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Download full textSainz, JoAnn; Biggins, Catherine M. – 1993
While a college degree is an important economic and social resource for graduating-age students, more and more students are entering colleges and universities without the basic skills necessary to achieve academic success, and a growing number are low-literate or limited English speaking. Community colleges have an important role in ensuring…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Economic Climate, Education Work Relationship
Brecht, Richard D.; Robinson, Jennifer L. – 1993
A study undertaken by the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) and National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) is described. The project was designed to examine the process and results of language study abroad. The first phase of the project was a statistical analysis of the relationship between student characteristics (demographic and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Case Studies, College Students, Data Collection
Hardman, Joel, Ed.; And Others – 1990
The working papers contained in this volume include the following: "Intercultural Communication and the Analysis of Conversation" (Nessa Wolfson); "Methods of Inquiry into Cultural Expression in Speech Behavior" (Ruth Benander); "'I Really Like Your Lifestyle': ESL Learners Learning How to Compliment" (Kristine…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Traits, Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Continuing Education Curriculum Development. – 1983
This manual provides materials to help managers, counselors, and teachers of the Adult Education Act, the Welfare Education Program, and State-Funded High School Equivalency or External High School Diploma programs in New York operate effectively. It would also be helpful to managers of any program for adults leading to a secondary credential. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Boileau, Don M.; McBath, James H. – Updating School Board Policies, 1987
School systems are increasingly following national reports' recommendations that oral communication instruction in the high school curriculum should develop students' everyday academic competencies, personal confidence, and research and employment abilities. This report discusses instructional applications of oral communication and offers course…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Communication (Thought Transfer), Competence, Creative Expression
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Curriculum. – 1976
The City of Chicago's curriculum guide for public school Spanish native language instruction in grades 7, 8, and 9 has two sections, one in English and a corresponding one in Spanish. The program is primarily, though not exclusively, oriented toward the large Mexican immigrant community in the city with varied academic skills and experience with…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives
Bell, Jennifer A.; King-Fitch, Catherine C. – 1985
This module, one in a series of performance-based teacher education learning packages, focuses on a specific skill that vocational educators need in order to integrate the teaching and reinforcement of basic skills into their regular vocational instruction. The purpose of the module is to give educators skill in helping students improve their oral…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Teacher Education
Fishman, Joshua A. – 1982
Factors that might influence the acquisition of biliteracy were studied in four schools in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area (an Armenian-English school, a Greek- English school, a Hebrew-English school, and a French- English school). This report is the final part of a two- part report and deals with the tabulation and analysis of…
Descriptors: Armenian, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingualism
Eads, Freeman D.; And Others – 1983
This instructor's guide consists of materials for use in helping students enrolled in postsecondary vocational or technical education programs to master technical communications skills. Addressed in the 13 individual units of the guide are the following topics: speaking skills (telephone usage/conversation and informal speech preparation);…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Employment Patterns
Gilbert, Judy B. – 1977
Recent findings from the fields of brain research and speech perception suggest that non-verbal approaches may be helpful in pronunciation learning. The left side of the brain uses sequential information, such as verbal descriptions. The right side works in a more simultaneous manner, specializing in spatial relations and pitch perception, among…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Smith, Philip D. – 1980
This paper reviews research literature in the following areas associated with second language reading: (1) the level of language development in the native and target languages, (2) the teaching method selected, (3) the teaching materials selected, (4) the time and place of initial literacy in the home-language (L1), (5) the transition from…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Style, Cultural Context
Brown, Nancy; And Others – 1981
This handbook contains information to assist English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and administrators in developing a course for pre- and semi-literate adults, testing, determining criteria for hiring ESL teachers, and training teachers. In the first section an outline is provided for teaching basic literacy (reading and writing) skills. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1981
The purpose of this report is to acquaint the reader with the culture of the refugees entering American schools, to identify some of the educational problems they and educators face, and to help identify solutions or possibilities within educational management terms. In the first section of the report, the values, customs, traditions, beliefs, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Arithmetic, Bilingual Education
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1981
A statement regarding what is needed in academic preparation for college in the 1980s, which was developed during 1980-81 under th aegis of the College Board's Project EQuality, is presented. The work of school and college teacher in cooperation with other professionals addresses expectations about six basic academic competencies that should have…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills
Haskell, John F., Ed. – TESOL Newsletter, 1980
Six 1980 issues of the TESOL Newsletter are presented. Topics include the following: preparing a written paper for oral presentation (Fraida Dubin); current trends in teaching English as a second language (TESL) (Ruth Crymes); ESL syllabuses (Carlos Yorio); teaching Black English (Lorraine Goldman); the state of certification and employment within…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Educational Media
