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Hieke, Adolf E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1981
Describes Audio-Lectal Practice, a technique which offers systematic and controlled practice in connected discourse while emphasizing oral discourse features of rhythm, tempo, pausing, and suprasegmental patterns. Students listen to, read along with, and imitate recorded texts concurrently. Such practice facilitates oral fluency in the target…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Intonation, Language Fluency, Language Proficiency