Teaching Narrative Structures to Students majoring in Pre-School and Primary Education by Mireia Canals-Botines

“…In the context of teaching English as a second language to young and very young learners, future teachers need to find indirect ways to teach. …”
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Meeting Teachers’ Needs: Reaching Literacy Through Grammar in Indigenous Schools by Glenda Shopen, Ruth Hickey

“…Abstract Many teachers and teaching assistants report that they lack an understanding of Standard Australian English grammar and that this hinders their work with Indigenous students who are learning English as a second language. This paper reports on the success of an accredited professional development strategy in Far North Queensland. …”
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Using a Corpus-Informed Pedagogical Intervention to Develop Language Awareness toward Appropriate Lexicogrammatical Choices by Julieta Fernandez, Aziz Yuldashev

“…The corpus-informed pedagogical intervention described in this article was developed for an advanced English as a Second Language (ESL) course designed for prospective International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) and implemented over the course of two class periods. …”
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Postcolonial Theories and TESOL: Exploring Implications for Teaching in U.S. Contexts by Amanda Stessen-Blevins

“…One of my first experiences with teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) was during my years as an undergraduate, working with the Somali-Bantu Community Organization (SBCO) in Syracuse, NY. …”
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Using a mixed methods approach to explore strategies, metacognitive awareness and the effects of task design on listening development by Anne O’Bryan, Volker Hegelheimer

“…Based on research in listening comprehension, task design and strategies, this article uses a mixed methods approach to shed light on the development of four intermediate English as a second language (ESL) students’ listening strategy use and awareness over the course of one semester. …”
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Improving Speaking through Role Plays and Dramatization by Cárdenas R. Diana, Robayo Ruiz María Deisy

“…We concentrated on one
 of the skills that we consider basic to develop the overall improvement of English as a second language: speaking. After some pedagogical reflections concerning oral activities in the
 classroom, we chose some role-plays and dramatizations to determine their impact on students´ oral production and the effect they may have on students´ learning processes.…”
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The discursive and grammatical design of (X)VS clauses of L2 English: an interlanguage evidence by Roberto de Freitas Junior

“…This article deals with the transferance of a pragmatic-discursive strategy from Brazilian Portuguese (BP) to academic writing in English as a second language (EL2): the use of verb-subject word order (VS). …”
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Tutor bahasa Inggeris dan sains komputer untuk pelajar-pelajar ESl / by 286633 Chong, Men Soon

“…Dalam keadaan yang tersebut di atas maka projek ini dibangunkan dengan tujuan untuk memberi pelajaran Bahasa Inggeris dan Sains Komputer kepada pelajar-pelajar ESL (English as a Second Language). Sistem pembelajaran berkomputer yang dibangunkan dalam projek ini adalah suatu sistem CAI berbentuk tutorial. …”

Second language learning and acculturation: The role of motivation and goal content congruence by Sara Rubenfeld, Lisa Sinclair, Richard Clément

“…Specifically, we compared English as a second language (ESL) students in two programs, which differed in their long-term goal orientations. …”
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Measuring Students' Critical Thinking by Imadin M. Zannrni

“…  Staring from the increasing importance of Critical Thinking (CT), playing a key role in learning English as a second language, aiming to develop the educational situation in Kurdistan Region and Iraq as well as raising the awareness of the CT, and being one of the most prominent 4Cs the researcher has conducted this paper that examines three studies, their names will be mentioned afterward, in the field of critical thinking. …”
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Are Language Teaching Methods Really Dead as Some TESOL Gurus Have Proclaimed? by Jesus Alirio Bastidas

“…Up to the last two decades of the 20th century, the era of methods prevailed as a key component, especially in the field of teaching English as a second language. Nevertheless, by the end of the century, many TESOL authorities were questioning the usefulness and scope of methods. …”
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Results of Experimental Teaching Self-Reflection while Speaking by Elena Frolikova, Tatyana Simonyan

“…Further assimilation of self-reflection into the educational process prompted teachers to introduce reflective practices into classes of English as a second language, which allowed to both improve students’ speaking skills and their awareness of reflection. …”
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On the nature of the pedagogical relationship by Maria de Lourdes Duarte Sette

“…<p>After analyzing pedagogical activities and emails of students, in addition to a diary I kept during eight months in which I taught English as a second language to a group of eight adults in a work setting, I came to perceive the presence of socio-historical-individual aspects, both conscious and unconscious, interwoven in the speech of participants in pedagogical events. …”
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Language-Building Activities and Variations in Interaction With Mixed-Ability ESL University Learners in a Content-Based Course by Héctor Manuel Serna Dimas, Erika Ruíz Castellanos

“…In this article, the researchers describe their collaboration in a content-based course in English with English as a second language learners. The data gathered through lesson plans, sociograms, and student feedback cards showed an increase of students’ involvement in class activities since their concern was to be able to diagnose and treat their future patients’ physical condition through a structured interview for which both careful language elaboration and therapist/patient interaction were essential.…”
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Rewriting traditional tales as multilingual narratives at elementary school: Problems and progress by Heather Lotherington

“…The study has as one of its stated objectives the development of multilingual story retelling as a means of inexpensively supporting home language maintenance, fostering language awareness and aiding English as a second language learning in a community of high linguistic diversity. …”
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Reading fluency in the middle and secondary grades by David D. Paige, Theresa Magpuri-Lavell

“…This is followed by a discussion of reading fluency and comprehension data gathered by one of the authors in India that highlight the possibilities for the acquisition of fluent reading in those learning English as a second language. Following a review of strategies to assist middle and secondary teachers with the development of fluent reading in their students, we conclude with a discussion of word study strategies that promote syllabic and morphemic analysis. …”
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Techniques to improve the vocabulary of the students at the college level by Sripada Pushpa Nagini, Cherukuri Mani Ramana

“…The paper suggests effective techniques to improve the vocabulary of the students in English as a Second Language context based on an experimental study. …”
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Adventure in a new language: what a first generation Canadian immigrant’s narrative holds for ESL teachers by Fang Xing

“…This paper explored the value of learner’s stories for ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers’ teaching and research through a narrative inquiry of the lived English learning experience of a first generation Canadian immigrant. …”
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Instructor Satisfaction in University of California Extension's On-line Writing Curriculum by Mary Beth Almeda, Kathleen Rose

“… This article describes instructor satisfaction in 14 online courses in freshman-level composition and literature, business writing, and English as a Second Language offered in the University of California (UC) Extension’s online program. …”
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International students’ accented English—Communication difficulties and developed strategies by Eunjae Park, Helen Klieve, Chiharu Tsurutani, Wendy Harte

“…Participants comprised 182 international students who spoke English as a second language and were undertaking undergraduate and postgraduate programs at three universities in South East Queensland. …”
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