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Peer reviewedRippley, LaVern J. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1998
Describes a St. Olaf College (Minnesota) seminar on German- Americana, and suggests ways in which instructors in other areas of the country can create a course reflecting local experience. The course, taught in German, offers information about the broad spectrum of German language and German immigrant life in the United States. A dozen goals of…
Descriptors: American Studies, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedLafayette, Robert C.; Buscaglia, Michael – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1985
A comparison of language skill development by college students enrolled in a content course taught in French and in a French language course found that content-course students excelled in oral skills and language attitudes and that language-course students excelled in writing skills, challenging conventional assumptions about language-learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Download full textWeatherford, H. Jarold – 1997
A number of issues in classroom second language instruction, particularly as they relate to grammar instruction, are considered in the context of recent research and theory. Discussion begins with a review of the nature and role of second language grammar instruction. Following this, these issues are explored: whether the native or target language…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Course Content
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1986
Pennsylvania's guide to help school districts develop programs for limited English proficient (LEP) students outlines considerations in using two different approaches, bilingual education and English as a second language (ESL) instruction, at the elementary and secondary levels. The issues addressed include appropriate instructional methods,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Check Lists, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1986
Language Development across the Curriculum is a high school course designed to prepare students at an intermediate level of English language proficiency for studies in the content areas. The course is designed to help students succeed in high school subjects such as social studies, science, and mathematics. The curriculum guide for the course…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Curriculum Guides
Altman, Howard B.; And Others – 1985
Based on the questions of second language teachers concerning classroom practice, generated by mail survey in 1983, research on aspects of second language teaching and learning was reviewed and is summarized here. In each case, a question or questions are posed and a brief discussion follows, in layman's language and based on relevant research,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Aptitude, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Careers
