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Margolis, Fern S. – Foreign Language Annals, 1982
Believes current audiolingual approach to foreign language teaching lacks opportunities for spontaneous speech. Author shows why this is and offers suggestions such as oral exercises and games to compensate. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Class Activities, Conversational Language Courses, Oral Language

Brann, Sylvia J. – Hispania, 1975
A number of devices for use in teaching foreign language conservation courses are described. Among them are hypothetical situations, group discussions, activities for improving oral comprehension, plays and skits, collective stories, dialogues, interviews, speeches, recorded songs, cartoon captions, television games, and card techniques. (RM)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Class Activities, Conversational Language Courses, Language Instruction
Sorscher, Marvin; And Others – 1986
The guide to Hebrew language learning is a set of lessons and activities with a functional, conversational approach. It contains 16 units presenting language patterns and expressions typical of everyday Hebrew usage, with exercises and opportunities for simulation of familiar situations, role-playing, and dramatization. Each unit contains a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conversational Language Courses, Dialogs (Language), Elementary Secondary Education

Omaggio, Alice – Foreign Language Annals, 1976
A number of conversation exercises are described for use in second language teaching which are intended to promote communication in the foreign language by creating among the students a need to talk and a need to listen. (RM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Conversational Language Courses, Educational Games
Shaffer-Koros, Carole M. – TESL Talk, 1980
This approach utilizes a communications model, individual and group problem-solving activities and class discussion for mastering communication skills. Understanding communications principles and feeling secure in the classroom are essential. Students also deliver short informative and demonstration talks to prepare them for content area class…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Conversational Language Courses

Bryant, William H. – French Review, 1986
Six exercises intended to promote conversation skills are presented, including five survival games situated in space, caves, the middle of the ocean, the Sahara desert, and the North Pole; and a game to select a prison parolee from a group of candidates. The games involve role playing and decision-making activities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Conversational Language Courses, Educational Games
Safnil – Guidelines, 1990
Reasons for Indonesian students' reluctance to practice English are discussed, including absence of classroom follow-up activities. Some teaching/learning principles are noted, followed by some conversation teaching techniques (e.g., using humor, rhymes/songs, and interviews). (Contains 10 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conversational Language Courses, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries

Keller, Howard H. – Russian Language Journal, 1975
This article discusses the advantages and ways of using the Monopoly game in Russian language conversation courses in American schools. Procedures for developing a Russian language version of the game are outlined. (CLK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Awareness, Educational Games
Peace Corps, Niger (Nigeria). – 1987
Teachers' instructional notes for a Hausa course designed for Peace Corps volunteer language and cultural training contains lesson translations, questions for classroom use in several tenses, stories, readings, and summaries, lists of idioms and verbs, pattern drills, and notes on classroom technique. The information is intended to accompany a set…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conversational Language Courses, Course Content, Foreign Countries
Taborn, Stretton – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1976
Finds that motivation in the conversation course is fostered by careful selection of discussion material, narrow in scope and interesting to students rather than to teachers. Games, songs and experiments are desirable. Error correction is discussed, particularly of "Germanisms". It is suggested that sociolinguistics can contribute to motivation.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conversational Language Courses, Educational Games, English (Second Language)

Hirsch, Bette G. – French Review, 1985
Describes a one-semester conversational language course based on specific proficiency goals. The oral proficiency pre- and posttests, goal contracts outlining performance objectives for each chapter of the text, specific instructional and grading techniques, and class activities are detailed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Competency Based Education, Conversational Language Courses, Course Descriptions
Kehe, David; Kehe, Peggy Dustin – 1994
The guide is designed for use in English-as-a-Second-Language instruction at the intermediate level. The activities are designed to be enjoyable and encourage students to interact, but also to be non-threatening to even the most reserved students. The exercises develop strategic conversation skills. Each has three parts: a teacher's introduction;…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Zelman, Nancy Ellen – 1986
The book provides over 1,200 conversation topics for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction, grouped into six kinds of conversation activities. An introductory chapter describes the monitored conversation procedure, a classroom technique for recognizing language usage errors and reinforcing the correct form or vocabulary item. Subsequent…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Conversational Language Courses
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1986
The guide presents content and techniques for teaching conversational Spanish in the elementary grades. It contains an introductory section and 20 units for classroom instruction. The introduction includes notes on the overall objectives of the course, general guidelines on classroom procedure, and specific techniques for use of the materials…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Animals, Class Activities, Classroom Communication
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1986
The guide presents content and techniques for teaching conversational French in the elementary grades. It contains an introductory section and 20 units for classroom instruction. The introduction includes notes on the overall objectives of the course, general guidelines on classroom procedure, and specific techniques for use of the materials…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Animals, Class Activities, Classroom Communication
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