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Urbanski, Henry – 1984
In response to rapidly falling foreign language enrollments, the State University of New York College at New Paltz designed and actively promoted a language immersion program in the summer of 1981. The program consisted of instruction in twelve languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian,…
Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Angerosa, Nicholas F. – 1985
Two courses in the La Salle University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) M.A. Program in Bilingual-Bicultural (Spanish) Studies are described: Urban Spanish and Caribbean Literature. The urban Spanish component consists of five courses, one of which is intensive, to provide broad exposure to the technical or practical Spanish encountered in the…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Second Language Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, Education
Larsen, R. Ann – 1984
This curriculum guide is intended to help high school and adult refugees master the preemployment and on-the-job English as a Second Language (ESL) communication skills that are essential to survival in the workplace. The following topics are covered in the individual lessons: job application, occupations and duties, help wanted ads, job…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Hendrickson, James M. – 1986
A functional approach to language teaching begins with knowing how students intend to use the foreign language for specific purposes and in specific situations. Instructors of medical Spanish can begin by determining the specific language functions that their students must be able to express when communicating with Hispanic patients, by means of a…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Awareness
Kreiter, Robert – 1986
One college French course introduces third-semester students to commercial French while simultaneously teaching contemporary French theater to the same group. The 3-week course segment is taught with two 3-week modules, and is part of a course using the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). The commercial language module helps to build an…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs
Peace Corps, Gaborone (Botswana). – 1985
A Peace Corps workshop for prospective language teachers is reported. The workshop's goals were to train a team of teacher candidates in effective language instruction methods, Peace Corps organization and operations, cross-cultural skills, and adult second language instruction techniques. Workshop content covered: discussion of the teacher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiolingual Methods, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Communication
Fallon, Gerald; Morse, Marie – 1988
Alberta's teaching guide for upper-elementary French immersion instruction provides assistance in integrating notional program content with communicative language techniques. It does not provide content material, but focuses on techniques for enhancing instruction of both receptive (reading and listening) and productive (writing and speaking)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development
Download full textWyatt, David H. – 1984
The state of the art of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in instruction of English as a second language (ESL) is examined. An overview of computer applications in the field discusses computer roles in language learning, computers and the standard curriculum, computer requirements for different types of CALL (instructional, collaborative,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Snow, Marguerite Ann; Brinton, Donna M. – 1984
Experiences in using the adjunct model of language instruction, in which language courses are linked with content courses to better integrate the reading, writing, and study skills required of the two disciplines, are described. Although the program described includes both regular freshman English classes and English as a second language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs
Olmos, Arlette – 1983
Swiss-migrant joint associations are coordinating bodies for local services/agencies dealing with migrant problems, are recognized by local authorities, implement government policies toward migrants, and are politically neutral. Membership is drawn from local authorities, educational authorities, churches, political parties, employers'/employees'…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Attitude Change, Case Studies
Coad, Cynthia – 1982
A vocational English-as-a-Second Language program for limited-English-proficient adults enrolled in North Orange County Community College District courses was developed to meet the needs of this population. The limited-English-speaking population of the district is an immigrant and refugee population with people from a variety of language…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Business Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
Ramos, Teresita V. – 1988
The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) at the University of Hawaii is described, and recommendations are made for teacher training and test development for future programs. A total of 165 students participated in 3 different levels (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) of 11 different languages, including Burmese, Cebuano, Hmong,…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Burmese, Cambodian, Cebuano
Ram's Horn, 1984
The combined Summer 1982-Spring 1983 issue of this journal dedicated to the Rassias Language Method includes the following articles: "Languages, Learning, and Change" (Ronald C. Rosbottom); "Role-Playing: Perception and Analysis of Sex-Role Stereotypes in Literature" (Judith G. Miller); "Prose as Drama: The Use of Fairy…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Education, Drama
Nerenz, Anne G.; Knop, Constance K. – 1982
Research on the effect of small-group instruction on students' second language classroom experience, as well as strategies for teachers, are examined. Eight foreign language teachers observed their student teachers an average of 11 times each on randomly-selected days over an 8-week observation period, generating a total of 5,288 "snapshots" of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Size, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Div. of Vocational-Technical Schools. – 1982
This manual is designed to provide instructors with basic information concerning Connecticut's bilingual vocational training programs (BVTPs). Discussed in the first section are the goals of BVTPs, characteristics of typical BVTP participants, how and when two languages are used in the programs, and the four instructional areas of a BVTP (the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education
