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Download full textFlores, Norma Landa – 1987
The syllabus for a college-level speech course at California State University, Los Angeles, designed to help students of English as a second language bring their pronunciation closer to mainstream English is presented. While the primary focus is on pronunciation improvement, the course also provides functional communication practice. The students…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Course Content
Hurley, Joni – 1986
Second language classroom techniques and activities promoting oral proficency are suggested and discussed. The suggestions are based on a course organization that focuses on basic communicative goals and uses frequent conversation between paired students. The activities include retelling partner responses and situational role-playing. Approaches…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Organization
Cline, William – 1985
An Eastern Michigan University course in Spanish for special purposes with an emphasis on technology was intended to serve students of business, international trade, and technology, but the actual enrollment came largely from the department of foreign languages and bilingual studies. However, significant diversity in scientific preparation and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Course Organization, Graduate Study
Fortin, Normand – 1983
A handbook for teachers and administrators of second language programs in Alberta's schools suggests principles and guidelines for planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating full or partial immersion programs, focusing on the framework for program planning and implementation, information for developing realistic program expectations, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Organization, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives
Montana State Univ., Bozeman. Dept. of Agricultural and Industrial Education. – 1985
This document contains a unit for teaching the use of hand tools in agricultural mechanics in Montana. It consists of an outline of the unit and seven lesson plans. The unit outline contains the following components: situation, aims and goals, list of lessons, student activities, teacher activities, special equipment needed, and references. The…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
APPLEBEE, ROGER K.; SQUIRE, JAMES R. – 1968
THIS STUDY REPORTS AN INVESTIGATION OF CURRICULAR AND CLASSROOM PRACTICE IN TEACHING ENGLISH IN 42 SECONDARY PROGRAMS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND WALES, SELECTED AS OUTSTANDING BY A PANEL OF BRITISH SPECIALISTS. THROUGH SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM VISITATION, INTERVIEWS WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, QUESTIONNAIRES, AND RELATED CASE STUDY METHODS, 10 AMERICAN…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Education, Course Content, Course Organization
Peer reviewedLandes, Anne; Kaplan, Alice – French Review, 1988
The origins, organization, and methods of a Columbia University course offering computer-based instruction in French composition are outlined, and the progress of four individual students is described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
Peer reviewedTobias, Sheila – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1991
A study in which nonscience professors and graduate students took introductory physics and chemistry courses and found that what makes science unappealing or difficult for some is not subject matter or lack of student preparedness but the way science is packaged. Problems with curriculum design, testing, grading, classroom climate, presentation,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Course Organization
Peer reviewedCampbell, Carole A. – College Teaching, 1992
A sociology course on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and its societal context, taught at California State University, Long Beach, is described. The background, content, organization, administrative and emotional demands, teaching methods (including input from patients with AIDS), texts, and impact of the interdisciplinary course are…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Communicable Diseases
Urabe, Sadako – 1995
An innovative curriculum at New York University (NYU) for teaching business Japanese is described. Theoretical foundations for the approach used are reviewed, including research on language simplification and comprehensible input for classroom learning, the concept of importing the real world into classroom interaction, the role of specific tasks…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs
Nixon, Robert O. – 1996
The source document is intended to inform college and university faculty and administrators about the kinds of accelerated courses and programs currently offered in the United States and Canada. Data were drawn primarily from a survey of 424 schools, 217 of which were using accelerated courses and programs at the time. Contents of the document…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
Haley, Marjorie – 1997
A discussion of block scheduling for second language instruction looks at the advantages and disadvantages and offers some suggestions for classroom management and course organization. It is argued that block scheduling may offer a potential solution to large classes, insufficient time for labs, too little individualized instruction; few…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Block Scheduling, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization
Peer reviewedPainter, Sherry D. – Academic Medicine, 1994
A survey of 114 U.S. and Canadian medical schools gathered information about the content, organization, and teaching methods of microanatomy courses. Results suggest the courses are relatively conventional, with development of computer-assisted instruction being impeded by availability of other, less-expensive self-instructional tools.…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content
Peer reviewedRishi, Meenakshi – College Teaching, 1998
Factors in development of a new introductory economics course, primarily for nonmajors, are discussed. These include selection of course content to capture student interest and reflect societal change, creation of a more stimulating classroom environment, and use of three cooperative learning activities on poverty, inflation, and budget deficits.…
Descriptors: Budgets, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Kitao, Kenji – 1995
A teacher of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) reading courses at Doshisha University (Japan) describes classroom techniques and activities involving use of the computer and assesses the benefits, difficulties, and instructional results. Data are drawn from two ESL classes using computer-based instruction (CBI) offered in 1 year. The primary…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
