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Aguirre, Samuel, Ed.; Plumb, Emily Gazda, Ed.; Martin, Kristyn, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2016
The theme for this year's annual Graduate Student Conference of the College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature (LLL) was "In a Word," which captured a basic component that runs through the College of LLL since words are essential to the work students do in each of the departments that form the College. The conference opened with a…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Critical Theory
Winitz, Harris, Ed. – 1981
Papers are presented from a conference that dealt with the similarities and differences between first and second language learning, ways of assessing the relationships, methodological procedures, and implications for development of procedures for teaching language handicapped children. The papers are presented under the following headings: (1)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Universals
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The problem of this conference panel was to identify, develop, and compare means by which children's motivation to learn basic reading skills may be strengthened and maintained. In this panel report, four approaches to the problem are offered in the following areas: sociocultural influences which help to determine individual differences in the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Conference Reports, Early Reading, Individual Differences
Rameh, Clea, Ed. – 1976
These proceedings of the 1976 Georgetown Round Table are divided into four sections that deal with: (1) synchronic and diachronic aspects of semantics; (2) semantics and linguistics; (3) semantics and other disciplines; and (4) semantics and teaching methods. More specifically the papers treat: the semantic interpretation of anaphoric expressions;…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, Diachronic Linguistics
Gutierrez-Rexach, Javier, Ed.; Martinez-Gil, Fernando, Ed. – 1999
Papers from the 1998 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium include: "Patterns of Gender Agreement in the Speech of Second Language Learners"; "'Nomas' in Mexican American Dialect"; "Parsing Spanish 'solo'"; "On Levels of Processing and Levels of Comprehension"; "The Role of Attention in Second/Foreign Language Classroom Research: Methodological Issues";…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Burt, Marina K., Ed.; Dulay, Heidi C., Ed. – 1975
This volume consists of 35 papers divided into the following 12 sections: (1) organizational policy: a dialogue between TESOL and bilingual education--two papers on compatibility and cooperation; (2) second language acquisition--six papers dealing with language learning and teaching, effect of background on learning, order of acquisition,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Creative Writing
Knibbeler, Wil, Ed.; Bernards, Marij, Ed. – 1984
Topics covered in papers presented at an international meeting on foreign language methodology include the following: how to sort out the new approaches to foreign language teaching methods; unconscious assimilation in foreign language learning; the lack of concrete answers arrived at during this meeting; methodological considerations in applying…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Hammerly, Hector, Ed.; Sawyer, Isabel, Ed. – 1975
This volume contains the second part of the proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Council on Foreign Languages. The focus is on second language teaching, and relevant linguistic research is included. The proceedings are divided into six major sections. Following the major addresses, which concern audiolingual…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Career Education, Child Language
Yorio, Carlos A., Ed.; And Others – 1979
Selections include Strevens' discussion of teaching for different circumstances, Morley's discussion of new developments in teaching materials, Swain's overview of research in bilingual education, Shuy's, Oller's, Bernal's, and Rosier's respective discussions of test bias, and Rivers', Hines', Scovel's, and Taylor's explorations of the Silent Way,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cloze Procedure