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Thompson, Irene – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Assesses the speaking, reading, listening, and writing proficiency of students of Russian after one, two, three, four, and five years of study using tests based on the proficiency scale of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Results indicate that the correlations among the four skills were not strong, suggesting that they…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Language Proficiency, Language Skills

Moore, Helen – Linguistics and Education, 1996
Discusses new approaches in assessment development and describes two examples of English-as-a-Second-Language assessment recently developed in Australia. The article places these approaches within the context of state responses to linguistic and cultural diversity and demonstrates the implications of the differences between them. (85 references)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Context Effect, Curriculum Design, Discourse Analysis

Dornyei, Zoltan; Kormos, Judit – Language Teaching Research, 2000
Explored the effects of a number of affective and social variables on learners' engagement in oral argumentative tasks. The assumption underlying the investigation was that students' verbal behavior in oral task situations is partly determined by a number of nonlinguistic and non-cognitive factors whose examination may constitute a potentially…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Research

Yagi, Sane M. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2000
Reports successful outcomes for a Teaching English as a Foreign Language module based on simultaneous oral translation from Arabic into English. Learners worked individually in a traditional language laboratory. Results show that simultaneous interpretation significantly improves learner performance and is an excellent tool for diagnosing learner…
Descriptors: Arabic, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)

Miller, James; Reynolds, Judith; Noble, P. C.; Altschuler, Lee; Schauber, Holli – TESOL Journal, 2001
Four short articles provide teaching tips for the English-as-a-Second/Foreign-Language classroom, including the use of Moos, a video jigsaw, practicing oral language skills with interviews and student-read dictations, an ask the expert activity which builds learner confidence in speaking in front of groups of people. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction

Kottman, Karl – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1999
Highlights the history of Californian (Luiseno), the native language of Baja California, including how the language was recorded by a young Mexican student at the Vatican's missionary school, the Collegium Urbanum in Rome. Discusses the political impact of the grammatical recording and subsequent translation of the language during the mid-19th…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Languages, Foreign Countries
Duckett, Peter – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2003
Miscue analysis and eye movement analysis are used to explore the reading process of first-grade beginning readers as they use pictures and print in a picture book designed for instructional purposes. Eye movement miscue analysis (EMMA) is also used as a tool to gain insights into the reading strategies of the beginning readers in this study.…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Eye Movements, Reading Strategies, Miscue Analysis
Fawcett, Angela; Nicolson, Rod – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2004
Introduction: In this review article we outline the thinking and evidence behind our hypothesis that the problems suffered by dyslexic people may be attributable to cerebellar deficit. Method: Firstly, we provide an overview of recent evidence that proposes a central role for the cerebellum in cognitive skills, in particular those scaffolded by…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Oral Language, Dyslexia, Brain
Anderson, Jennifer L.; Morgan, James L.; White, Katherine S. – Language and Speech, 2003
Infants under six months are able to discriminate native and non-native consonant contrasts equally well, but as they learn the phonological systems of their native language, this ability declines. Current explanations of this phenomenon agree that the decline in discrimination ability is linked to the formation of native-language phonemic…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Phonology, Infants, Statistical Analysis
Netten, Joan; Germain, Claude – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquee, 2005
Through research and classroom observation undertaken while conceptualizing and implementing the Intensive French program in Canada, many new insights were gained into the development of communication skills in a classroom situation. Five lessons learned about the development of spontaneous oral communication are presented in this article: the…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Observation, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Chevalier, Joan F. – Heritage Language Journal, 2004
This paper analyzes the process of intergenerational language shift from a sociolinguistic perspective and proposes a pedagogical model for expanding the stylistic range of heritage learners, targeting the development of writing proficiency. The model proposes that the curriculum should be organized so that students initially draw on their…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Oral Language, Teaching Methods, Sociolinguistics
Mulnix, Amy B. – Cell Biology Education, 2003
Undergraduate biology curricula are being modified to model and teach the activities of scientists better. The assignment described here, one that investigates protein structure and function, was designed for use in a sophomore-level cell physiology course at Earlham College. Students work in small groups to read and present in poster format on…
Descriptors: Cytology, Physiology, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
Giambo, Debra A.; McKinney, James D. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2004
The primary aim of this study was to determine whether a phonological awareness intervention promoted oral English proficiency more than a story-reading condition for Spanish-speaking kindergarten children, most of whom were limited English proficient. A second aim was to determine the extent to which change in English proficiency over the course…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Vocabulary, Statistical Analysis, Kindergarten
Rief, Sandra F.; Heimburge, Julie A. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2007
This book offers teachers a handbook for teaching literacy to diverse students in grades 3-8. The balanced literacy method combines the best practices of phonics and other skill-based language instruction with the holistic, literature-based approach in order to help teach reading, writing, and speaking in a clear and approachable format. This…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Units of Study, Literacy, Student Diversity
Pumpian, Ian, Ed.; Fisher, Douglas, Ed.; Wachowiak, Susan, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
School in the Park is an innovative museum-based educational effort to engage students in their community during the school day. Since 1999 several hundred students have been educated each year in museums and the zoo in San Diego. This is more than a field trip, it is changing the way that education is provided. Challenging the Classroom Standard…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, Learning Experience, Social Studies, Oral Language