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Second Language Learning in an Undergraduate Population: Applications of Psycholinguistic Theory
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Morett, Laura – Online Submission, 2007
A mini-lesson in Spanish vocabulary was taught to undergraduates unfamiliar with the language using one of two predominant L2 teaching methodologies, the grammar-translation approach or the communicative approach. Both experimental groups showed significant improvement in learning the target language over the baseline measure set by the control…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Grammatical Explanations
Littlewood, William T. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1975
Discusses the usefulness of overt grammar teaching by explanation in language teaching, its role in a teaching course, and principles of presentation which might maximize its usefulness. (AM)
Descriptors: Deduction, Grammar, Grammar Translation Method, Induction
Current Issues in Psycholinguistics and Second Language Teaching
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Carroll, John B. – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, March 1971, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Grammar, Grammar Translation Method, Language Instruction
Faits et fictions de l'enseignement des langues (Fact and Fiction about Language Teaching)
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Chabert, Henry L. – French Review, 1970
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, French, Grammar Translation Method, Language Instruction
Instructural Strategies: Their Psychological and Linguistic Bases
Bosco, Frederick J.; Di Pietro, Robert J. – IRAL, 1970
This article aims to outline the major development of psychological and linguistic theory, focusing upon those underlying features which have particular relevance in foreign-language instruction, and to suggest the direction which emerging strategies will take." (FB)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Educational Strategies, Grammar Translation Method, Language Instruction
A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC EXPERIMENT IN FOREIGN-LANGUAGE TEACHING. MCGRAW-HILL SERIES IN PSYCHOLOGY.
SCHERER, GEORGE A.C.; WERTHEIMER, MICHAEL – 1964
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A LARGE SCALE, TWO-YEAR EXPERIMENTAL STUDY COMPARING AN AUDIOLINGUAL WITH A TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR-TRANSLATION METHOD OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IS PRESENTED. THIS EXPERIMENT WAS CARRIED OUT WITH STUDENTS IN FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR GERMAN CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FROM 1960 TO 1962. RESULTS OF TESTS SEEM TO…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, German, Grammar Translation Method, Language Learning Levels
Inhalt und Form--Gedanken zur Sprachlehre und Ubersetzungmethodik (Content and Form--Thoughts on Language Instruction and Methods of Translation).
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Vermeer, Hans J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics, 1965
This analysis of several principles of translation considers relationships between content and meaning, distinctive features and linguistic form, and language and speech. The dichotomies of individual and community speech patterns, situationally determined and independent language usage, and denotative and expressive usage are also examined. The…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Dictionaries, German
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of ACTFL: Session on Linguistics and the Language Teacher (Chicago, December 28, 1967).
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Banathay, Bela H., Ed. – 1967
The first half of the proceedings report is a transcript of the keynote address by Victor Hanzeli, and the second portion features remarks by other discussants, including Dwight Bolinger and James McClafferty. While Mr. Hanzeli's discussion centers on the relationship between linguistics and the language teacher, he offers background information…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Descriptive Linguistics, Educational Psychology