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Project On Designing Activities For Teaching Grammar, Sunny Hyon

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This document outlines a project for a course in second language acquisition taken by undergraduates who intend to be high school or university teachers/professors. The project asks the undergraduates to design a sequence of activities for teaching English language learners (ELLs) a particular English grammatical construction, and to connect those activities to reading or writing assignments in their future classrooms. The students also must explain how their activities will facilitate ELLs' grammatical learning, drawing on research on language acquisition presented in the course.

Teacher-Educators’ Conceptions About Materials In Elt Classes At Lele-Uls, Ana María Hurtado Carvajal, Paula Andrea Martínez Perdomo

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

Este estudio busca identificar las concepciones de los profesores y las maneras de vivir el material en las clases de inglés en el programa de Licenciatura de Español y lenguas Extranjeras en la Universidad de La Salle. Este estudio se desarrolla con tres profesores de inglés usando entrevistas no estructuradas, cuestionarios de preguntas abiertas y observaciones. El estudio sigue un diseño de investigación fenomenológico. Los resultados muestran que los maestros conciben los materiales como mecanismos que tienen un papel importante en la clase que facilita el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Los profesores articulan sus preferencias en los materiales. Cuando los materiales …

The Alignment Of Esl Materials To Wida And State Standards, Jenna Marie Quanbeck

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

This project analyzed the various 2^nd grade English language (EL) materials that were available in a rural elementary school to determine how those materials aligned to Minnesota (MN) state academic standards and the WIDA English Language Development standards. First, the various bodies of literature available on alignment and current recommendations for determining alignment between course content and state academic standards were reviewed. Then, the researcher developed and implemented a checklist-based process for determining alignment. This paper presents the literature review, the checklists, and the results of the analysis. The materials were found to be aligned to standards. The researcher …

Rethinking Materials For The Reading Class, Nolan Weil

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

With experienced teachers reading pedagogy revolves around activities that promote:
• Background knowledge
• Knowledge of text structure
• Vocabulary development
• Strategic reading
• Reading fluency
• Interactions around text
Inexperienced teachers can be mentored so that they learn to use texts to teach as experienced reading teachers teach. Publishers and materials writers can facilitate this by writing and publishing materials that have lots of stimulating text and instructional materials (e.g., pedagogical explanation, techniques, and recommendations) that empower teachers to teach.

Assessing The Impact Areas Of An International Study Tour For Teachers, Raymond Y. Young

Master's Capstone Projects

In the mid-1970’s, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts became federally designated refugee settlement location for many of the people displaced by violence and conflict in Southeast Asia. Since the, large numbers of individuals and families from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, often escaping horrific conditions, have found new homes in cities and towns across the commonwealth. Today, Massachusetts ranks seventh in the national for the number of Southeast Asian Immigrants and refugees that have resettled in the United States, and is home to the second largest Khmer American population outside of California.

Despite federal, state, and local assistance to the communities and …

An Approach For Teaching The Illiterate Esl Student How To Read And Write, Mary Sween

MA TESOL Collection

Although much work has previously been done on teaching the illiterate, I feel that much of it is quite rhetorical, theorical, and not complete or easy to follow. This paper dwells on a very practical approach to teaching the illiterate how to read and write, much of which I have devised, used, and tested its validity.

I have proceeded from assuming the student is at point zero and built his ability to read and write through the use of specific activities appropriate to his level of competency.

This is an easy to follow and complete guide to teaching reading and …

"The Typical American" Source Materials, Laurence D. Ebner

MA TESOL Collection

There are three components to the resource materials in this project. There are: a packet of approximately one hundred small (3'' x 5'') index cards, a packet of about two hundred large ( 4'' x 6'') index cards, and a type-written paper. The small index cards contain statistical information, the large index cards contain quotations, and the paper has an introduction to the entire project and the numerical distribution of responses to a questionnarie entitled: "The Typical American". In the introduction, the basic tenets and format of the project are given as well as possible uses for it. The materials …

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

MA TESOL Collection

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 …