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Transactional Engineering Analysis and Foreign Language Teaching: A Reply to Ney
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Jakobovits, Leon A. – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Briefly outlines the rationale for a transactional approach to language teaching. (PM)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning
Academic Report: Eight Activities for the Conversation Class
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Morgenstern, Douglas – Modern Language Journal, 1976
Eight different activities are suggested for the foreign language conversation class in order to vary the textbook emphasis. Among the suggested situations are a "last people on earth" session, sensitivity sessions, descriptions of paintings or photos, an improvised drama, and a mock trial. (CHK)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Conversational Language Courses, Language Instruction, Learning Activities
Teaching a Foreign Language in the Adult Education Classroom
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Carton, Dana – Modern Language Journal, 1976
Proposes the "warm-up" exercise, providing sentence patterns and basic vocabulary, for the purpose of stimulating oral communication in the adult foreign language classroom. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Conversational Language Courses, Language Instruction, Lesson Plans