Publication Date
1980
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
First Advisor
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Abstract
By means of an in-depth presentation of twenty four activities based on the theme of planning a vacation in the U.S., the author attempts to demonstrate the advantages, for both teachers of English as a second language and students, of using a thematic approach in the classroom to achieve not only language proficiency but such goals as healthy student-teacher relationships, communicative competence and cultural awareness as well. Preceding the twenty four activities is a discussion of the author's assumptions about and personal insights into language learning and language teaching, upon which the activities and advocacy of using a thematic approach in the ESL classroom are based.
Disciplines
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Communication | Linguistics
Recommended Citation
Entersz, Janet Lynne, "Planning a Vacation in the U.S.: a Multipurpose Theme in the ESL Classroom" (1980). MA TESOL Collection. 312.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/ipp_collection/312
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Communication Commons, Linguistics Commons