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Wang Fang-yu – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1975
(Text is in Chinese.)
Descriptors: Chinese, College Language Programs, Higher Education, Language Fluency
van Doorslaer, M. P. – 1972
Discussion of the current student malaise toward foreign literature and reading problems encountered by college students is directed toward means of making college language programs more relevant and of updating teaching methods. Student disinterest is traced to a premature and excessive overexposure to electronic media. The author proposes a…
Descriptors: Anthologies, College Language Programs, Language Fluency, Literature
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Butler, Harry L. – French Review, 1978
Describes a French diction and oral communication course conducted at Franklin and Marshall College. Originally envisioned as a "necessary evil" to train students to write and deliver seminar papers, the course unexpectedly appealed to students as a practical experience while developing increased student interest in French language and literature.…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs, Conversational Language Courses
Schwabe, Tippy – 1978
A new program developed during 1975-76 as part of the English as a second language curriculum at the University of California, Davis, is designed to enable students to listen to their oral English for pronunciation and grammatical self-correction. Students are aided in identifying and correcting their errors through tape-recorded sessions with a…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
O'Neill, Stephen P. – 1978
The questions investigated in this study concern the adequacy of the current comprehensive English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, the need for a separate but complementary reading program, the relative merits of a classroom-based or an independent reading laboratory method, and the relationship between native language reading proficiency and…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Students, Educational Experiments, English (Second Language)