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Incorporating Effective Grammar Instruction Into The Classroom, Erin Mary Harrity
Incorporating Effective Grammar Instruction Into The Classroom, Erin Mary Harrity
Honors Program Theses
The debate about the effectiveness of traditional grammar instruction has been ongoing for many decades now. Traditional grammar instruction involves memorization of grammatical rules and practice exercise drills. As early as 1936, the Curriculum Commission of the National Council of Teachers of English stated that “‘all teaching of grammar separate from the manipulation of sentences [should] be discontinued…since every scientific attempt to prove that knowledge of grammar is useful has failed’” (Weaver, Teaching 9). So why is grammar still being taught in the same way-through traditional direct instruction-in many schools? It is because some parents, administrators, politicians, researchers, and teachers …
Teaching Speaking In The Foreign Language Classroom, Amanda J. Smith
Teaching Speaking In The Foreign Language Classroom, Amanda J. Smith
Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)
One of the most necessary skills for living in the twenty-first century is gaining the ability to know and use another language. In many areas of life, from business transactions to broadcasting television weather warnings, the demand for proficiency in a foreign language is growing. One of the most important skills to have in a foreign language is the ability to speak the language with native or non-native speakers of that language. A great number of foreign language learners most likely consider one of their primary language goals to be the ability to speak the language at a high level …
Shared Reading For Teaching English As A Foreign Language To Young Learners In Russia, Inna V. Kuznetsova
Shared Reading For Teaching English As A Foreign Language To Young Learners In Russia, Inna V. Kuznetsova
Graduate Research Papers
Shared Reading has proven to be very effective in developing language and literacy skills of children in the West. This project introduces Shared Reading as a curriculum component of English as a foreign language for young children in Russia. Review of the literature regarding the effectiveness of Shared Reading is described. The project includes two units of four lessons each that illustrate implementation of Shared Reading, oral language and other literacy activities. The project concludes with specific recommendations for dissemination of this work.
Potential Technology Application In English Instruction In The People's Republic Of China, Ping Gao
Potential Technology Application In English Instruction In The People's Republic Of China, Ping Gao
Graduate Research Papers
The primary purpose of this paper is to present a vision of potential technology application as an effective teaching aid for English instruction in the People's Republic of China (hereafter referred to as China). In order to provide a clear picture of why technology should be applied in English teaching situations in China, major factors influencing the current English teaching methodologies – grammar translation and audiolingual method – have been analyzed. A theoretical analysis of modern Western teaching pedagogy, the communicative approach, has been explored to offer an in-depth understanding of foreign language learning and teaching processes. The close relationship …