The Guichard Family: A Framework for Teaching Conversation Skills.

Arnold, Donald G.

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The Guichard Family: A Framework for Teaching Conversation Skills

Arnold, Donald G.

Foreign Language Annals, 11, 3, 275-9, May 78

The Guichard technique is a response to the need for lively, sustained conversation in the language class. Referring to simple blackboard drawings by the non-artist teacher, students create people and situations involving an imaginary French family. (Author/SW)

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Creativity, Illustrations, Imagination, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Speech Communication, Speech Skills, Story Telling, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids

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