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2. The Development of Reading Comprehension in FL Teaching--Combining Knowledge and Skill.
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Lutjeharms, Madeline
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Techniques and approaches useful for developing reading comprehension and reading skills in second language learners are discussed and illustrated with examples from German. Literature is reviewed on: the effectiveness of reading while listening, transfer of skills and knowledge from one language to another, the role of guessing in reading comprehension, and the contrastive method of second language learning. Exercises for vocabulary development, dictionary use, transformation and recognition of difficult common words and cognates, language awareness, inflection, global text comprehension or extensive reading (including recall), and detailed or intensive text comprehension are suggested. (MSE)
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- 1985
3. Students Who Learn Differently.
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Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas, Zandvliet (Belgium). and van Alsenoy, Susan
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This paper on students who learn differently, primarily students with specific learning disabilities or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADD/HD), examines the topic in the context of American families living abroad based on a review of the literature and a survey of member clubs of the Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas. Background information covers topics such as the nature of ADD/HD, symptoms of special learning problems, factors that might complicate recognition, why students learn differently, consequences of ignoring the fact that students learn differently, and student evaluation. Special considerations for internationally mobile families are organized into suggestions for before and after the move and anytime. Schooling suggestions cover international schools, host country or national schools, choosing a school, techniques for teachers, the computer as a teaching aid, continuing education for teachers, and tips for college-bound students. The paper also provides an extensive bibliography and list of resource materials including books, computer programs, tapes, Web sites, and useful addresses. Also included are eight attachments such as the survey questionnaire, a list of famous people with attention deficit disorders and learning disabilities, a brochure of advice for parents, organizational materials, and a report detailing the findings of a follow-up survey. (Contains approximately 50 references.) (DB)
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- 1998
4. Internationalizing a Business Communication Course. Draft.
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Davis, Ken
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An instructor's effort to internationalize a business communication course taught him much about the relationships between cognitive egocentrism and cognitive ethnocentrism. Cognitive egocentrism is the chief obstacle to be overcome in learning to write, even within a culture, while cognitive ethnocentrism is the chief obstacle to be overcome in learning to communicate interculturally. Business writing students at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis exchange simulated job application letters and resumes with business communication and business English students at the Antwerp Business School in Antwerp, Belgium. Students at both institutions read the documents from their counterparts and decide which applicants to "interview" and which to reject. The Indianapolis students write personal, student-to-student critiques of the Belgian applications, and the Antwerp students present videotaped oral evaluations of the American applications. Four subjective outcomes of the internationalizing of this business communication course are: (1) students seem to find the course even more authentic than earlier, noninternational versions; (2) students seem more motivated than their earlier counterparts; (3) as students worked to overcome cognitive egocentrism, they began to overcome cognitive ethnocentrism as well; and (4) in an increasingly international and intercultural communication environment, egocentrism and ethnocentrism are the same thing. (RS)
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- 1993
5. Designing and Implementing Virtual Exchange -- A Collection of Case Studies
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Research-publishing.net (France), Helm, Francesca, Beaven, Ana, Helm, Francesca, Beaven, Ana, and Research-publishing.net (France)
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Virtual exchange is gaining popularity in formal and non-formal education, partly as a means to internationalise the curriculum, and also to offer more sustainable and inclusive international and intercultural experiences to young people around the world. This volume brings together 19 case studies (17 in higher education and two in youth work) of virtual exchange projects in Europe and the South Mediterranean region. They span across a range of disciplines, from STEM to business, tourism, and languages, and are presented as real-life pedagogical practices that can be of interest to educators looking for ideas and inspiration. [This content is provided in the format of an e-book. Individual papers are indexed in ERIC.]
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- 2020
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