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McBride, Russell W. – Training in Business and Industry, 1973
Results so far suggest that courses tied in with language labs, outlines the system of second language course discussed. (Author/GB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Business Education, Business Skills, Intensive Language Courses
Peer reviewedRenshaw, J. Parke – Hispania, 1970
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Intensive Language Courses, Intonation, Language Instruction
Halbauer, Siegfried; Henke, Heinrich – Fremdsprachlicher Unterricht, 1971
Special issue devoted to foreign language instruction in adult education. (WB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Engineers, Intensive Language Courses
Peer reviewedSchulz, Renate A. – ADFL Bulletin, 1979
Examines the elements of a successful intensive language program, including areas such as staffing, scheduling, and recruitment of students. (AM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
Download full textDefense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1966
The "Romanian Basic Course," consisting of 89 lesson units in eight volumes, is designed to train native English language speakers to Level 3 proficiency in comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing Romanian (based on a 1-5 scale in which Level 5 is native speaker proficiency). Volume 1, which introduces basic sentences in dialog…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Instructional Materials
Subramoniam, V. I., Ed. – 1970
Faced with a multitude of internal problems caused by the large number of languages and language dialects in India, linguists discuss ways and means by which language instruction might be improved. An intensive language course given at Kerala is described in several addresses and in short articles on language theory. Commentary on all aspects of…
Descriptors: Dialects, Indians, Indo European Languages, Intensive Language Courses
Borrman, Herbert – Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1978
Describes a 5-hour-weekly course in French as a third foreign language, for Grades 11-13--in particular, the students' motives in choosing the course, methodology, and the rapid transition from textbook work to work with supplementary materials to work with original texts. The course was judged successful. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, French, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedReiske, Renate – Zielsprache Englisch, 1977
Discusses aspects of the intensified foreign language program at the People's Universities, on the basis of a summer program in Mainz. This course drew more men than women. There was a higher percentage of students finishing than in regular courses. Occupational and educational motives predominated. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedO'Byrne, Vera de Rudnyanszky – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1976
A criticism is made of introductory language courses at the secondary school level which consist of sociocultural studies or vague and general surveys of several languages and cultures. (RM)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Peer reviewedBenseler, David P.; Mazur, Gertrud S. – Modern Language Journal, 1973
An experimental, intensive German language course for graduate students at Washington State University is described. (RL)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Students, German, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedClyde, Cecil – Zielsprache Englisch, 1973
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Business, Career Development, Dutch
Peer reviewedWallace, John A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1972
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Experimental Programs, Experimental Teaching, Intensive Language Courses
Frank, Ted E. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1972
Describes an intensive program in elementary German at the University of Texas (Arlington) in 1971, in which undergraduates with no previous experience in German could complete the university's four semester foreign language requirement in a single semester. (DS)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, German, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
McCormick, John R. – Mod Lang J, 1970
Descriptors: Engineering, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Peer reviewedOltmann, Klaus; Schleiffer, Gerd – Zielsprache Englisch, 1979
Calls for reexamination of English courses, as to content, organization, and procedures. Adds a report of experience with language workrooms at "general education schools" in Bremen, and some suggestions regarding intensive courses. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, English (Second Language)
