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Walter, Heribert – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1978
Practical suggestions are given for teaching German students two difficult problems in French grammar, including structuring the material to be learned and acclimating the student to the foreign structure. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Learning Processes
Heuer, Helmut – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Analyzes the difference between "ultimate-target language" (authentic English in all its varieties), "learner's language" (with its limitations), and "learning-goal language," this latter referring to differentiated instruction with graded "input" steps. Teaching suggestions are given. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interlanguage, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels
Peer reviewedSchmelzer, Henry – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Presents a method which draws upon students' imagination, creativity, and associative abilities and engages them in the language learning process. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedStanton, H. E. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association, 1978
Discusses the Lozanov Method of teaching foreign languages developed by Lozanov in Bulgaria. This method (also known as Suggestopedia) uses various techniques such as physical relaxation exercises, mental concentration, classical music, and ego-enhancing suggestions. (CFM)
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Language Instruction, Learning Activities, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedHosenfeld, Carol – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Examines the learning strategies of one student of French grammar, and draws implications for curriculum writers and language teachers. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Learning Activities
Download full textCates, G. Truett; Swaffar, Janet K. – 1979
This introduction to the pedagogy of reading comprehension in a second language focuses on learning strategies appropriate to achieving reading competence. Lexical strategies can be fostered by tolerating local errors and encouraging practice in the identification of specific features such as tense, part of speech, and cognation. Tasks that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedGorbet, Frances – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
Discusses the value of classifying the errors adult language learners make and of comparing them to errors made by children. It is suggested that teachers correct student errors in the same way parents correct children's errors in order to encourage successful learning. (CFM)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Child Language, Cognitive Processes
Tinkler, Trevor – 1978
This article describes a course in listening comprehension methodology in a College of Education in Holland. The main concern of the article is to examine the teacher-trainer's organization of the students' learning process. The course is divided into three sections: (1) group discussion of the concept of listening comprehension; (2) discussion of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comprehension, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
