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Ban, Ervin – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1975
Recommends and illustrates the use of oral lists of familiar English words in acclimatizing students of English as a second language to common sounds before exposure to a text or to conversation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Language Instruction
Aupecle, Maurice – Francais dans le monde, 1974
A technique for more efficient teaching and learning of reading comprehension in a second language is presented. (Text is in French.) (PMP)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension, Reading Development
Rouquette, Michel-Louis – Francais dans le Monde, 1975
The pedagogue is caught between the qualitative and quantitative or regularized aspects of his work, a situation not automatically conducive to scientific study. The article refreshes the instructor on the elementary principles of experimentation: observation, systematization, elaboration of hypothesis, and startegies of comparison. (Text is in…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Experiments, Language Instruction, Learning Theories
Benseler, David P. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1975
Argues in favor of the Doctor of Arts degree for foreign language teachers to achieve both better preparation for teachers and an increase in advanced foreign language study. (CK)
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Doctor of Arts Degrees, Doctoral Degrees, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedGhadessy, Mohsen – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
An experiment in which prepositions are analyzed on a formal basis is reported. Results of the experiment are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: English, Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedHammerly, Hector – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Argues that instructor monitoring in a language laboratory is an inefficient instructional method. (CK)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories, Language Teachers
Peer reviewedScanlan, Richard T. – Modern Language Journal, 1974
The three major Latin textbooks published since 1968 are analyzed and they are shown to employ the latest theories of learning and of second language acquistion. (CK)
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Latin
Peer reviewedPetrucelli, Gerald J. – Italica, 1974
Principles, objectives, and techniques that focus on the challenge to and the role of teacher and student in the Italian conversation course, with a view to greater efficacy, are presented. (AM)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Educational Objectives, Italian, Language Instruction
Cooper, Robert L.; Fishman, Joshua A. – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1974
The importance of student attitudes to the target language in second language learning is discussed, and several studies are briefly described relating to language attitudes. (RM)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cultural Influences, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Harding, Ann – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1974
The transfer of students at 13+ from middle to high school requires high school teachers to assess heterogenous groups of children from different middle schools. Ways of predicting students' success at further language study are suggested. (RM)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Language Instruction, Language Skills, Language Tests
Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1974
Each section of the Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery and the CREDIF CGM 62 tests is briefly described. (RM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Language Aptitude, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedGoldberg, J. Philip; Bordman, Marcia B. – TESOL Quarterly, 1974
Descriptors: Adult Students, Deafness, English (Second Language), Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedLevenston, E. A. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1974
Advocates the use in language teaching of different but complementary approaches to language description rather than strict adherence to a single theoretical model. Various linguistic descriptions of indirect object structures are given as support for the thesis. (KM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedPeters, George F. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1974
Offers suggestions concerning the structure and content of "Introduction to German Literature" courses. (PP)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Language Programs, German, German Literature
Peer reviewedQuinn, Terence – Babel, 1974
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language), French
