ERIC Number: ED262636
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 159
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Meeting the Call for Excellence in the Foreign Language Classroom. Selected Papers from the 1985 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Westphal, Patricia B., Ed.
Selected papers from the 1985 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages include: "Research in Creativity and Its Application in the Classroom"; "Teaching Language Through Comprehension"; "The Testing of Proficiency in Listening Comprehension: Guidelines for Teaching"; "Who Should Be Asking the Questions in the Second Language Classroom?"; "Foreign Language for the Gifted: Extending Cognitive Dimensions"; "Memory Hooks and Other Mnemonic Devices: A Brief Overview for Language Teachers"; "Teaching Geography to First-Year Students: Lesson Plans Using More than Maps"; "Increasing the Functional Culture Content of the Foreign Language Class"; "Contemporary Culture: A Model for Teaching a Culture's Heritage"; "Foreign Languages for Business: Career or Culture?";"From Grave Rubbings to Maximilian's Journey"; "Tools for Creating Foreign Language CAI"; "Maximizing Consumer Video"; "Let's Have a Foreign Language Festival...A Big One!"; "Immersion Weekends: The Next Best Thing to Being There"; "Central Indiana's Foreign Language Collaborative: A NEH Experiment"; and "The French Language Teaching Assistant Program: Pedagogical Techniques and Administrative Problems." (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creativity, Cultural Education, Culture, Gifted, Immersion Programs, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Proficiency, Languages for Special Purposes, Listening Comprehension, Mnemonics, Program Administration, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Assistants, Teaching Methods, Testing, Weekend Programs
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Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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