Fredricka L. Stoller's scientific contributions

Publications (4)

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This collection provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. This book provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The anthology offers a comprehensive overview to the teaching of English a...
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Describes an English for academic purposes program design that uses a content-based, integrated skills approach to prepare learners for the demands of mainstream instruction. (Author/VWL)
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Provides a rationale for content-based instruction and demonstrates how project work can be integrated into content-based English-as-a-Second-Language classrooms. Outlines the primary characteristics of project work, introduces project work in its various configurations, and presents practical guidelines for sequencing and developing a project. (Au...
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Interest in project work and its integration into second and foreign language (L2) instruction is growing around the world; the interest stems in part from the work of Fried-Booth (1982, 1986), Legutke and Thiel (1983), and Haines (1989). The approach is particularly effective in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) settings because it easily lends...

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... Akker et al. (2006) explained that this phase was critical and should be highlighted because the developed products, whether modules, models, or curriculum, were relevant and required detail to ensure they benefited the actual target audience. In this phase, the researcher will build the constructs and items in the instruments based on the Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah Pendidikan Khas (KSSRPK), adopting the approach of Stoller (2002) by implementing ten-steps process of doing project work in learning English Language and the literature reviews. ...
... When PBL is performed individually, it encourages autonomous decision-making since it allows for a great deal of space for personal choice and freedom via personalized learning. In a democratic society, individuals of all ages should be able to make decisions that affect themselves, their families, communities, country and the world and with its emphasis on real-life-oriented, reflective and autonomous learning, PBL is maintained to be an experience for democratic learning (Legutke & Thomas, 1991;Papandreou, 1994;Sheppard & Stoller, 1995;Stoller, 2001). ...
... As all students have already covered entry language requirements for their target universities and are relatively advanced learners, the course will aim at fostering comprehensive (rather than purely linguistic) skills. Stoller (1999) identifies three general areas for EAP skills: language (e.g. reading, writing, vocabulary), academic skills (e.g. ...
... Project organization is a successful method of effectively combining language and content. (Stoller, 1997). Project work is more effective when teachers relax control and students view teachers as mentors and facilitators (Sheppard & Stoll, 1995). ...