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Easley, Jacob J. – Hispania, 1995
Presents daily activities that facilitate complete sentence response, promote oral production, and aid the learning of vocabulary in foreign-language classes. Because speech is the primary form of communication in the foreign-language classroom, it is important to stimulate students to converse as soon as possible. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Learning Strategies, Oral Language
Hendrickson, James M. – 1992
Telling and listening to stories is an ancient tradition that can benefit foreign language learners of all ages, languages, and levels of proficiency. Stories contain linguistic, paralinguistic, discourse, and cultural features that provide the comprehensible input and output that students need to develop their conversational skills. Instructors…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Context, Language Acquisition, Listening Comprehension

Porte, Graeme – ELT Journal, 1988
Analysis of interviews with underachieving English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners revealed that these learners used strategies similar to those of good language learners. Activities are suggested to help weaker learners investigate their own strategies and become aware of others for more effective learning. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Class Activities, Context Clues, English (Second Language)
Hawkinson, Annie K. – 1979
This handbook presents a variety of different social and cultural situations in which the Peace Corps volunteer is likely to be involved in Tanzania. It establishes classroom activities that require the students to exchange messages in a way that is appropriate to the context. Generally, new vocabulary and language structures are introduced in the…
Descriptors: Bantu Languages, Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education
Bellos, Susan – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1992
The "hot potato technique" (HPT) is described as an effective way to engage high school English-language students in class discussions. HPT involves using newspapers and magazines to stimulate participation. (LB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Discussion (Teaching Technique), English (Second Language)
Stott, Michael – 1994
This German language textbook is intended for classroom use. The theme of the text relates to the Renaissance, and the narrative is based on Sir Thomas More's "Utopia" (1516) and relates to the experiences of its central character Raphael among the inhabitants of the strange island. Each chapter touches lightly on some thought provoking…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Geography
Kozelka, Paul R. – 1980
This handbook, concerning the Ewe language and culture of Togo, presents classroom activities that require the learner to exchange messages in a way that is appropriate to the cultural context. These activities are presented in 30 lessons containing both basic and supplementary material that deal with situations and topics which will be useful to…
Descriptors: African Languages, Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Da Que Hablar, 1997
This document consists of three issues of a newsletter published during 1996 and 1997. Issues contain current events articles in Spanish and classroom language learning activities based on those articles. The articles are brief; topics include: the Beatles; the route of Don Quixote; pets; the climate, architecture, history and food of Castile and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Culture Contact, Current Events, Foreign Countries
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, NY. – 1976
A card game designed to accompany "Andere Lander, Andere Sitten," a self-instructional unit for second-year high school students of German, is presented. The object of the game is to go through, in the proper order, a day of eating meals while traveling in Germany. There are cards for each event. The rules of the game are presented, and the cards,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Cultural Traits
Alosh, Mahdi – 1994
This college-level textbook, entirely in Arabic, is designed to help students develop specific reading skills, namely, skimming and scanning. Users should have had at least 30 quarter hours of Arabic instruction previously. The reading selections and tasks are intended to promote reading fluency by also increasing reading speed. Learner tasks also…
Descriptors: Arabic, Class Activities, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension
Bumann, Bertha – 1976
A self-instructional unit for first-year high school students of German is presented which is designed to familiarize the student with McDonald's in a German city and to increase appreciation of the similarities and differences between a McDonald's in America and one in Germany. Notes to the teacher outline specific objectives, student evaluation,…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1991
Provides fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, including foreign language (Spanish); reading and language arts (expository writing and use of a thesaurus); science and social studies (land biomes, state birds, and country's flags). (LRW)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Peace Corps, Manila (Philippines). – 1990
This guide is designed for Ilonggo (Hiligaynon) language training of Peace Corps workers in the Philippines, and reflects daily communication needs in that context. It consists of: phrase lists for a wide range of daily activities and needs; a list of targeted core language competencies, at three proficiency levels, for those daily activities; an…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Competency Based Education, Conversational Language Courses, Daily Living Skills
Cunningham Florez, MaryAnn – 2002
Lifeprints is a four-level program that helps adult English- as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students gain the English language skills they need to participate effectively at work and in their communities. This multimedia kit contains the first level in the series. Level one is divided into six units: "Welcome to English Class"; "Personal Information";…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
Steigerwald, Jacob – 1987
This text- and workbook serves as an introduction to French, German, and Spanish as second languages. An introductory chapter discusses the relatedness of languages and the interrelationships of the Indo-European language families. The relationships of French, German, and Spanish to English are demonstrated in cognate exercises. In the second…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education
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