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Direct linkShelton-Strong, Scott J. – ELT Journal, 2012
While the intrinsic value of reading extensively for L2 learners has rarely been questioned, practicalities of implementation and the existence of gains beyond lexical enrichment have generated discussion. This article outlines and explores the benefits which Literature Circles (LCs) offer to English language learning and attempts to identify…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Evidence, Observation, Discussion Groups
Peer reviewedLynch, Tony – ELT Journal, 1991
Examines the arguments for a realignment of discourse roles (teacher/questioner and student/responder) in teaching, describes materials designed to bring about that shift, and discusses the effects of their use with English-as-a-Foreign-Language students. (17 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Interviews
Peer reviewedWaters, Alan – ELT Journal, 1998
Examines the dynamic common to the English-as-a-Second-Language classroom in which the teacher takes from the student the burden of the next step in solving a problem, identifies four reasons this is inappropriate, looks at why teachers do it, and offers techniques for handling such situations. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedKumaravadivelu, B. – ELT Journal, 1991
The objective of this study is to identify potential sources contributing to any mismatch between teacher intention and learner interpretation by explaining learners' and teachers' perceptions of the nature, the goals, and the demands of selected language-learning tasks, and by analyzing classroom events. (three references) (JL)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedWiddowson, H. G. – ELT Journal, 1987
Success in transaction and interaction in the foreign language classroom depends on teachers and students knowing the parts they have to play and how they relate to those that others have in learning encounters. Various roles of teachers and learners are defined. (CB)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Interaction, Personal Autonomy
Peer reviewedSengupta, Sima – ELT Journal, 1998
Examines how six Hong Kong secondary school students of English as a Second Language viewed the roles of teacher and student in evaluating student compositions, and explores the extent to which broader educational context and its belief system shaped these perceptions. Questions viability of notions of collaborative construction of knowledge in…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational Attitudes, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedJenkins, Jennifer; Murray, Neil – ELT Journal, 1998
A series of twelve books on language teaching, written over a period of ten years, is reviewed. The series' intent is to promote the practice of informed teaching to empower student teachers to act as autonomous agents and to make considered pedagogic choices, based on sound theoretical knowledge, according to their particular teaching/learning…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Grammar
