... learnerLanguages:L1 First language L2 Second language TL Target language FL Foreign language Programs: ESL English as a second language EFL English as a foreign language ESOL Englishfor speakers ... speakers of other languagesTESOL TeachingEnglish to speakers of other languagesTESL TeachingEnglish as a second language ESP Englishfor specifi c purposesEAP Englishfor academic purposesMany ... schooling for our children. We conduct applied research and evaluation, and provide technical assis-tance and informational resources to connect research and practice, build knowledge and skills, and...
... and Technology (EST), Englishfor Business and Economics (EBE), and English for Social Sciences (ESS), and further to Englishfor Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Occupational Purposes ... Business Purposes (EBP) from Englishfor Management, Finance and Economics, andEnglishfor Business and Economics (EBE).Dudley-Evans and St John, on the other hand, suggested the use of a continuum ... analyses, and implications forteaching how to write business reports in Englishfor English- major students are recommended in Chapter 4. 5 In Chapter 1, the trends and approaches of English for...
... relationships between achievement and school and familyvariables,7. to reinforce the call for high academic standards and educationalreform, and 8. to argue for system and school accountability.The ... policies for including and accommodating students withdisabilities; Lynne Sacks and Laura Golden provided similar informationabout states’ policies for English- language learners. Policies for Students ... school districts, and states to set stan-dards and report annual progress for English- languagelearnersand studentswith disabilities [Sec. (c) (VII)]. Rewards and corrective actions for schoolsare...
... Science, Foreign Languages 26 (2010) 171-180 171 A brief comparison of Vietnamese intonation andEnglish intonation and its implications forteachingEnglish intonation to Vietnamese EFL learners ... American English, Ann Arbor. P107Brazil, D., Coultard, M., and Johns, C. 1980. Discourse Intonation andlanguage teaching, Longman, 1945. [2] C. Fries, Charles, Teachingand Learning English ... progressive and systematic training, and from practice andlanguage use. 5. Conclusion This study has compared several intonational features of Vietnamese and those of English, and provided...
... ConnectionsConnectionsComparisonsComparisonsCommunitiesCommunitiesCulturesCulturesCommunicationCommunication Standards for Standards for Foreign Language LearningForeign Language Learningin thein the21st Century21st Century connects content, language and culture goals to ... ProcessEnduring Understanding:“Students will understand that:”Essential Question:In student language; focusesstudent effort and thinking1 Learning Hanzi as a Literary and Cultural Experience ... elementary school curriculum.Thematic Planning Strategies forTeaching Early Chinese Language Learners 5. Present vocabulary in functional chunks and in context, rather than as isolated words...
... alternative is teachinglanguage through drama because it gives a context for listening and meaningful language production, forcing the learners to use their language resources and, thus, enhancing ... from for classroom teaching, thereby augmenting their efficiency in teaching English. IntroductionBenefits of Using Drama in the Language ClassroomMany a times the teaching of Englishlanguage ... years of English teaching, the learners do not gain the confidence of using the language in and outside the class. Their output in the language is limited to writing run-of-the-mill answers for...
... information(by reading, for example), to analyze that information, and then to make rational decisions. This process isemphasized at the high school and college levels to prepare students for ... devices and transitions■Exhibits a mature,sophisticated useof language thatis precise and engaging■Has a voice and asense of aware-ness of audience and purpose■Varies the struc-ture and ... they are teaching my kindergartner to combine three letters to form a word or someday preparing her to enter theworkforce, teachers of all subjects and at all levels should be valued for the...
... weight.CHAPTERTips and Strategies for the VerbalSection8137 PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLEshake shook shakentake took takenforget forgot forgottenget got gottengive gave givenforgive forgave forgivenforsake ... whistledA handful of English verbs have the same present, past, and past participle form. Here is a partial listof those verbs and two examples:SAME PRESENT, PAST, AND PAST PARTICIPLE FORMbet ... long as I can.–VERB FORMS–144 Regular VerbsMost English verbs are regular—they follow a standard set of rules for forming the present participle, pasttense, and past participle:■The...
... spreadsheet for teach-ing the forward-backward algorithm. In Proceed-ings of the ACL-02 Workshop on Effective tools and methodologies forteaching natural language process-ing and computational ... 323–328,Portland, Oregon, June 19-24, 2011.c2011 Association for Computational Linguistics Models and Training for Unsupervised Preposition Sense DisambiguationDirk Hovy and Ashish Vaswani and Stephen ... Bernardo Magnini, and Christopher Manning,editors. 2010. Proceedings of the NAACL HLT2010 First International Workshop on Formalisms and Methodology for Learning by Reading. Association for Computational...
... purposesof language use: for obtaining and communicatinginformation, for literary response and expression, for learning and reflection, andfor problem solving and application. For Obtaining and CommunicatingInformationNonfiction, ... what, why, and how in Englishlanguage arts learning. Our stan-10 Standards for the EnglishLanguage ArtsFigure 1. An Interactive Model for the EnglishLanguage ArtsStandards grandfather. ... so.2 Standards for the EnglishLanguage ArtsTHE NEED FOR STANDARDSIn defining standards for the Englishlanguage arts,we are motivated by three core beliefs:■ First, we believe that standards...
... can do and are learning to do 51Making languageand content accessible forEnglishlanguagelearners 55 Strategies to support beginning Englishlanguagelearners 57On-going strategiesfor supporting ... available for a variety of purposes. Introduction 2Section 1 Understanding Englishlanguagelearners 5 English languagelearners (ELLs) in Ontario schools 5Canadian-born Englishlanguagelearners ... 13Section 1 Understanding Englishlanguagelearners Supporting EnglishLanguageLearners in Grades 1 to 8Key differences between everyday languageand academic language Everyday language proficiency...
... among EnglishLanguage Learners. This research and literature suggest that dialogue journals could serve as an effective method for improving the writing performance of English LanguageLearners ... WITH ENGLISHLANGUAGELEARNERS 13 Dialogue Journals with EnglishLanguageLearners Experts (Miller, 2007; Peyton, 1990) have come to view the use of dialogue journals with English LanguageLearners ... ENGLISHLANGUAGELEARNERS 7 Introduction The number of students learning English as a foreign language increases yearly in the United States. There are approximately 9.9 million English Language...
... Guide for Secondary Teachers of Migrant EnglishLanguage Learners Every word or utterance in a second language is a step forward and shouldbe seen for what it accomplishes ratherthan for what ... this kit and/ or your district ESL staff about how language is acquired and what are recom-mended instructionaland assessment strategies. ãAdvocate for more ESL staff and teachertraining for your ... yourhome language, and which subjects did youstudy in English? English: Spanish:123 11The Help! Kit: A Resource Guide for Secondary Teachers of Migrant EnglishLanguage Learners Valdes and Figueroa...
... her individual journey into English as her second language as well as the ways the two languages and cultures, her home language and culture and the new language and culture she was acquiring, ... studies, andEnglishlanguage arts, as well as in physical and vocational education, it does not require teachers to be highly qualified to teach Englishlanguage learners. Short and Echevarria ... when the context becomes meaningful for us as learners. There are many strategiesfor making linguistic input more comprehensible forEnglishlanguage learners in general education classrooms....