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Peer reviewedPickup, Ian – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1989
Discusses how the use of wordplay, pun, and metaphor in "L'Equipe," a French sports newspaper, can pose difficulties for the second language learner. Many of the terms and expressions used tax even the native French speaker, but used with caution the newspaper can be beneficial to the more gifted language learner. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, French, High Schools, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedAllen, Edward D.; And Others – Modern Language Journal, 1988
More than 1,500 high school foreign language students were tested for comprehension of authentic texts. First- through fifth-year French, German, and Spanish students read texts of the types mentioned in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines at the intermediate and intermediate high levels. All students captured some meaning from each of the texts.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, French, German, High School Students
