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'No Chance to Speak': Developing a Pedagogical Response to Turn-Taking Problems
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Ryan, Jonathon; Forrest, Leslie – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
Of the major aspects of language use, perhaps the least frequently taught and the least understood by teachers is the system of turn-taking Wong and Waring [2010. "Conversation Analysis and Second Language Pedagogy: A Guide for ESL/EFL Teachers." New York: Routledge]. For second language learners, this may be an important contributing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Action Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
"Stay Home, Be Safe, and Be Kind": University of Auckland's Italian Course Goes Online in a Week
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Martelli, Barbara – Research-publishing.net, 2021
On March 23rd, at the University of Auckland (New Zealand), all lectures were suspended for a week. During this time, both students and staff made a considerable effort to prepare the online delivery of courses. In this chapter we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the Italian beginners courses offered in Semester 1. With no certainty of when the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Italian
An Examination of the Curriculum-Levelling Construct. Summary Report
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Smaill, Esther; Darr, Charles – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2020
In February 2020, the Ministry of Education asked the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) to examine the curriculum-levelling construct that sits at the heart of The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007). A key goal of the research was to investigate, whether-- and if so, how--the construct helps (or hinders)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Program Development
The Use of Cohesive Devices in News Language: Overuse, Underuse or Misuse?
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Yin, Zihan – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2015
Many studies have found EFL/ESL learners over/under/misuse linking adverbials. Because their use is specific to genre and register (Biber et al., 1999), and news writing is a compulsory course for EFL journalism majors at many Chinese universities, this study investigates their usage patterns in news and suggests teaching material design for the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, News Reporting
Developing Instructional Materials on English Oral Communication for Nursing Schools
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Sismiati; Adnan Latief, Mohammad – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2012
The needs survey shows that English communication skill of the students in nursing school speaking classes is not well developed. Consequently, the speaking instructional materials used in the classes need to be advanced. Yalden's (1987) Language Program Development covering Needs Analysis, Syllabus and Materials Development, Expert Validation,…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Material Development, Nursing Education, Nurses
Promoting Positive Attitudes towards Foreign Language Learning: A New Zealand Initiative
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East, Martin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
This paper reports on the effectiveness of a tailored undergraduate course at a tertiary institution in New Zealand constructed to challenge, and encourage changes to, monolingual "English-only" attitudes. The course was designed to provide knowledge and promote understanding of the phenomenon of English as a global language, and the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Measures (Individuals), Monolingualism, Foreign Countries