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Download full textAshraf, Hamid; Ahmadi, Fatemeh; Hosseinnia, Mansooreh – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2017
The present study intended to integrate some 21st century skills teaching into English classroom and investigate their effect on listening and reading comprehension skills. In so doing, the study used a quantitative, experimental design with 55 participants, 25 in the control group and 30 in the experimental group who were students of second high…
Descriptors: Speech Skills, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension
Mirra, Nicole; Honoroff, Benjamin; Elgendy, Suzanne; Pietrzak, Gabriel – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2016
Middle school is a crucial transition period for adolescents; in addition to beginning to grapple with the academic literacy demands of college and career readiness, they are working to find their place in public life and developing opinions about civic issues. This article presents debate as a literacy practice that is uniquely suited to helping…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Adolescent Development, Debate, Reading Comprehension
Direct linkNachowitz, Marc – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this design-based experiment is two-fold: to see if classroom pedagogies can be developed to improve student achievement in English literature as well as prepare them for 21st Century literacies. Applying Bereiter and Scardamalia's theory of Knowledge Building to English curricula, this experiment tracked the progress of a…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, English Literature, Language Arts
Rocca, Carla; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1990
Four ideas for language classroom activities are presented, including a counting and calculation game, an exercise for developing familiarity with the parts and style of a newspaper article, an activity to help adolescents anticipating travel in a French city, and analysis of the textual structure of a current events circle. (MSE)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, French
Garcia, Carmen; And Others – 1988
Class activities for developing Spanish proficiency in third- and fourth-year high school students and first- and second-year college students are presented. Activities include a discussion of teaching for proficiency, drawing on recent research, and notes on the design and intent of the activities. Sample exercises for listening comprehension…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dialogs (Language), Higher Education
Alosh, Mahdi – 1994
This college-level textbook, entirely in Arabic, is designed to help students develop specific reading skills, namely, skimming and scanning. Users should have had at least 30 quarter hours of Arabic instruction previously. The reading selections and tasks are intended to promote reading fluency by also increasing reading speed. Learner tasks also…
Descriptors: Arabic, Class Activities, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension
Manning, Phyllis J. – 1978
The language teaching method presented here is an inter-related set of techniques for teaching target comprehension skills directly to students on both university and high school levels. Three elements of the method are discussed: (1) the basics of a comprehension-based classroom; (2) the expanded speaking component; and (3) the expanded reading…
Descriptors: Comprehension, German, Higher Education, Intellectual Development
WARDEBERG, HELEN L. – 1965
CONTAINED IN THE GUIDE IS INFORMATION ON THE BASIC SKILLS TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IN READING, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GUIDED PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUAL AND PERSONAL READING, AND ON THE EVALUATION OF A READING PROGRAM. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO HELP EACH CHILD BECOME AS EFFICIENT AND DIVERSIFIED A READER AS HIS ABILITIES PERMIT. NO LESSON…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Individual Reading
Peer reviewedBatson, Wendy; And Others – Hispania, 1993
Classroom activities and materials for developing Spanish language skills are described. The exercises focus on listening comprehension, speaking, word recognition, vocabulary learning through reading, and grammar skills that prepare students for the National Spanish Examination and other language experiences. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Enrichment Activities
Donahue, Frank E. – 1977
This paper discusses a systematic strategy for developing oral skills from situational readings in a first year foreign language course. Aspects considered are: sequencing readings into the course, grammar component, vocabulary component, student preparation, outline of two day instructional treatments, the role of the teacher, and student…
Descriptors: German, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Instruction
Chamot, Anna Uhl; And Others – 1993
Two studies are reported. The first investigated the feasibility of integrating learning strategy instruction into high school beginning and intermediate level Russian and Spanish classes. The second study assisted teachers and students of Japanese, Russian, and Spanish to implement informal assessment activities in their classrooms. A literature…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Techniques, Diagnostic Tests, High Schools
Jansen, Louise M., Ed.; Liddicoat, Anthony J., Ed. – 1998
The collection of essays on classroom research for second language teachers includes: "Teachers as Researchers in the Language Classroom: An Overview" (Anthony J. Liddicoat, Louise M. Jansen); "A Visit to the Art Gallery: An Oral Exercise in a Second Language" (Meri Dragicevic); "Encouraging Class Cohesiveness in the LOTE Classroom" (Corine…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
