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Analytic and Experiential Aspects of Second Language Teaching.

Allen, Patrick; And Others – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research in Southeast Asia, 1989

A group of core French studies involving the development and validation of the COLT (Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching) observation scheme, a French immersion observation study of vocabulary instruction and talk, and a French experimental immersion study regarding the effect on proficiency of functionally focused materials are…

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, French

Restoring the Balance: A Response to Hammerly.

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Allen, Patrick; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1989

In response to an earlier article on the effectiveness of French immersion, research on immersion, and the best second language teaching approaches for Canadian schools, it is argued that French immersion research has been misinterpreted and misrepresented and that the stated view on second-language teaching is an extreme one. (22 references) (MSE)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs