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Koike, Shohei – 1988
Experiences in developing "Business Japanese" courses for the undergraduate major in Language and International Trade at Eastern Michigan University are described. In 1987, six new courses in Japanese were proposed so that Japanese could be offered as a language specialty in the program. Issues considered in defining business Japanese…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Course Content, Cultural Education, Higher Education
Moriya, Yasuyo – 1988
English is a stress-timed language whose syllables have a much wider variety of onsets, codas, and combinations than many languages. English also has the widest range of syllable length and quality between stressed and unstressed syllables and a distinctive pattern of intervals between stressed syllables. These characteristics make it difficult…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Download full textWalker, Marijke; And Others – 1988
This study investigated the relationship between aptitude, as measured by Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) scores, and oral proficiency as measured by the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) scores of 72 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agents who completed basic foreign language training at the Defense Language Institute (DLI).…
Descriptors: Correlation, Instructional Effectiveness, Introductory Courses, Language Aptitude
Sajavaara, Kari, Ed. – 1987
Four papers on contrastive linguistics include: (1) "The Search for an Ideal Theoretical Model in Applied Contrastive Linguistics: A Wild Goose Chase" (Herman Wekker, Flor Aarts), which argues that contrastive linguists should feel free to adopt an eclectic approach to theory since no single linguistic model can be adopted in its entirety and…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dutch, English (Second Language), Error Patterns
Needham, Scott – 1983
A guide, in French, to raising fish for food and profit is designed to instruct and encourage Gabonese natives to establish family fisheries. It describes and illustrates in story form the process used to plan the fishery, clear the land, seek help from an agricultural agent, create a dam, make compost, plan and build the pond, feed the fish,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Business Administration, Developing Nations, Entrepreneurship
Allan, Edward Jay – 1973
A detailed grammar of Buem, one of the Togo-Remnant Languages spoken in Ghana's Volta region, describes the major structures and many minor structures occurring in informal and semi-formal speech. The phonetics and much of the phonology are described in taxonomic terms, and the vowel harmony system, syntax, and morphology are described in a…
Descriptors: African Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Developing Nations, Dialects
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC. – 1981
The status and priorities of the teaching of East Asian languages were discussed in eight papers presented at a 1981 conference. The topics addressed include: (1) the need to give language teaching a higher priority as a national concern; (2) the role of the federal government in East Asian language study; (3) the teaching of Japanese, Korean, and…
Descriptors: Chinese, Educational Innovation, Government Role, Japanese
Hawkinson, Annie K. – 1979
This handbook contains two types of materials: (1) texts in Swahili with English translations, and (2) vocabulary lists. The introduction of the book provides numerous suggestions for using the texts and lists to expand vocabulary, improve ability in using grammatical structures, developing writing and speaking ability, and improving listening…
Descriptors: African Languages, Agriculture, Bantu Languages, Cultural Education
Norman, Gordon; Metcalf, Vivian – 1977
This illustrated reader in the Sugpiaq (Yupik Eskimo) language contains two stories, "Iwankuk Miisaa-Llu" (John and Mike) and "Asiihnguarqaq Alma" (Big Bad Alma), written by seventh graders. It is intended for use in an elementary school bilingual education setting. An English translation is appended. (NCR)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Cultural Background
Dissemination and Assessment Center for Bilingual Education, Austin, TX. – 1976
This math workbook in the Navajo language contains vocabulary designed to introduce a few pre-mathematical concepts to the child before she is presented with mathematical concepts in a classroom situation. The terms "least,""most,""many," and "few" are introduced. Initially, each concept is introduced individually. Later on, different concepts are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Materials
Rosier, Helen Cody – 1978
This illustrated Navajo reader is intended for use by elementary school age children in a bilingual education setting. (NCR)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature
Dissemination and Assessment Center for Bilingual Education, Austin, TX. – 1978
This reader in the Hualapai language is intended for use in a bilingual elementary school classroom. Pen-and-ink drawings illustrate the text. (NCR)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Dissemination and Assessment Center for Bilingual Education, Austin, TX. – 1978
This children's reader in the Hualapai language is to be used with "Hualapai Misith Mispo Book 1" in a bilingual elementary school classroom. Pen-and-ink drawings illustrate the text. (NCR)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1976
The last of 20 volumes of lessons designed for use in a full-time, intensive training program in Arabic is presented. The 128 lessons in this volume contain various types of comprehension drills. Lessons 14-128 are completely in Arabic. (AMH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arabic, Audiolingual Methods, Intensive Language Courses
Brod, Richard I., Ed. – 1980
This volume contains the reports of the task forces assigned to advise the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies. Task forces were formed in the following areas: Institutional Language Policy, Commonly Taught Languages, Less Commonly Taught Languages, Public Awareness, and Government Relations. The longest report,…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Government Role
