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Seelbach, Dieter – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Recommends the "distributional" and transformational grammar approach as especially suitable for developing a teaching grammar for dealing with the French simple infinitive and infinitive with "de". (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedMarton, Waldemar – Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 1972
Pessimism regarding pedagogical applications of contrastive studies, and reasons therefore, are described. Several misunderstandings believed to contribute to this pessimism, and several areas of controversy concerning uses of contrastive studies, are discussed. See FL 508 197 for availability. (RM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Interference (Language), Language Instruction, Psycholinguistics
Peer reviewedHammerly, Hector – Modern Language Journal, 1975
The question whether second languages should be taught by the deductive or inductive method is discussed, and an argument is made for a middle ground between the two extremes. (RM)
Descriptors: Deduction, Induction, Language Instruction, Learning Processes
Becker, Norbert – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1977
Recommends introducting appropriate grammar instruction following pattern drill on various structures. Examples given (from French) are: partitive articles, certain perfect tense forms, and personal pronouns. This makes possible instruction entirely in the target language. For grammatical models, distributive structuralism and…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedBlessin, Stefan; Latour, Bernd – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1975
Argues for a uniform procedure, along with a theoretical basis, such as is now being tested at the German for Foreigners section of the University of Hamburg. Suggests three requirements for supplementary measures which should increase language competence. Transformation exercises are explained. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: German, Language Instruction, Language Skills, Pattern Drills (Language)
Mayer, Edgar – Francais dans le Monde, 1975
Discusses and exemplifies the author's use of transformational methods to clarify the seemingly arbitrary use of "de" and "a" to introduce the infinitive in French. (Text is in French.) (MSE)
Descriptors: French, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedGotze, Lutz – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1971
Revised form of a paper given December 2, 1970 at a meeting of the Dutch Teachers of German in Woudschoten/Amsterdam, Netherlands. (RS)
Descriptors: Diagrams, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories, Linguistics
Roesler, Dietmar – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1979
Criticizes attempts to incorporate transformational grammar into foreign language teaching, citing specific failures in experiments with the transformational grammar model. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), French, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedMonnerie, Annie – Langue Francaise, 1979
Examines the positive and negative features of traditional, transformational, and notional grammar as they relate to the teaching of French as a foreign language. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Kastovsky, Dieter – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Reviews some aspects of word formation in foreign language teaching that are receiving attention in current discussions. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Morphology (Languages), Second Language Learning
White, Ronald V. – IRAL, 1974
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Competency Based Education, Language Instruction, Linguistic Competence
Broderick, John P. – RELC Journal, 1974
This article illustrates how data on second language learning can contribute to linguistic theory and to teaching procedure. (AM)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Language Instruction, Language Research
Download full textMolina, Hubert – Proceedings: Pacific Northwest Conference on Foreign Languages, 1967
Transformational grammar is briefly defined in this paper, and some of the key literature on the subject is indicated. Examples of transformational operation on Spanish sentences are used to demonstrate how this approach makes the teaching-learning process easier and more efficient. (SS)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure
Jung, Lothar – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1977
Considers the question of how much psycholinguistics can contribute to foreign language teaching. Transformational grammar as well as behaviorist, psychobiological and development-psychological approaches are considered. These various psycholinguistic directions are sketched and examined for their applicability to foreign language teaching. (Text…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedTomayko, James E. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1974
A method of teaching question formation in the Chinese language by use of transformational grammar is described. (RM)
Descriptors: Chinese, Deep Structure, Grammar, Language Instruction
