Thomas C Cooper
Biographic Data
| ID | 4054930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas C Cooper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas C |
| FAMILY NAME | Cooper |
| SIGNATURE | COOPER T C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Foreign Language Learning and SAT Verbal Scores Revisited
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between foreign language learning and verbal ability in English as measured by the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Reasoning Test. Comparing foreign language students to nonforeign language students in this study, the effect of taking a foreign language on SAT verbal performance differed depending on how a student scored on the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) verbal subtest.…
How Foreign Language Teachers in Georgia Evaluate their Professional Preparation: A Call for Action
The purpose of this article is to report on a collaborative project among members of colleges of education, colleges of arts and sciences, and high school foreign language departments. The project involved conducting an online survey of 341 current foreign language teachers in Georgia in order to determine how these K‐12 teachers perceived and evaluated the effectiveness of their professional preparation. Close to 60% of the teachers in the sampl…
An Esol Methods Course in a Latino Neighborhood
This article describes a model for situating an ESOL methods course in a Spanish‐speaking community. The methods course had two specific goals: (1) to organize ESOL classes for children and adults in a Latino neighborhood that serve as a practicum for university students working for an ESOL teaching endorsement and (2) to include a service‐learning project in the methods course so that the university students can become acquainted with the milieu…
Foreign Language Teaching Style and Personality
Every foreign language teacher develops a teaching style of pedagogical activities and techniques that especially matches his or her personality In this study, the author administered a Teaching Activity Preference ( TAP ) Questionnaire to ascertain how well teaching preferences fit personality type as determined by the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator ( MBTI ) . The principal findings of the study were: ( 1 ) the type distribution among pre‐service f…
Does It Suck?” or “Is It for the Birds?” Native Speaker Judgment of Slang Expressions
Pour les locuteurs, particulierement non natifs, les expressions argotiques posent des problemes quant a leur utilisation dans le contexte social approprie afin de ne pas heurter l'auditoire. L'A. examine la maniere dont les locuteurs natifs reagissent a l'emploi d'expressions argotiques anglaises en termes de jugement d'acceptabilite sociale. Les resultats de cette recherche constituent des indicateurs exploitables par les enseignants en anglais…
Processing of Idioms by L2 Learners of English
This study investigated the on-line processing strategies used by a sample of nonnative speakers of English who were asked to give the meanings of selected common idioms presented in a written context. Data were collected by means of the think-aloud procedure: Participants were asked to verbalize their thoughts as they arrived at the meanings of the idioms. Analysis revealed that most of the participants engaged in a heuristic approach to idiom c…
Teaching Idioms
Since idioms are figurative expressions that do not mean what they literally state and since they are so frequently encountered in both oral and written discourse, comprehending and producing idioms present language learners with a special vocabulary learning problem. Idiom acquisition research, however, has uncovered a number of findings that have pedagogical implications for idiom instruction. This article summarizes these research findings and…
A Survey of Teacher Concerns
The ACTFL/SCOLT (Southern Conference on Language Teaching) Task Force on Research in Foreign Language Education recently conducted a national survey of foreign language teachers, chairmen of outstanding high school programs, and state foreign language coordinators and consultants to find out from them what their most pressing questions were regarding foreign language learning and teaching. Of the many issues raised by survey respondents, the top …
How Foreign Language Teachers in Georgia Evaluate their Professional Preparation: A Call for Action
The purpose of this article is to report on a collaborative project among members of colleges of education, colleges of arts and sciences, and high school foreign language departments. The project involved conducting an online survey of 341 current foreign language teachers in Georgia in order to determine how these K‐12 teachers perceived and evaluated the effectiveness of their professional preparation. Close to 60% of the teachers in the sampl…
Foreign Language Teaching Style and Personality
Every foreign language teacher develops a teaching style of pedagogical activities and techniques that especially matches his or her personality In this study, the author administered a Teaching Activity Preference ( TAP ) Questionnaire to ascertain how well teaching preferences fit personality type as determined by the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator ( MBTI ) . The principal findings of the study were: ( 1 ) the type distribution among pre‐service f…
Processing of Idioms by L2 Learners of English
This study investigated the on-line processing strategies used by a sample of nonnative speakers of English who were asked to give the meanings of selected common idioms presented in a written context. Data were collected by means of the think-aloud procedure: Participants were asked to verbalize their thoughts as they arrived at the meanings of the idioms. Analysis revealed that most of the participants engaged in a heuristic approach to idiom c…
A Survey of Teacher Concerns
The ACTFL/SCOLT (Southern Conference on Language Teaching) Task Force on Research in Foreign Language Education recently conducted a national survey of foreign language teachers, chairmen of outstanding high school programs, and state foreign language coordinators and consultants to find out from them what their most pressing questions were regarding foreign language learning and teaching. Of the many issues raised by survey respondents, the top …
Foreign Language Learning and SAT Verbal Scores Revisited
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between foreign language learning and verbal ability in English as measured by the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Reasoning Test. Comparing foreign language students to nonforeign language students in this study, the effect of taking a foreign language on SAT verbal performance differed depending on how a student scored on the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) verbal subtest.…
An Esol Methods Course in a Latino Neighborhood
This article describes a model for situating an ESOL methods course in a Spanish‐speaking community. The methods course had two specific goals: (1) to organize ESOL classes for children and adults in a Latino neighborhood that serve as a practicum for university students working for an ESOL teaching endorsement and (2) to include a service‐learning project in the methods course so that the university students can become acquainted with the milieu…
Teaching Idioms
Since idioms are figurative expressions that do not mean what they literally state and since they are so frequently encountered in both oral and written discourse, comprehending and producing idioms present language learners with a special vocabulary learning problem. Idiom acquisition research, however, has uncovered a number of findings that have pedagogical implications for idiom instruction. This article summarizes these research findings and…
Does It Suck?” or “Is It for the Birds?” Native Speaker Judgment of Slang Expressions
Pour les locuteurs, particulierement non natifs, les expressions argotiques posent des problemes quant a leur utilisation dans le contexte social approprie afin de ne pas heurter l'auditoire. L'A. examine la maniere dont les locuteurs natifs reagissent a l'emploi d'expressions argotiques anglaises en termes de jugement d'acceptabilite sociale. Les resultats de cette recherche constituent des indicateurs exploitables par les enseignants en anglais…
A Survey of Teacher Concerns
The ACTFL/SCOLT (Southern Conference on Language Teaching) Task Force on Research in Foreign Language Education recently conducted a national survey of foreign language teachers, chairmen of outstanding high school programs, and state foreign language coordinators and consultants to find out from them what their most pressing questions were regarding foreign language learning and teaching. Of the many issues raised by survey respondents, the top …
Teaching Idioms
Since idioms are figurative expressions that do not mean what they literally state and since they are so frequently encountered in both oral and written discourse, comprehending and producing idioms present language learners with a special vocabulary learning problem. Idiom acquisition research, however, has uncovered a number of findings that have pedagogical implications for idiom instruction. This article summarizes these research findings and…
Processing of Idioms by L2 Learners of English
This study investigated the on-line processing strategies used by a sample of nonnative speakers of English who were asked to give the meanings of selected common idioms presented in a written context. Data were collected by means of the think-aloud procedure: Participants were asked to verbalize their thoughts as they arrived at the meanings of the idioms. Analysis revealed that most of the participants engaged in a heuristic approach to idiom c…
Foreign Language Teaching Style and Personality
Every foreign language teacher develops a teaching style of pedagogical activities and techniques that especially matches his or her personality In this study, the author administered a Teaching Activity Preference ( TAP ) Questionnaire to ascertain how well teaching preferences fit personality type as determined by the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator ( MBTI ) . The principal findings of the study were: ( 1 ) the type distribution among pre‐service f…
Does It Suck?” or “Is It for the Birds?” Native Speaker Judgment of Slang Expressions
Pour les locuteurs, particulierement non natifs, les expressions argotiques posent des problemes quant a leur utilisation dans le contexte social approprie afin de ne pas heurter l'auditoire. L'A. examine la maniere dont les locuteurs natifs reagissent a l'emploi d'expressions argotiques anglaises en termes de jugement d'acceptabilite sociale. Les resultats de cette recherche constituent des indicateurs exploitables par les enseignants en anglais…
An Esol Methods Course in a Latino Neighborhood
This article describes a model for situating an ESOL methods course in a Spanish‐speaking community. The methods course had two specific goals: (1) to organize ESOL classes for children and adults in a Latino neighborhood that serve as a practicum for university students working for an ESOL teaching endorsement and (2) to include a service‐learning project in the methods course so that the university students can become acquainted with the milieu…
How Foreign Language Teachers in Georgia Evaluate their Professional Preparation: A Call for Action
The purpose of this article is to report on a collaborative project among members of colleges of education, colleges of arts and sciences, and high school foreign language departments. The project involved conducting an online survey of 341 current foreign language teachers in Georgia in order to determine how these K‐12 teachers perceived and evaluated the effectiveness of their professional preparation. Close to 60% of the teachers in the sampl…
Foreign Language Learning and SAT Verbal Scores Revisited
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between foreign language learning and verbal ability in English as measured by the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Reasoning Test. Comparing foreign language students to nonforeign language students in this study, the effect of taking a foreign language on SAT verbal performance differed depending on how a student scored on the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) verbal subtest.…
Psychology (8 works) · Mathematics education (7 works) · Foreign language (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Language assessment (3 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Language education (2 works)