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Download full textHutchinson, Joseph C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Title III of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 authorized a program of financial assistance of State educational agencies for projects of local educational agencies for the acquisition of laboratory or other special equipment needed in the teaching of modern foreign languages and for minor remodeling of laboratory or other space to be…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
Peer reviewedHerren, David – IALL Journal of Language Learning Technologies, 1993
Description and review of recently introduced computer software focuses on word processing in non-Roman character sets for the MacIntosh, courseware developments using recordable CD-ROM drive, desktop video and graphics equipment, and a language lab management package. (CNP)
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Language Laboratories
MEIDEN, WALTER; MURPHY, JOSEPH A. – 1968
THE IDEAL LABORATORY DRILL FOR A READING LESSON SHOULD TEST COMPREHENSION OF THE MATERIAL AND ALSO BUILD UP AUDIOLINGUAL SKILLS. TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES, DRILL QUESTIONS OF THE YES-NO, EITHER-OR, AND INFORMATIONAL TYPE MUST BE CAREFULLY DEVELOPED TO ELICIT APPROPRIATELY PATTERNED RESPONSES. THIS TYPE OF LABORATORY EXERCISE, COMBINED WITH…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
Mackey, William F. – 1967
This book is addressed to language teachers, teachers in training, school inspectors, local education authorities, and researchers. Its three concerns are the analysis of language, method, and teaching. Under language analysis, attention is directed to language theory, description, differences, and learning. The section on method analysis begins…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis
Mathieu, G. – The Modern Language Journal, 1965
An argument for taping pattern drills without pauses is advanced as a means for allowing students to learn at their own rate. Insertion of pauses by the teacher and advantages of a foot pedal to control pauses are discussed. Examples are provided for two, three, four, and five cycle drills. (AF)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Laboratory Equipment, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
Strevens, Peter – 1969
European language-teaching theory and practice in retrospect covering the period from 1920 to 1970 are noted to be an amalgam of underlying disciplines, teaching methodologies, and technical aids. Chronologically presented, the "orthodoxy" of 1920-40 charts general similarities in the state of the art prior to a 10-year period of major…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Area Studies, Educational History, International Organizations
Claudel, Calvin Andre – 1968
A general review of the development of the language laboratory is given in this article in the light of claims made by early theorists favoring the use of the laboratory in foreign language instruction. Comments are directed to the nature of language, language teaching methodology, and use and criticism of the laboratory. The author concludes that…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Audiovisual Aids
Smith, Philip D., Jr. – 1969
Beginning with a brief review of the growth of the audiolingual method of foreign language instruction in the United States of America, this paper examines implications and lessons drawn from an educational experiment in language instruction known as the Pennsylvania Report. The text of a memorandum to school administrators in Pennsylvania by the…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Conventional Instruction, Educational Experiments, French
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Information Center on Education. – 1971
Thirty-nine tables of statistical information which summarize results of completed District Administrator Forms prepared by the Bureau of Statistical Services for the Bureau of Foreign Languages Education are presented in this report. The tables provide data pertaining to the following categories of information: (1) the Foreign Language Survey in…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Evaluation Criteria, FLES, Instructional Program Divisions
Mueller, Klaus A.; Wiersma, William – Modern Language Journal, 1967
This report examines one aspect of a broad experiment in language instruction designed and implemented at 10 participating colleges of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Two types of language laboratories (recording and nonrecording) are examined to determine the effect of each upon the cultural-orientation scores of the students. The scores…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitude Measures, Attitudes, College Students
DODSON, C.J. – 1966
EXPERIMENTS ON LANGUAGE LEARNING WERE CONDUCTED IN WALES WITH 26 8-YEAR OLD CHILDREN, OF MIXED ABILITY, BILINGUAL IN ENGLISH AND WELSH, AND ABOUT TO LEARN GERMAN. A STUDY OF THE LEARNING PROCESSES WAS MADE BY A VARIETY OF TESTS USED TO MEASURE LISTENING, UNDERSTANDING, IMITATING, AND WRITING. PRESENTED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE THE DIFFERENT…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Audiovisual Aids, Bilingualism, Classroom Techniques
POWERS, JAMES R. – 1966
A SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED DURING THE 1964-65 SCHOOL YEAR AS PART OF THE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AUTHORIZED BY TITLE III OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT. SIGNIFICANT GAINS CITED BY STATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE SUPERVISORS ARE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LONGER SEQUENCES OF STUDY, GROWTH IN…
Descriptors: Educational Television, English (Second Language), FLES, Inservice Education
Centre for Information on Language Teaching, London (England). – 1969
Supplementary drill materials for use in teaching French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish are described in this annotated list of instructional materials. A general summary of each set of drill materials is followed by reference to specific components, including printed and recorded materials. Bibliographic information and publishers'…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiolingual Methods, French, German
Estarellas, Juan – 1969
Behavioral technology applied to language instruction at the college level is contrasted with instructional approaches based on an educational philosophy of a more theoretical nature. While focusing on individual needs and the possibility of self-instruction, the author discusses conventional laboratory teaching, task performance theory, systems,…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Magner, Thomas F. – Bulletin of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association, 1965
A university professor examines attitudes and theories relating to foreign language teaching commonly accepted by instructors and students in U.S. high schools and universities. The author attempts to distinguish the factual from the legendary, or the folklore as he refers to it, in such areas as the audiolingual approach, selection of textbooks,…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, College Language Programs, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
