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Peer reviewedIrving, John S. – Foreign Language Annals, 1976
Describes an experiment with an innovative foreign language teaching method whose focus is on increasing the students' fluency and interest by deemphasizing the role of the teacher as drill-master and stressing student communication on a one-to-one basis. (Author/CLK)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Conversational Language Courses, Foreign Language Films, German
Peer reviewedArey, Marie-Jo – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
This paper presents and comments on an experiment on teaching grammar that was started at Gettysburg College (PA). Using a proficiency-based approach, this course uses films as texts that provide a cultural, visual, and linguistic context in which the class functions. (six references) (JL)
Descriptors: Dialog Journals, Dictation, Foreign Language Films, French


