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Full-Text Articles in Education
Toward Community: A Tentative Theory Of Group Process, And Its Implications For Teachers, Elizabeth Ann Sparks
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
A Guide To Writing Tefl Materials For Groups Of 3-5 Students: Rationale And Techniques, Richard G. Price
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No abstract provided.
An Open Corridor Esl Workshop: A Supplemental English Program At Sit, John B. Millett Jr.
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.
The Teaching Of English In Africa: An Evaluation Through Interviews With Former Teachers, Lucy Lawson
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
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
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
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.
Student-Teaching In Greece: Organization, Precision, And Awareness In The Classroom, Frederica Hermansen
Student-Teaching In Greece: Organization, Precision, And Awareness In The Classroom, Frederica Hermansen
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No abstract provided.
A Critique Of Language Learning And Theory In The Audio-Lingual Method Of Teaching English As A Foreign Language, Stephen Gregory Hanchey
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, …
A Teacher's Pronunciation Manual, Nancy Iglehart Foote
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.
A Summer's Learning Experience, Arlene Feskanich
A Summer's Learning Experience, Arlene Feskanich
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No abstract provided.
Teaching English As A Foreign Language To Younger Japanese Children, Viviane D. Fleischer
Teaching English As A Foreign Language To Younger Japanese Children, Viviane D. Fleischer
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No abstract provided.
Values Clarification In The Language Classroom, John Croes, Diane Goldsmith, Ruth Howell, Jock Montgomery
Values Clarification In The Language Classroom, John Croes, Diane Goldsmith, Ruth Howell, Jock Montgomery
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No abstract provided.
Random Reality: On How To Develop A Set Of Visual Aids For The Esl Classroom, Edward A. Chmelewski
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.
A Descriptive Report Of A Teacher Training Workshop At The School For International Training, August, 1973, Peter Mcleod Boggs
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.
An Intensive Teacher Training Program: 1973 Ict-Tefl Module, Mary Katherine Anzinger
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.