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Johnson, Andrea – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1992
Describes a writing assignment in which a teacher asked students to prepare a one-page autobiography written in E-Prime, a form of English deleting all forms of the verb "to be." Presents student comments that suggest that the assignment was highly beneficial. (HB)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Patterns
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Cox, Thomas J. – French Review, 1983
The use of "a,""de," or nothing preceding complement infinitives in French is addressed from the perspective of the deeper grammatical relations involved, and possible instructional strategies are suggested. Examples and comparisons are made in English. Unlike the traditional approach, it is assumed that a preposition is…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar, Language Patterns
Wilss, Wolfram – Meta, 1979
Discusses the noun-plus-adjective construction in contemporary German and problems in translating this pattern into English. (AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, English, German, Grammar
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Luce, Stanford L. – French Review, 1979
Presents a set of rules for learning grammatical gender in French. (AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, French, Grammar, Language Instruction
Cervera, Alicia – Yelmo, 1978
Discusses ways of teaching complementary pronouns in Spanish, includinq pronouns of direct objects, reflexive verbs, and indirect objects. (NCR)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Pronouns
Louvet, Marie-Cecile – 1988
The Concept Attainment Model is a teaching strategy based on analysis of the nature of concepts and how they are acquired. Using this theory, three strategies for second language instruction have been developed: the reception, selection, and unorganized materials strategies. In the reception strategy, the most structured, students must be guided…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar
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Pons-Ridler, Suzanne; McKim, Fred – French Review, 1985
Proposes a system of classifying and forming words in French based on several major word "families" grouped according to their grammatical bases and the types of derivations emerging from them as an effective approach to vocabulary development. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Dictionaries, French, Grammar
Gao, Carl Zhonggang – 1997
This discussion of English participles is intended to aid teachers of English as a second language in both understanding and teaching their use. The forms, functions (as verbs and adjectives), and meanings of participles are first outlined, and an approach for presenting this information to students is detailed. It begins with establishing a…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages)
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Nuessel, Frank H., Jr. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1982
The proverbial language of Spanish provides a resource for teaching and testing various aspects of phonetics, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural features of the language. Incorporation of these features into the Spanish curriculum can enrich the classroom experience. Specific suggestions for their use are provided. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Grammar, Idioms
de Abrew, Kamini; Khamphasinovanh, Thong – 1991
This Lao language textbook is the second draft of a book developed for teaching Lao to United States Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) and is designed to be used with a Lao language instructor familiar with competency based curricula. It is not designed for self-instruction, although after some hours of use, students may be familiar enough with the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Patterns
Dauer, Rebecca M.; Browne, Sandra C. – 1992
It is proposed that the target for teaching pronunciation in English as a Second Language must be the authentic, connected speech that is used by most native speakers, not an artificial and over-correct model too closely tied to the writing system, a different modality entirely. In English, this means learning the language's rhythmic patterns to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Connected Discourse, English (Second Language), Grammar
Abraham, Roberta; And Others – 1994
A discussion of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teaching focuses on the relationship of lexical items to the syntactic situations in which they may occur, and the importance of teaching this relationship to language learners. First, common errors made by ESL students that are attributable to lack of syntactic context knowledge are identified.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Dictionaries, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Brayfield, Peggy L. – 1983
Novice poetry readers need to realize that there are limits to poetic license, specifically with regard to the order of words in a sentence of poetry. For example, the integrity of independent clauses is not violated--no word placed in one independent clause is meant to be read as an element of another independent clause. Although parenthetical…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Dialects, English Instruction, Grammar
Wampach, Jean; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Four essays present (1) a method for teaching the use of the quantitative adverbs to French students who are salespersons; (2) use of a cartoon as the starting point for practicing grammatical patterns; (3) ideas for teaching students to write letters or cards in French; and (4) humourous errors in French usage. (AM)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Error Analysis (Language), French, Grammar
Bourdet, Jean-Francois – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
Four French language instruction ideas are presented, including an exercise in using articles and possessive and demonstrative adjectives; student production of radio programs; a lesson in writing postcards to friends; and a young children's game focusing on recognition and assimilation of written words and structures already learned orally. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Audiotape Recordings, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
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