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Ekaterina Tabenkina – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present project is a research-based and practice-tested online synchronous curriculum for English language learners with the Russian language mother tongue. The curriculum's theoretical component is grounded in Vygotsky's, Leont'ev', and Engestrom's "Cultural Historical Activity Theory" as well as in scholarly papers on the influence…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Desberg, Peter; Berdiansky, Betty – 1968
The literature dealing with the identification process in beginning reading is surveyed. The first major section presents a review of the basal, Language Experience Approach, Phonic Word Method, linguistic, and i/t/a programs. Questions are raised about the empirical investigation of the subject matter and the instructional procedures used in…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Elementary Education, Graphemes, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Woods, Howard B. – 1976
This booklet, part of a course for teaching English to adult Francophones, is designed to assist the student in learning to produce the "th" sound in English. The voiceless and voiced "th" sounds are described, articulation techniques for both sounds are presented, and listening discrimination and production exercises are provided. A special…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Articulation (Speech), Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language)
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Curriculum Development in English. – 1968
This unit for the eighth grade is intended to develop, through an inductive approach, the students' understanding of the reasons for the irregularities and difficulties of English spelling. Exercises and lectures on historical background are provided to help students realize that our spelling system is based on late Middle English spelling, that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Diachronic Linguistics, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language and Orientation Resource Center. – 1981
This guide highlights problems Vietnamese speakers are likely to have in learning English because of differences between the two languages and suggests ways of helping Vietnamese students of English over difficulties caused by these differences. The first section of the guide provides an overview of the Vietnamese language: the alphabet, word…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Contrastive Linguistics, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language)
Schneeberg, Nan; Kpotufe, Prosper – 1966
This volume consists of a guide to Ewe pronunciation and an Ewe textbook designed for students who are native speakers of English. Consonants, vowels and tones are introduced in the first section, and exercises that drill the contrasts between the segments are provided. The volume is divided into five units, each unit including a dialogue,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, African Languages, Audiolingual Skills, Distinctive Features (Language)