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Peer reviewedDoherty, Joseph C. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1971
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Learning Theories, Methods, Modern Languages
PDF pending restorationWittmann, Henri – 1968
This transformational approach to teaching German, initiated in the fall of 1965, describes an experimental course at McGill University consisting of 156 hours spread into 26 weekly installments of one laboratory and five lecture hours. Detailed in this article are: (1) a priori claims concerning methods, (2) theoretical assumptions about learning…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Methods, Experimental Programs, Generative Grammar
Download full textSmith, Philip D., Jr. – 1971
This general review of language learning theory focuses on criticism of the audiolingual method of instruction which reached its peak in the mid-1960's. Recent trends in teaching methodology, supported by linguistic theories developed by transformational-generative linguists, are examined. Various models of learning are discussed which lead to a…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives
Smith, Philip D., Jr. – 1971
A review of trends in the teaching of foreign language during the last decade focuses on the predominance of the audiolingual method and current criticism by leading theorists of its theoretical foundations. Discussion of a psychological model of learning explores the relationships of motivation, cognition, evaluation, and response formation. The…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Objectives, Generative Grammar
