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Zielsprache Englisch, 1976
This "Zielsprache Englisch" Discussion consists of 8 articles on pattern drill. They will be found under the authors' names: Freudenstein, R.; Gutschow, H.; Hill, L. A.; Mugglestone, P.; Piepho, H-E; Raasch, A.; Schmitz, A.; Schrand, H. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Pattern Drills (Language), Patterned Responses
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Hill, Archibald A. – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper presented to the staff of the English Language Branch--Defense Language Institute; Lockland Air Force Base, Lockland, Texas, 1973. (HW)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Pattern Drills (Language)
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Jackson, Mary H. – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Grammar, Language Instruction, Learning Activities
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Freudenstein, Reinhold – Zielsprache Englisch, 1976
Pattern practice must not be regarded as the only approach to language teaching, but it has a place therein. Those who oppose its use on scientific-theoretical grounds tend to ignore the actual form of present-day pattern practice. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Pattern Drills (Language)
Zoch, Irene – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1972
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Dialogs (Literary), Educational Media, Language Instruction
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Gutschow, Harald – Zielsprache Englisch, 1976
Pattern practice is seen as a valuable means of mastering the regularities of language, including forms, combinations of forms (structure), and the combining of such structures into more complex constructions. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Skills
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Hill, Leslie A. – Zielsprache Englisch, 1976
Pattern drill is criticized as being monotonous, not transferable to real-life situations, and not conducive to the development of communication-competence. Situational exercises are needed, designed to enable the learners to verbalize their wishes and needs. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Skills
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Hok, Ruth – The Modern Language Journal, 1964
Oral exercises are classified by type and form. Types include repetition, substitution, conversion, pyramid, and combinations. Dialogue, games, play acting, conversation, and repetition are cited as forms. Sample exercises are offered as illustrations. (AF)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Games, Grammar, Language Fluency
Kalivoda, Theodore B. – 1975
This paper discusses the problem of providing language practice for foreign language students that is meaningful and communicative as well as structured sufficiently to give practice toward functional command of basic grammatical components. A brief review of the communicative status of drills is presented, along with a technique designed to bring…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, Grammar
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Mathieu, G. Bording – Unterrichtspraxis, 1968
Teachers are urged to improve their teaching through the effective use of pattern drills by examining the construction and function of the drills. Forty-eight questions with answers elaborate upon generalities and technicalities of drill design and their classroom use. (RL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, German, Instructional Program Divisions, Language Instruction
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Frey, Herschel J. – The Modern Language Journal, 1968
Pattern practice, as a functional part of the audiolingual and grammar translation methods of language instruction, is described. Characteristics and limitations of repetition, substitution, transformation, and translation drills are outlined. (AF)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Conditioning, Grammar Translation Method