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Tuttle, Harry Grover – Learning Resources, 1975
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids
Sapin-Ligneres, Bertrand – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1978
Proposes a method for French language instruction that uses an unidentified object, that is, an object constructed in such a way as to represent different things to different students. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedTremblay, Roger – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
Discusses the use of pictures in the language classroom and presents controlled and non-controlled activities incorporating pictures. (AM)
Descriptors: Illustrations, Language Instruction, Learning Activities, Photographs
Schiffler, Ludger – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1975
A detailed account of experiments conducted to determine whether speech "balloons" added to pictures and symbols in FL aided in conveying meaning. Conclusion: pictures without speech balloons were more effective. Conclusions are drawn regarding future design of picture materials. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Illustrations, Language Aids, Language Instruction
La Borderie, R. – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1975
Discusses the various uses of visual and audiovisual aids in language instruction. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Illustrations, Language Aids, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedBoyd, J. A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
Sixteen examples are given of bulletin boards developed by student teachers for elementary and secondary level French classrooms. (AM)
Descriptors: Bulletin Boards, French, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Reimers, Walter – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1977
Describes a presentation of lyric poetry in English (as a foreign language) classes, using filmstrips and a daylight projector. The aim is to develop a procedure for interpretation. The article shows how one can examine the various "strata" of a poem, differentiating according to intrinsic and extrinsic structures. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Educational Media, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Poetry
Els, Ruediger – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1976
Suggests using slides with the language laboratory program "English for Today" (Dortmund/Hannover: Lensing Schroedel). The teacher may assemble his own slides. As an example for introducing slides, "the Sights of London" (Chapter III of "English for Today") is suggested. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Intermediate Grades, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
Peer reviewedSalt, M. J. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1976
Ways in which the slide projector can be used to help the student of English with vocabulary acquisition are examined. A teaching technique to enable the language learner to acquire rapidly a basic vocabulary is outlined. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Slides
Risse, Jean – Francais dans le Monde, 1975
The author used a movie poster to initiate three weekly exercise sessions. The first concentrated on types of posters and notices, the ways they may be mounted, and how that activity may be described. The second phase was description of the poster's subject. The third concerned the myths and symbols and emotional qualities of the drama portrayed.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Conversational Language Courses, French, French
Tardy, Michel – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1975
Discusses the semantic function of visual aids in foreign language teaching. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Illustrations, Instructional Materials, Language Aids, Language Instruction
Stein, Oswald – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1977
Discusses the use of drawings in foreign language courses for adults. Accompanying texts should be unambiguous--preferably reports of experiences or anecdotes. Also considered is the use of political cartoons. A list of expressions for use in discussing pictures is included. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cartoons, Educational Media, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedPahomov, George – Russian Language Journal, 1977
Suggests presenting Russian verbs of motion as graphic concepts through application of numerous illustrations, as explained here. Distinctions between orbit and trajectory must be maintained. (CHK)
Descriptors: Illustrations, Language Instruction, Language Usage, Russian
Peer reviewedCole, Leo R. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
Discusses questions involved in the depiction in pictures of various kinds of linguistic items, particularly semantic fields, culture-laden concepts and relative "picturability" of various types of words. It is suggested that linguistic criteria should more consciously determine the composition and organization of visuals. (KM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Cultural Differences, Illustrations, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedHammerly, Hector – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Examines various approaches to the teaching of word meanings in the second language classroom, including the use of translation, visual aids, and direct methods. (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Dictionaries, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
