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The Community Issues And Social And Cultural Activities Component Of The Japanese Teachers' Program At Boston University, Summer 1973, Karen M. Zeller

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No abstract provided.

A Basic Survival English Course For Adult Spanish Speaking Migrant Workers, Elizabeth Ward Tannenbaum

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This is a collection of basic survival English instructional materials for adult Spanish speaking migrant workers. The materials were developed under a U.S. Office of Education Right to read Grant through the Mid-Columbia regional Library in Kennewick, Washington from 1973-74 and were used in teaching migrant workers in the agricultural area of Eastern Washington.

The materials consist of an explanation of the program and 19 lessons, each based around a grammatical point. Each lesson includes dialogues relevant to the needs of adult migrants, picture and written handouts related to migrant needs, and an explanation of each lesson. All materials are …

Toward Community: A Tentative Theory Of Group Process, And Its Implications For Teachers, Elizabeth Ann Sparks

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No abstract provided.

A Guide To Writing Tefl Materials For Groups Of 3-5 Students: Rationale And Techniques, Richard G. Price

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Examining Values: A Comparative Cultures Course At Sit For Non-English Speakers, Ann L. Munch

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This paper reports the Comparative Cultures section of a 10-week English course I taught at SIT the summer of 1973. Although the report is descriptive, its thrust is primarily instructive. Its purpose is to provide other teachers of Comparative Cultures some supplemental material. It includes my pedagogical approach to cultural awareness in the classroom, during the ten weeks, student involvement and reaction, and suggestions for adapting and improving the material.

A Folio Of Drawings For Language Teaching And Learning, Patrick Russell Moran

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No abstract provided.

An Open Corridor Esl Workshop: A Supplemental English Program At Sit, John B. Millett Jr.

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This report is a description of the creation and workings of an Open Corridor ESL Workshop designed as a supplement to an intensive ESL program. The workshop's form is based on the beliefs that learners learn in different ways, have different needs and interests which should be reflected in the content of activities, and can take the responsibility for their learning. An assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of this workshop and recommendations for improvement and use in different situations are presented in the final section.

A Collection Of Recipes For Students Of English As A Second Language, Caroline Wright Lovejoy

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A collection of recipes for students of English as a second language at an intermediate level. Included are basic American recipes with simple, detailed directions. There is also a supplement of more complex recipes gathered from American and foreign students at the School for International Training. There is a glossary of terms needed for a knowledge of food preparation. A conversion table of measurements is included as well as a dictionary of food names in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Japanese.

Report On Six Week Summer Experience Teaching Puerto Rican Migrant Children In Springfield, Massachusetts, Amy Lepon

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No abstract provided.

The Teaching Of English In Africa: An Evaluation Through Interviews With Former Teachers, Lucy Lawson

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This project concerns itself with the Problems of English Teaching in Africa and suggestions toward improvement.

The writer, after three years' experience in American public schools, universities, and other educational programs, has come to realize that there is much to be done to improve teacher training methods and techniques in the teacher training colleges and in-service training of teachers in Africa. Workshop programs with new and developing materials of teaching and techniques are recommended as one solution to these deficiencies.

The ideas in this paper grew out of interviews with former American teachers of English in Africa and also articles …

A Manual Of Self-Instructional Techniques For Learning A Foreign Language, Michael Jerald

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This paper is meant to serve as a handbook for learning a new language without formal instruction. It started from notes perapared for students in the intensive foreign language classes at the School for International Training who wanted to know what they could do, without taking a formal course, to optimize their continued learning once they got overseas. They had had training in the basic grammatical patterns and pronunciation of the language and had been exposed to a limited amount of vocabulary; their question was one of knowing how to use the envorinment (in the countries to which they were …

A Report On Leading A Group To Germany, 1973, Katharine E. Hill

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No abstract provided.

A Model Teacher Training Schedule For The Intensive Language Programs Of The Foreign Language Office At The School For International Training, Richard Jagger

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This is a suggested teacher training program for the Foreign Language Office of the School for International Training. It includes a consideration of the steps leading to communicative competence; assumptions about trainees; a model schedule; suggestions for implementing it; and a detailed elaboration of the schedule.

The Linguistic, Cultural, And Developmental Considerations Inheritent In The Design And Implementation Of An Esl Program For Navajo Children At Borrego Pass School, Charles E. Hancock

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This paper examines the considerations - linguistic, cultural, and developmental - which should be considered in the design and implementation of an ESL program appropriate to the settings of a bilingual-bicultural education program and to the needs of Navajo children. The process of language development in both first and second language learning is related to the design of learning activities and sequencing of language objectives. Observations of learning styles and language usage as provided by the culture, the individual, and by his peers as they relate to the development of a bilingual Navajo child are examined. The paper discusses the …

A Teacher's Pronunciation Manual, Nancy Iglehart Foote

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A Teacher's Pronunciation Manual is a compilation of various techniques, games and technical information to aid the teacher in his work on pronunciation in the classroom. There are several methods for minimal pair drills, sample tongue twisters, diagnostic pronunciation tests and advice on making pronunciation tapes. Each sound in English has a discussion of its production, various minimal pairs, sample sentences and exercises and one or more techniques for the classroom. A bibliography is included for the further reference.

Teacher Training And Coordination In An Intensive French Language Program : Solt/ Vermont Academy, William P. Dant

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This report outlines in detail the organization and coordination of an intensive summer language program, from program planning to training of a native speaking staff to actual program activities, including teacher supervision and in-service training. The report includes a detailed appendix of all documents and lesson plans used for program organization and teacher training.

Teaching English As A Foreign Language To Younger Japanese Children, Viviane D. Fleischer

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Report On Leadership To Castres, France, Enid Larimer Dangerfield

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Values Clarification In The Language Classroom, John Croes, Diane Goldsmith, Ruth Howell, Jock Montgomery

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No abstract provided.

Films In French: Suggestions For Use And Selected Examples, Rosemary Ann Cook

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Random Reality: On How To Develop A Set Of Visual Aids For The Esl Classroom, Edward A. Chmelewski

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This report explains to the ESL teacher how he or she may develop a set of visual aid materials to give his or her foreign students a better understanding of life and culture in the U.S.A., and at the same time teach them ESL. Also included are a number of slides, sample biographies, sample tape scripts, and a teacher's guide from my own project.

The Rationale And Techniques Of Individualizing Language Instruction, Arthur A. Burrows

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No abstract provided.

A Descriptive Report Of A Teacher Training Workshop At The School For International Training, August, 1973, Peter Mcleod Boggs

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No abstract provided.

E.S.L. At Borrego Pass School: The Program For Kindergarten Through Second Grade, Anne Bermant

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This paper is a report on my first year as an E.S.L. teacher. The paper describes the school where I worked and the program I set up there. Included are my personal feelings and beliefs about what I was doing. This paper deals only with my portion of the E.S.L. instruction at the school. For information on the upper level program (grades 3-5) refer to Charles E. Hancock's I.P.P. I have included in my paper suggestions for activities in working with young children (grades kindergarten through second) and some observations about working with Navajo children in particular.

An Intensive Teacher Training Program: 1973 Ict-Tefl Module, Mary Katherine Anzinger

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The following paper is a report describing a TEFL teacher training program taught to the International Career Training students at the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont. It includes : a two-week detailed lesson plan of classroom activities for module participants, a description of their practice-teaching with sample lesson plans and evaluations, participants' evaluations of the course, suggestions for improvement of future modules, and administrative details involved in setting up a course of this type on the SIT campus.

Teaching One Student, Thalia Ellen Alberts

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Binational Centers In Particular, The Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin, Ellen Fehl Musser

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No abstract provided.

Teaching Language In-Country: A Report On The Use Of The Environment While Teaching Spanish At The Language Camp In Oaxtepec, Mexico, Jesus Burgos Marin

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Student-Teaching In Greece: Organization, Precision, And Awareness In The Classroom, Frederica Hermansen

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A Critique Of Language Learning And Theory In The Audio-Lingual Method Of Teaching English As A Foreign Language, Stephen Gregory Hanchey

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In this paper I investigate the claims on which many present ESL methods are based and examine them in view of recent developments in both learning theory and linguistics. There are reasons to think that the audio-lingual method is grounded in inadequate theories of learning and linguistics; if so, this warrants experiments in new methods and re-examination of such currently acceptable teaching methods as repetition, imitation, and pattern practice. In particular, I examine the practices of the audiolingual method which are based on behaviorist and structural linguistic theories, especially those practices which are extensions of theories about child language acquisition, …