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Peer reviewedZielsprache Englisch, 1976
Describes the oral language examinations developed by ARELS (Association of Recognized English Language Schools). Copies of the examinations in the form of "Picture Story Booklets" and "Reading Passage Booklets" can be obtained from ARELS, 15 Holland Park Gardens, London W14 8DZ. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Fluency, Language Laboratories, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedLiedtke, Manfred; Hartford, Richard – System, 1977
A course given to help German teachers of English master English phrases used frequently in the classroom is described. It was found that initial contextualization followed by language laboratory work enabled teachers to assimilate phrases best. (CHK)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Language Fluency, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedWhiteson, Valerie – English Language Teaching Journal, 1978
A method of testing student pronunciation involves recording a poem. Students transcribe the words they mispronounced in phonetic script and have it checked by the tutor. The phonetics tutorial is required by first-year students majoring in English who are not native speakers. (SW)
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Fluency
Peer reviewedNorrish, Norma – System, 1978
The injection of conversation/discussion sessions into English language laboratory exercises could help to achieve the major objective of teaching English as a foreign language--helping the learner to express himself in English. Steps in developing the method are outlined. (SW)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Peer reviewedMyers, Sharon A. – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Describes the results of using field-specific written materials in a language laboratory setting to teach oral skills in a support course for international teaching assistants for the purpose of promoting automaticity in oral production and raising the intelligibility of students through the improvement of fluency and pronunciation. (25…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Intonation
Hieke, Adolf E. – 1977
Audio-Lectal Practice (ALP) as a second language teaching methodology is described. In this program, students recite progressively difficult texts in the language laboratory, and compare their recitation with the taped recitation of a native speaker. The method facilitates exposure and rigorous work on the oral discourse features of the target…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Audiotape Recordings, Communicative Competence (Languages), Connected Discourse
O'Neill, Stephen P. – 1978
The questions investigated in this study concern the adequacy of the current comprehensive English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, the need for a separate but complementary reading program, the relative merits of a classroom-based or an independent reading laboratory method, and the relationship between native language reading proficiency and…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Students, Educational Experiments, English (Second Language)
