No single teaching method can solve all problems. This is illustrated with some examples of typical forms of planning, from which are extracted some requisites for a definition of the concept "teaching method," and for the planning of teaching methods. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Using as an example Lesson 12 from the text for adults, "Franzoesisch fur Sie" ("French for You") (Huber, Munich), a teaching outline addressed to language learners at the beginners' level is presented. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

In Taiwan, pragmatic competence has often been a neglected area in English education. Learners may be linguistically competent, but do not know how to use L2 appropriately. Through the teaching of complaint behaviors, the author demonstrates how pragmatic components can be incorporated into a college-level language classroom. After the…

Curriculum guide for a unit of work on language study for pupils at the junior secondary level. (Author)

This article provides 10 reasons why it is important to do critical media analysis in the second language classroom and describes how a process-writing approach can be used for this in a university writing class. The authors explain how to prepare a lesson plan and the idea of an "Adbuster." They then describe 10 stages in the lesson…

Part of a continued series. (SK)

Based on a database of lesson extracts, this article attempts to characterize task-based interaction in the second-language classroom as a variety, discusses its pedagogical and interactional advantages and disadvantages, and considers what kinds of learning it might be promoting. (Author/VWL)

Discusses the advantages of using situation comedies to teach pragmatic language usage in a second or foreign language. Gives advice on how to choose and use sitcoms and provides a sample lesson plan. (Author/VWL)

Informed by theories about the use of pleasure-reading to develop students' overall English ability, this demonstration encouraged teachers to use manga (Japanese comics) in their classes. Manga and related comics from Korea, Taiwan, etc., are popular throughout the world for their emotionally-involving stories and high-quality art. Since these…

The need to integrate culture and its teaching into foreign language education is not a new debate, and has long been highlighted in countless studies. Yet, it seems to be common practice that foreign language textbooks and classrooms frequently overlook the conclusions drawn in such studies and neglect the essential information about the target…

A complete lesson suitable for high school Spanish classes. A passage is presented, on which comprehension and vocabulary exercises are based. The grammar section deals with the subjunctive with "si" and the gerund and is accompanied by many exercises. (Text is in Spanish.) (AMH)

The planning of foreign language teaching must be based on a theory of instruction specifically geared to foreign language learning. The approach of the "Berlin School" is recommended. Proceeding inductively from content and methodological concepts, the communicative goal can be defined. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Reviews current foreign language teaching methodology as it concerns the organization of the lesson into phases, and presents an alternate phase-sequence entailing linguistic environment, application, remedial, monitor, and feedback phases. (AM)

Identified principles that informed the lesson practices of three language teachers to find out why they did what they did in heir lessons. Used teachers lesson practices as a starting point to ensure that the nexus between practitioners' theory and practice was maintained. Sought to provide information about patterns followed by teachers in their…