Find information on the range of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) exams and English Language Teaching (ELT) schemes, offered by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES).
Rose discusses the Australian Learning to Read:Reading to Learn programme as a prescription for the new South Africa. Detailed examples of application of this model and its techniques. Good discussion of underlying (Vygotskyan) principles; and how this model diverges fundamentally from its failed traditionalist and progressivist rivals. Based on extensive, long-running and highly successful action research.
Parkinson and Musgrave confirm the role of nominalisation and the noun phrase in teaching/learning academic writing. This study seems to lend support to Biber's notion of developmental stages in in use and understanding of noun phrase forms.
Use of the tools of SFL to identify the writing requirements of the Australian secondary history curriculum. Subsequent integration of pedagogical practices to facilitate amelioration of text.
Positive outcomes from collaborative work between University Researchers and Teachers in raising standards for all students including ESL students by instigating intellectually challenging curriculum through creative and innovative planning. How is intellectual quality realised in the classroom. SCLA positions teachers and students being active in collaborative learning processes.