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Hendrickson, James M. – Hispania, 1992
Ten guidelines, along with corresponding teaching techniques and learning activities, are offered for developing students' communicative proficiency as described in the "ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines." The objective is to improve students' Spanish and Portuguese communication ability in authentic, situational contexts. (16 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context, Guidelines, Interpersonal Communication

Garrison, David L. – Modern Language Journal, 1979
Outlines a lesson in a college Spanish class in which the students were shown the close relationship between Spanish and Portuguese. This kind of class not only makes the students more conscious of the relatedness of languages but also can stimulate their interest in studying another language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Motivation Techniques
Bowie, David G.; Schallert, Diane L. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1988
In a study of the processes used to compose a story, 12 Portuguese/English bilingual adults created narrations for 2 published, wordless picture stories and, while viewing a videotape of their narration, recalled aloud the processes they used in constructing the stories. One study was narrated in Portuguese and the other in English. The narrations…
Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Young, Dolly Jesusita – 1989
A guide for teachers of second language reading offers ideas for using authentic texts as instructional materials. The guide focuses on how to teach students to become strategic readers and use their background knowledge to enhance comprehension. Schema theory is proposed as a framework for approaching reading tasks, by providing relevant pre- and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Instructional Materials, Italian, Portuguese

Jernigan, Christine Galbreath; Moore, Zena – Hispania, 1997
Study investigated whether/how teachers of a team-taught college introductory course in Portuguese met National Standards on teaching of culture. Teachers met many of the standards, but students had few opportunities to develop perspectives on cultural patterns and products. Use of the term "native culture" and the complexity of cultural education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Avery, Peter; And Others – TESL Talk, 1987
Reviews common pronunciation problems experienced by learners of English as a second language who are native speakers of Vietnamese, Cantonese, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Greek, and Punjabi. (CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Cantonese, Consonants, English (Second Language)
Hudson River Center for Program Development, Glenmont, NY. – 1999
The purpose the Native Language Literacy Screening Device (NLLSD) is to give English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) practitioners a sense of the native language literacy levels of learners coming into their programs. This is worth knowing because when learners have had limited schooling in their first language instructional strategies used…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Albanian, Arabic
Colman, Judy; Schiffmann, Jill – 1993
This guide is designed for tutors and teachers of literacy in rural locations in Australia, and their trainers, to help them respond appropriately to the language and literacy needs of adults of non-English-speaking background. It is divided into five sections. The first is an introduction. The second addresses the general topics of language…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Arabic
Smith, Wm. Flint, Ed. – 1991
This book, the second of two volumes devoted to instructional media in second language instruction, focuses on specific applications of advanced technology in the classroom. The first part, "Applications," contains seven chapters. They are: "The Language Laboratory in the Computer Age" (S. E. K. Otto); "Television…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software