Resi Damhuis

University of Amsterdam | UVA · Department of Education

Low-proficient children need to be engaged in high-quality oral interaction as soon as possible. Educational design research was conducted to discover elements of a provocative approach to enhance language and thought development of these children. These elements are presented and illustrated. Interactions were analysed in order to assess how teach...

This chapter describes the approach of incorporating high quality interaction in science and technology education, employing interaction as indispensible tool and strategic purpose simultaneously. First we argue why high quality interaction is vital in science and technology education (S & T education). We describe the concrete features that mark h...

Oral language education is important throughout primary school for the development of language and learning. Yet in today's educational practice this core principle is neglected and classroom interactions lack quality. Teachers know that supporting students to participate actively in learning is important but they do not master the interaction skil...

In dit artikel beschrijven we een recent verschenen cd-rom ‘Taal & zaakvakken met webquests’ . Deze cd-rom is ontwikkeld voor leerkrachten en laat zien hoe taal en zaakvakken geïntegreerd kunnen worden en op welke manier webquests daarin verweven kunnen. In dit artikel beschrijven we de de cd-rom en gaan we in op de achtergronden.

Children develop their language proficiency through language acquisition oriented conversations with adult speakers. A conversation is acquisition-oriented when there is an adequate balance between the adult's input and feedback on the one hand and the child's production on the other hand. Educational settings happen to lack opportunities for produ...

This article concerns second language teaching with a format-based method. The following article in this issue concerns foreign language teaching using the same approach. In the present study, the differences between a format-based teaching approach and a standard approach used as treatments in a quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group desi...

This article describes the basic principles of interactive language teaching, as currently developed by the National Centre for Language Education (Expertisecentrum Nederlands). Based on a social constructivist view on learning and development, we argue that language education in the primary grades should aim at social, authentic, and strategic lea...

This article reports on research aimed at identifying ways of improving the contribution of Dutch infant classes to the second language acquisition of nonnative children. Verbal interactions in 15 Dutch infant classes with immigrant children were investigated. Conversations were audiotaped during five types of activity: the pupil-centered conversat...

Thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1995. Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-294).