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Foreign-Language Instruction: Some Understanding in the Reform of Materials of Instruction for Teaching Foreign Languages

Chinese Education, 1973

Guidelines for the development of teaching materials that reflect the realities of the Three Great Revolutionary Movements are presented. It is recommended that materials be in conformity with the language laws and advantageous to training for the basic mastery of language. (SM)

Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Change, Higher Education, Language Instruction

The Mainland Language Developments: Implications for Language Teaching Texts

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McCoy, John – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1975

Discusses the implications for the preparation of instructional materials in the United States of the language changes that have taken place in China since the Liberation. (CLK)

Descriptors: Chinese, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Variation

Sociolinguistic Aspects of Chinese Language-Teaching Materials.

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DeFrancis, John – 1975

Because of the language changes that have taken place in the People's Republic of China since 1949, Chinese can be seen as a language divided between the pre-1949 varieties and the post-1949 ones. What is taught in the United States does not reflect the current Chinese situation, partly because most of the native language teachers in the United…

Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Awareness, Instructional Materials

RESOURCES FOR SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGE STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES, REPORT OF A CONFERENCE CONVENED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF EDUCATION (JANUARY 15-16, 1960).

BROWN, W. NORMAN – 1960

IN 1960 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA A CONFERENCE WAS CONVENED TO SURVEY THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES OF SOUTH ASIA AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A PROGRAM OF DEVELOPMENT. THE 23 PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED PROMINENT AMERICAN SCHOLARS FROM UNIVERSITIES WHERE SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES…

Descriptors: Area Studies, Conference Reports, Dravidian Languages, Educational Needs