articles on teaching ESL?
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:13 am
Hey,
Could anyone please tell where articles (research) about teaching ESL are on the web? A lot of the article links on Dave’s ESL page are not up anymore. I’m doing a research proposal for a class.. My proposal will hopefully answer these questions:
-How do I improve communication with my elderly ESL students?
-What would happen in my class if I purposely used techniques to teach the students individually?
Those are concerns that I have about my ESL teaching abilities; they’re probably going to be the basis of the paper. Just in case, I pasted the assignment below. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it! Thank you for your time. Please email me at [email protected]
David
Research Proposal
Your Research Proposal should include the following items. It does not have to follow this form with numbers for each section. You can write it as a narrative, using titles or not as you chose. There is no special length as long as each part is covered adequately. This is worth 200 points. The points given for each aspect give approximate values I will use. Depending on your proposal some parts may end up with different total values.
I. Title, introduction, description, statement of problem. (10 pts.)
2. Rational -why you want to do this study and why you think that it is important.
How does it address the social, cognitive, and instructional needs of your students?
(10 pts.)
3. Research questions (one, two or three) (30 pts.)
4. Population Description. What are the characteristics, cultural norms, linguistic
and social contexts of the students and teachers in the institution? (5)
4. Brief literature review of four selections, providing a theoretical framework for this study as well as some practical knowledge. For example, if you are going to examine the use of cooperative learning you need to review some descriptions of the cooperative learning model you are using, Slavin, Johnson and Johnson, or others. Be sure that you use complete citations. (20)
5. Your role in the study: teacher, classroom assistant, collaborator with teacher 6. Limitations -what your study will and will not accomplish. (10 pts.)
7. Methodological approaches. You will explain what research methods you plan to use and why these methods are appropriate and reasonable. What aspect of your instruction will you be examining? What data will indicate effectiveness of your methods? What data will you collect? How will your data be collected? How will you analyze the data? (80 pts.)
8. Sources other than yourself that you will use -other voices. Will you observe students, interview students, ask parents their opinions, have a critical friend observe you, seek assistance from a supervisor or administrator? (5 pts.)
9. Expected outcome -goals of your study. What do you expect to find out or be able to achieve. How will this lead to improved student learning? (30 pts.)
Could anyone please tell where articles (research) about teaching ESL are on the web? A lot of the article links on Dave’s ESL page are not up anymore. I’m doing a research proposal for a class.. My proposal will hopefully answer these questions:
-How do I improve communication with my elderly ESL students?
-What would happen in my class if I purposely used techniques to teach the students individually?
Those are concerns that I have about my ESL teaching abilities; they’re probably going to be the basis of the paper. Just in case, I pasted the assignment below. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it! Thank you for your time. Please email me at [email protected]
David
Research Proposal
Your Research Proposal should include the following items. It does not have to follow this form with numbers for each section. You can write it as a narrative, using titles or not as you chose. There is no special length as long as each part is covered adequately. This is worth 200 points. The points given for each aspect give approximate values I will use. Depending on your proposal some parts may end up with different total values.
I. Title, introduction, description, statement of problem. (10 pts.)
2. Rational -why you want to do this study and why you think that it is important.
How does it address the social, cognitive, and instructional needs of your students?
(10 pts.)
3. Research questions (one, two or three) (30 pts.)
4. Population Description. What are the characteristics, cultural norms, linguistic
and social contexts of the students and teachers in the institution? (5)
4. Brief literature review of four selections, providing a theoretical framework for this study as well as some practical knowledge. For example, if you are going to examine the use of cooperative learning you need to review some descriptions of the cooperative learning model you are using, Slavin, Johnson and Johnson, or others. Be sure that you use complete citations. (20)
5. Your role in the study: teacher, classroom assistant, collaborator with teacher 6. Limitations -what your study will and will not accomplish. (10 pts.)
7. Methodological approaches. You will explain what research methods you plan to use and why these methods are appropriate and reasonable. What aspect of your instruction will you be examining? What data will indicate effectiveness of your methods? What data will you collect? How will your data be collected? How will you analyze the data? (80 pts.)
8. Sources other than yourself that you will use -other voices. Will you observe students, interview students, ask parents their opinions, have a critical friend observe you, seek assistance from a supervisor or administrator? (5 pts.)
9. Expected outcome -goals of your study. What do you expect to find out or be able to achieve. How will this lead to improved student learning? (30 pts.)
