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Overcoming Anarchy in the Advanced Language Class.
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Gutierrez, John R. – ADFL Bulletin, 1990
The coordination, articulation, and implementation of informed teaching techniques and objectives will help to overcome the anarchy and confusion that characterize higher education advanced-level foreign language classes, and will begin to produce a pool of highly competent foreign language speakers and writers. (33 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Course Objectives
Methodological Solutions to the Problems of Communicative Teaching.
Brumfit, Christopher – 1982
The replacement of the grammatical syllabus with a communicative syllabus is discussed in terms of foreign language teaching practice. A syllabus is a device to assist in effective teaching and an administrative tool which involves generalizing about the nature of learning and specifies a progression to a stated set of goals. Developments in…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Educational Change
[The Dashing Clockmaker, Or: How Not To Be Afraid of the Swinging Pendulum.]
Welsing, W. P. B. M. – 1978
The beneficial aspects of introducing objectives for foreign language teaching based on functional or communicative principles are discussed. Functional objectives make the learner the center of interest and aid in the process of deciding what to include in a syllabus. Functional objectives offer more guidelines for the teacher in the classroom…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Objectives, Educational Objectives, Humanistic Education
Taking French Teachers to France: Organizing a Summer Immersion Program Supported by Grants.
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Koop, Marie-Christine Weidmann – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
Describes the various steps taken to organize and implement a five-week French summer institute for secondary teachers of French, involving a three-week stay in France. The article details program objectives, course content, administration of the Institute, budget considerations, participants' progress, the evaluation process, and the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries, French
Maintaining Language Skills in the Initial Training of Foreign Language Teachers.
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Barnes, Ann – Language Learning Journal, 1996
Discusses the need to polish the foreign language skills of second-language teachers during their professional training. This training should concentrate primarily on the improvement of confidence in spontaneous target language use and grammatical accuracy and should also emphasize pedagogical development and reflection. (one reference) (CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Content, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries
Language Learning and Bilingual Education: Theoretical Considerations & Practical Experiences.
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Rasanen, Anne – 1994
This article presents theoretical considerations behind the Jyvaskyla teacher in-service development program in teaching content through a foreign language and surveys some international experiences of bilingual education. The term "bilingual program" refers to all variations of bilingual education and teaching of non-language subjects…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Concept Formation