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Haddock, N. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1970
Reviews the development of generative theory, points out the limitations of present generative grammar for the teaching of English and expresses the view that it will be of greater value in the future when certain further theoretical developments have taken place. (FB)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Teaching Methods

Huot, Helene – Langue Francaise, 1974
Summarizes various theories of transformation and examines the influence of such theories on the preparation of new grammar texts. Suggests ways in which transformation theory can be applied in the classroom. (PM)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content

Guiraud, Pierre – Language Sciences, 1971
Descriptors: Diagrams, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
Katranides, Aristotle – 1970
The relevance, the application, and the importance of linguistics to teaching English as a foreign language is discussed. The author's assumption is that linguistics is "irrelevant to the aims, and inapplicable to the tasks of such teaching," and agrees with linguists such as Rosenbaum that the goal of linguistic science is "to determine…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
Tobin, Yishai – IRAL, 1984
Suggests the possibility of combining aspects of a transformational generative theory such as deep structure case grammar with concepts from a nontransformational, nongenerative theoretical framework such as form content analysis, for practical application in the area of foreign language teaching. (SL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, German, Linguistic Theory, Reading Comprehension

Scott, Robert Ian – English Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: English Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Chomsky, Noam – Francais dans le Monde, 1972
Translation of a paper presented at the Northeast Confernece on the Teaching of Foreign Languages held in April 1966 in New York, New York. (DS)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning

Brown, T. Grant – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Chevalier, Jean-Claude – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, 1970
Speech delivered at the Deutscher Neuphilologentag," Munster, West Germany, April 2, 1970. (DS)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Pattern Drills (Language)
Krohn, Robert – Lang Learning, 1970
Paper presented at the TESOL convention, March 1970. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory

Monnerie, 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

Rystrom, Richard – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1972
Discusses the effect of sentence structure on the reading acquistition process of beginning readers. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Linguistic Performance, Linguistic Theory, Reading Skills

Engels, L. K. – ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 1975
The article outlines the need to eliminate rote-learning and pure imitative strategies in second language learning, particularly in the areas of syntax and semantics. Theoretical foundations for this need are discussed, with reference to the coding hypothesis for memory functions in language learning. Results of experimental investigations are…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Linguistic Theory, Rote Learning, Second Language Learning

Authier, Jacqueline; Meunier, Andre – Langue Francaise, 1977
An analysis of exercises concerning indirect, direct and free discourse appearing in tests of the "premier cycle," from both pedagogical and linguistic points of view. The thesis is that a method giving primacy to manipulative exercises based on prefabricated sentences militates against discourse and communication. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, French, Grammar, Language Instruction

Ney, James W. – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper prepared under contract with the Defense Language Institute, English Language Branch, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and presented to the staff and faculty of the Institute in 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Learning Theories