Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ501518
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Comprehensible Input Through the Practical Application of Video-Texts in Second Language Acquisition.
Di Carlo, Armando
Italica, v71 n4 p465-83 Win 1994
Suggests ideas on how visuals and video-texts such as TV commercials and talk shows can enrich foreign language curricula; provide students with exposure to language in various contexts; develop socio-linguistic competence in a foreign language; provide models of pronunciation, intonation, rhythm and accent; and reduce anxiety in the classroom. (50 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communication Apprehension, Communicative Competence (Languages), Context Effect, Curriculum Enrichment, Interactive Television, Intonation, Italian, Language Rhythm, Linguistic Input, Models, Persuasive Discourse, Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Stress (Phonology), Videotex
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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