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Direct linkSchmidt-Rinehart, Barbara C.; LeLoup, Jean W. – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
This article reports the findings of sociolinguistic research investigating the use of second-person singular pronouns in Costa Rica. The study was carried out onsite and involved 132 interviewees from all seven provinces of the country. These subjects reacted to scenarios in which they had to choose their preferred pronoun of use…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Language Variation, Spanish, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBenedict, Marjorie A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
All the irregularities of all common French verbs are reduced to five categories in the "passe simple." This system facilitates learning the tense without memorizing each irregular verb independently. (PMJ)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Patterns, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedRichmond, Edmun B. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Proposes a model of target- and native-language proverb comparison which can be used to assist proverb analysis in the language curriculum, using examples from Mandinka, a West African language. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classification, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedValdman, Albert; Warriner-Burke, Helen P. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
Discusses the situational-structural syllabus with emphasis on more clearly defining objectives in both scope and content. Four directions for these syllabi are suggested: (1) priority of semantic and functional notions; (2) subordination of grammatical features; (3) introduction of spoken language discourse; and (4) reduction of grammatical…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Educational Objectives, Instructional Development
