A Selected Study of Methods and Materials for Teaching English as a Second Language
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Authors
Armstrong, Jennifer
Issue Date
1973
Type
Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
This study of methods and materials for the teaching of
English as a second language to speakers of other languages,
particularly Spanish, was prompted by the 'Puerta de Oportunidad'
project at Kalamazoo College. The project, under the direction
of Dr. Betty Lance, was founded to teach English to Spanish speaking
people in the Kalamazoo area. The teachers for the
project are senior Spanish majors at Kalamazoo College, thus
having little or no experience or training in the teaching of
English. This study therefore was initiated to help these
teachers as well as myself gain an insight into the teaching
of English as a second language. Through research I discovered
that visual aids were an important feature of teaching English
and thus devoted part of this project to discussing their use
and developing some visual materials. I also spent some time
observing the teaching of English at the English Language
Institute at Ann Arbor and at a Pontiac elementary school to
get a better idea of teaching methods used by different people
to teach English. As a final exercise I devoted some time to
researching textbooks for possible future use in the Puerta
de Oportunidad project.
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v, 35 p.
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