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Another Turn in the Conversation: What Does Cloze Measure?
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Jonz, John – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
Eight cloze passages were analyzed for the text quantity required to cue closure and the linguistic category of the deleted word. The results indicate that standard fixed-ratio cloze procedures are not erratic in their selection of item types and are generally consistent in the ways they measure language knowledge and comprehension. (36…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Language Skills, Language Tests
Integrating Grammar Instruction and Communicative Language Use through Grammar Consciousness-Raising Tasks.
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Fotos, Sandra S. – TESOL Quarterly, 1994
A study of three grammar consciousness-raising tasks dealing with word order among Japanese university students showed that the tasks successfully promoted both proficiency gains and second-language negotiated interaction in participants. Negotiation quantity was determined by the combination of task features present rather than the nature of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar, Higher Education
Variables Affecting the Successful Learning of English as a Second Language
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Fathman, Ann K. – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
This paper examines the effect which certain environmental variables have upon learning to speak English as a second language. (Author)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Environmental Influences, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
A Special Reading System for Second Language Learners.
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Feldman, Doris – TESOL Quarterly, 1978
A special reading system was developed for elementary school children learning to read for the first time in their second language, English. This paper describes the reading system and traces its success over a four-year period as measured through standardized testing instruments. (Author)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
The Effects of Program Models on Language Acquisition by Spanish Speaking Children.
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Legarreta, Dorothy – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
Discusses the results of a study designed to investigate the effects of five different program models on both acquisition and maintenance of Spanish by native Spanish-speaking kindergarten children. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Research, English (Second Language)
ESL Methodology and Student Language Learning in Bilingual Elementary Schools.
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Ramirez, Arnulfo G.; Stromquist, Nelly P. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
A study was conducted to determine the effect of different techniques used in teaching English as a second language to children in bilingual elementary schools. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)