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Young, Sarah – Center for Adult English Language Acquisition, 2009
This brief provides an overview of the knowledge and skills that administrators need in order to support and supervise teachers of adult English language learners. It begins with a review of resources and literature related to teacher supervision in general and to adult ESL education. It continues with information on the background and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Supervision, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Schrand, Heinrich – Zielsprache Englisch, 1972
Critique of the oral portion of the Certification Examination in English, with emphasis on its degree of correspondence to the learning goals it supposedly measures. (RS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Evaluation
Silliman, Anna, Ed. – Hands-On English, 2003
These three issues contain educational activities and articles on the following topics: education for the future; learning about learning; readers' responses to requests for suggested article and activity topics; tools and techniques (revisiting the one-question interview, learning students' names, and getting to know one another); multi-level…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Powell, Stuart – 1999
Written for professional people returning to study, this book provides practical guidance and strategies to increase confidence, enhance skills, and develop critical awareness and creativity. Chapter 1 helps students identify reasons for return to study and their implications; examine their interpretations of what learning is; and think about…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Processes
Ejzenberg, Roseli – 1990
A study was planned to generate a model for testing second language education that would incorporate task types to allow the display of fluency. It is argued that the display of oral fluency can be used as a selection criterion for inclusion of test items in multitask or portfolio assessment. The following three research questions were formulated:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Data Collection, English (Second Language)
Alvarez, Gerardo, Ed.; Huot, Diane, Ed. – 1981
Articles include: (1) "L'elaboration du materiel pedagogique pour des publics adultes" (The Elaboration of Teaching Materials for the Adult Public) by G. Painchaud-Leblanc, (2) "L'elaboration d'un programme d'etudes en francais langue seconde a partir des donnees recentes en didactique des langues" (The Elaboration of a Program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis
Abe, D.; And Others – 1975
This paper discusses two experiments with autonomous learning strategies for learners studying English as a second language in France, one for non-specialist adults and the other for university students. The first group consisted of 26 adults who were mostly professionals and had opted for autonomy not out of preference but for lack of any other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Autoinstructional Aids, College Language Programs