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Campbell, Christine M.; Ortiz, Jose – 1988
All incoming students at the Defense Language Institute now participate in a 3-hour workshop to prepare students better, psychologically, for the experience of learning a foreign language in an intensive program. The workshop includes an attitude survey constructed by researchers, discussion of a questionnaire on the myths and realities of foreign…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Communication Apprehension, Intensive Language Courses
Tyacke, Marian – SPEAQ Journal, 1979
Describes difficulties encountered by an Intensive English Language Program staff and students in negotiating the transition from a predominantly structure-based syllabus to a communication-based one. Explains how the new syllabus compromises between the two approaches, gradually increasing emphasis on communicative activities as proficiency…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Problems
