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Peer reviewedHarvey, John E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
An innovative foreign language methodology, " Read-and-Speak," was tried in a year-long pilot section of beginning French. The method involves: (1) massive easy readings assigned from the outset; (2) speaking the foreign language from the start; (3) delaying formal grammar instruction until April, when an entire introductory text is…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, College Students
Download full textGraham, Janet G. – 1981
Causes of language fossilization and ways to overcome it are considered. Fossilization is the relatively permanent incorporation of incorrect linguistic forms into a person's second language competence. The discussion is focused on fossilization of incorrect syntactical rules, based on experiences with learners of English as a second language at…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
