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Download full textDefense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1960
Book four, part one, of an intermediate-advanced level German refresher course for college students is presented. The volume consists of 25 lessons of text material and 50 prerecorded tapes. A typical lesson with its two accompanying tapes is made up of interrogation, military terminology drill, and a comprehension test. The materials of the first…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), German
Direct linkGoldstein, Brian A., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2004
With the increasing number of Spanish-English bilingual children in the U.S., both SLPs and researchers must understand speech and language developments in these children--and SLPs also need reliable assessment and intervention approaches for serving bilingual children with language disorders. This comprehensive text is one of the few to offer…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Spanish Speaking, English
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1960
Book two, part one, of an intermediate-advanced level German refresher course for college students is presented. The volume consists of 42 lessons of text material and 42 prerecorded tapes. A typical unit is made up of spontaneous dialogues, substitution drills, and tests. A dialogue for listening is a short conversation between German speakers…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language)
Jones, Randall L., Ed.; Spolsky, Bernard, Ed. – 1975
This publication is a compilation of the papers presented at the 1974 Washington Language Testing Sumposium. The volume also includes much of the discussion that followed each paper. The participants were an international group of language testing specialists from academic institutions, research centers, and government agencies. The primary focus…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum Guides, Language Ability, Language Fluency
Richards, Jack C., Ed.; Schmidt, Richard W., Ed. – 1983
A collection of essays addresses the connection between the study of communication and its sociocultural contexts and the approach to second language teaching based on the concept of communicative competence. Essays include: "From Communicative Competence to Communicative Language Pedagogy" (Michael Canale); "The Domain of Pragmatics" (Bruce…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis
Keller, Eric; Warner, Sylvia Taba – 1976
This volume is part of a series, which is in turn part of a course entitled "Contact Canada" and designed for adult Francophone students of English as a second language. The series contains exercises for learning conversational tools. This volume deals with opening formulas, which are grouped under the following categories: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Audiolingual Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Keller, Eric; Warner, Sylvia Taba – 1976
This volume is part of a series, which is in turn part of a course entitled "Contact Canada" and designed for adult Francophone students of English as a second language. The series contains exercises for learning conversational tools. This volume deals with linking formulas, which are grouped under the following categories: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Audiolingual Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Altenbaugh, Richard J.; Paulston, Rolland G. – 1977
American working class organizations' efforts since World War I to establish and control their own educational programs flourished during the 1920s and 1930s with the appearance of over 300 worker controlled colleges. An important forerunner of this movement was the Work People's College, created by socialist Finnish immigrants in Duluth,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1960
Book four, part two, of an intermediate-advanced level German refresher course for college students is presented. The volume consists of 25 lessons of text material and 50 prerecorded tapes. A typical lesson with its two accompanying tapes is made up of interrogation, military terminology drill, and a comprehension test. The materials of the first…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language)
Keller, Eric; Warner, Sylvia Taba – 1977
This volume is part of a series, which is in turn part of a course entitled "Contact Canada" and designed for adult Francophone students of English as a second language. The series contains exercises for learning conversational tools. This volume deals specifically with response and closing formulas. In section 1, response formulas are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Audiolingual Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Bailey, Kathleen M., Ed.; Savage, Lance, Ed. – 1994
This guide describes activities used by language teachers in developing students' oral communication skills. Activities are presented for instruction in English as a Second Language as well as other second languages. Ideas are organized in 4 parts, with 14 subsections: fluency (conversation, fluency and interaction, group work, dialogues and role…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dialogs (Language)
Coreil, Clyde, Ed. – Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 2000
This collection of papers includes the following: "The Great Debate. Proposed: TESOL is a Science, Not an Art" (David Nunan); "Argument and Entertainment: TESOL as a Science" (Elana Shohamy); "TESOL: Art and Craft" (Henry Widdowson); "An Attitude of Inquiry: TESOL as a Science" (Diane Larsen-Freeman);…
Descriptors: Art, Catalogs, Creative Teaching, Cultural Awareness
McLaughlin, Barry – 1978
This book is a comprehensive treatment of the literature on second language acquisition in childhood, viewed in terms of contemporary process models. After a general introduction on bilingualism in society, six major topics are considered: first-language acquistion, language acquisition and learning in childhood and adulthood, simultaneous…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)
Hammerly, Hector – 1991
The book outlines, for second language teachers, how students can be helped to attain both fluency and a high level of accuracy. It explores language learning theory and research and a variety of classroom instruction issues and techniques. The discussion begins with an overview of theories, models, and methods of classroom language learning and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Educational Trends
Smoke, Trudy, Ed. – 1998
The collection of essays on the politics of adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction includes: "The Politics of Adult ESL literacy: Becoming Politically Visible" (Pamela Ferguson); "Learning To Be Legal: Unintended Meanings for Adult Schools" (Pia Moriarty); "The Relationship Between Knowing Our Students' Real…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anorexia Nervosa, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
