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Listening Comprehension In A First-Year Spanish Comprehension Course: Background And Activities, Lois F. Lafferty

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The importance of the role of listening comprehension in the study and teaching of a foreign language has received ever more attention during the past decade. This essay expresses one new teacher s preliminary views on encorporating some of the beneficial facets of a comprehension-based approach to classroom teaching. It draws on previous exploratory work done by others n developing and using listening comprehension tasks in varied settings. The major part of the paper is devoted to a recounting of a number of activities used during the internship period and a discussion of the focuses of the given tasks, the …

Listening Formative Test Description And Samples Based On The Curriculum Open Lines 1, Eko Deddy Haryanto

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This paper consists of a series of six formative listening comprehension tests intended to provide feedback to teachers and students on the effectiveness of their work and to indicate directions for improvements. The tests focus on listening comprehension and are based on the topics found in Opening Lines 1, a competency-based curriculum for teaching English as a Second Language, originally developed in Thailand for Southeast Asian refugees bound for resettlement in the United States. The rationale, structural content, and format for the formative tests are also explained, as are suggestions for their use. Although originally intended for refugee students, …

A Beginner’S Guide To Teaching Esl Abroad, Peter Goldstone

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This paper is a guidedbook for novice teachers of English as a Foreign Language abroad. Each chapter and subsection is introduced by a letter from a different inexperienced teacher who has stumbled upon some perplexing aspect of the job. The guide is divided into four chapters which follow a chronological sequence of experiences likely to be encountered by the beginning teacher abroad. The first chapter deals with finding a job, and putting it into perspective with regard to approaches and teaching­ learning assumptions. The second chapter is concerned with gaining both theoretical and personal perspectives on learning, teaching, language, and …

Analysis Of The Learning Problems Experienced By Japanese Lep Students And Suggestions For Global Bilingual Assessment, Ryuko Kubota

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the causes of the learning problems displayed by Japanese students who are learning English in public elementary schools in the U.S., and to suggest some appropriate assessment tools based on the findings.

Five Japanese elementary school students temporarily residing in the U.S. were studied. Three of these were unsuccessful at learning English, while the other two were considered successful. The method included classroom observations of the subjects in their American public school and Japanese Saturday School and interviews with the subjects, their parents and their teachers in both American public school and …

Lesson Plans For The First Day Of Class, Debra Lillian Weber-Fincher

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This IPP is a materials development project which is designed for teachers of ESL/EFL. The lessons are communicative based, student-oriented activities used for the first day of class. The purpose of the lessons is for the students and teachers to get to know one another or for the teacher to assess the language ability of the students on an informal basis. Even though these lessons were chosen for the first day of class, some can be used or repeated throughout the school term.

Second Language Acquisition In The Field: A Personal Experience, Mary Chase Dindorf

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This report is an examination of the results of my own beginning second language acquisition in the field. For one year I observed myself in the process of acquiring Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia in the respective countries. I was able to document my experiences in a language acquisition diary. It is the data from which this report was written.

I found that my second language acquisition in the field is a complex process determined by need as well as preferred personal strategies, and limited by a saturation monitor.

The success of this acquisition depends primarily upon my needs as …

The Advantages Of The Shared Reading Experience For Bilingual Elementary Students, Barbara A.T. Franceschini

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The Shared Reading Experience is a method being applied in the Cambridge public school system for bilingual elementary students. The objective of this paper is to discover why this method is effective. Consideration is given to language acquisition factors, reading methodologies, and the psychological and cognitive context of the bilingual child himself. A description of the procedure for presenting within the Shared Book Experience, and an explanation of the rationale for this procedure are contained in this investigation. The subsequent writing that the bilingual children produce finalizes this project. This paper is based on a two-month internship during the Fall …

Using A Community Language Learning Approach In Large Classes In Japanese Universities, Carl Russel Adams

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This paper examines the effectiveness of the Community Language Learning approach in large English as a Foreign Language classes in Japanese universities, specifically, its effectiveness in developing conversational English skills.

The paper describes the experience of teaching freshman and sophomore university students, the majority unaccustomed to having a native speaking English teacher, in a full-year English conversation course (ninety minutes per week) for forty-five hours, using the Community Language Learning (CLL) approach and why and how it was implemented in these large classes. The major conclusions drawn from this study include: students can learn to interact in the target language …

Handbook For Prospective Esl Teachers To Japan, Linda Veno-Kan

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This paper is a handbook for ESL teachers which high­lights problem areas in the Japanese ESL classroom that can affect teaching/learning effectiveness.

The introduction presents my specific teaching situation in Japan. The next section summaries the process which I use in analyzing the problem areas. Following are ten chapters each of which focuses on a problem area.

Each chapter points out both Japanese and American values in conflict and suggests teaching strategies for working with each area.

A Planning Paper Monolingual To Bilingual: The Conceptualization And Transformation Of A Colombian School, Eileen Nancy Whelan

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This paper is the result of the researcher's recent engagement as the Program Coordinator for a monolingual elementary school in Floridablanca, Bucaramanga, Colombia, South America. As the coordinator must design and implement a bilingual program for successful transition, this paper addresses and discusses the conceptualization and preparation needed to make the task possible.

The Migrant Reading Program At San Elizario, Texas; An Examination Of The Activities Of 1986-87, Robert Scott Morris

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To support and give supplementary educational services to migrant workers and their children, Chapter 1 of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 established a fund for the Higher Education System. The purpose of this case study was to describe the activities of the Migrant Reading Program of the San Elizario Texas elementary school from October 1986 to May 1987. Additionally, the author discusses his rationale for each of the lessons, gives an evaluation of the lessons and makes suggestions for improvement of future classes.