the use of Web 2.0 tools to leverage students' own use of New Media, which can take learning beyond the classroom. This paradigmatic book will help language educators gain a better understanding of the shift in pedagogic practices through the incorporation of technology in language learning programs. It explores the theoretical…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Lin, Grace Hui Chin – Online Submission, 2017
Writing is one of the four abilities in English Learning. Many students need to write their theses and dissertations in English in order to achieve their academic degrees. English writing is in fact an access of international and intercultural communication with native-speakers and non-native speakers, in academic fields. After reading abundant…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
Lessard-Clouston, Michael – TESOL Press, 2017
Whether a second language is learned as a child, teenager, or as an adult, second language acquisition research has noted certain patterns that can help ESL/EFL teachers prepare their lessons. This book explains these issues including the three essential components of ESL/EFL students' learning: input, output, and interaction. Learn how material…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Interaction
El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A. – Online Submission, 2020
This revised edition updates and expands on the first edition published in 2016. In this revised edition, theories of different types of learning strategies are expanded and more recent studies are added. A large amount of tabular information is also reconstructed in a more meaningful manner. The book is divided into five chapters. Chapter one…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
Sylvén, Liss Kerstin, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2019
This book provides a rich and unique longitudinal account of content and language integrated learning (CLIL). The chapters report on the findings from a large-scale, three-year research project undertaken at senior high school level in Sweden. The ecological perspective, with quantitative and qualitative methods, gives voice to both learners and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, High Schools, English (Second Language)
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Ju Seong Lee, Editor; Di Zou, Editor; Michelle Mingyue Gu, Editor – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2024
This edited book explores the integration of technology into English language education, with a particular focus on extracurricular and extramural contexts. The editors and an international team of scholars discuss how English teachers can critically and systematically design and implement language activities inside and outside the classroom to…
Descriptors: Guides, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
McQuain, Jeffrey – 1996
Aimed at writers, speakers, students, and all who wish to communicate with clarity and strength, this book illuminates the principles of effective word use. It features dozens of helpful guidelines and memorable examples--from Tennessee Williams to Oprah Winfrey, from Demosthenes to Dr. Seuss--that illustrate the basics of choosing words and using…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Language Role
Fletcher, Jack M.; Lyon, G. Reid; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Barnes, Marcia A. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Evidence based and comprehensive, this important work offers a new approach to understanding and intervening with students with learning disabilities. The authors--leading experts in neuropsychology and special education--present a unique model of learning disabilities that integrates the cognitive, neural, genetic, and contextual factors…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties, Neuropsychology, Intervention
Cimera, Robert Evert – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
"Specific Learning Disability" is by far the largest category of conditions served in special education. Unfortunately, few parents (and educators) really understand what learning disabilities are. Many erroneously believe it is a "politically correct" term for "mildly mentally retarded" or "dull normal." Further, while most laypeople have heard…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Special Education, Receptive Language, Parent Rights
Hirshfield, Jane – 1997
This book begins with a close examination of the roots of poetic craft and concludes by exploring the writer's role in creating a sense of community that is open, inclusive, and able to bind the individual and the whole in a way that allows each full self-expression. In between, the book illuminates the nature of originality, translation, the…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Creativity, Expressive Language, Language Role
Groff, Patrick – 1974
This leaflet explores the rediscovery of the importance of oral language, greatly prompted by the influence of linguists on school practices since 1960. The term "oracy," a recently coined British term which refers specifically to the ability to use the skills of speaking and listening, is discussed in several contexts: new information…
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Expressive Language
Mitchell, Candace – Paradigm Publishers, 2004
This book offers a much needed alternative to the more traditional texts used to teach writing instruction. Grounded in history, the book clarifies changing theoretical and practical approaches to teaching writing, critically assessing each approach in relation to the social and political movements of the day, both within and beyond the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Ideology, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Geller, Linda Gibson – 1985
The connections among language learning, language education, and children's wordplay are explored in this book. Each chapter examines some aspect of the interrelations between wordplay activities and the goals of language education. The book is divided into three sections, with the first section exploring wordplay and language learning in the…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Humor
Margulis, Joel B. – 1975
Historical incidents, photographs of sheet music, cartoons, and advertisements are employed to study language in this textbook. The text, suggestions, and quoted material in the book are to be used not only for the study of language but also as sources for writing. It is recommended that journal entries, more fresh and spontaneous than formal…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Communication (Thought Transfer), Dialects, Expressive Language
Paul, Rhea, Ed. – 1998
This edited volume investigates the connections between the earliest human sounds and subsequent language development. With special attention to tracheostomies, Downs syndrome, deafness, and speech-motor impairments, the interaction between speech and language is examined in typical development as well as the effect that the interaction has on…
Descriptors: Deafness, Delayed Speech, Developmental Stages, Downs Syndrome
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