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Download full textOdisho, Edward Y. – 1992
A study examines two major types of vowel systems in languages, centripetal and centrifugal. English is associated with the centripetal system, in which vowel quality and quantity (rhythm) are heavily influenced by stress. In this system, vowels have a strong tendency to move toward the center of the vowel area. Spanish is associated with the…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
Centurion, Henry – 1997
Techniques for using children's rhymes, games, tongue twisters, and fables in Spanish to teach bilingual education classes are described. It is argued that these abundant materials serve as natural sources for authentic Spanish from a variety of Hispanic cultures. With the appeal of rhythm, rhyme, and game-like feeling, they can be used to teach…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Language, Childrens Literature, Class Activities
Peer reviewedBartelt, Guillermo – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1980
Consistent areas of difficulty for Navajo and Chicano speakers learning English as a second language are summarized. Exercises to correct these specific problems are cited, using a contrastive approach. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Navajo
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
Peer reviewedNuessel, 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
Cooper, Thomas C.; And Others – 1980
Second language students may develop writing skills gradually, or they may learn and practice these skills through the use of sentence combining techniques. A study is reported of the consistent use of sentence combining exercises with intermediate language classes at the university level. A total of 325 students enrolled in intermediate French,…
Descriptors: French, German, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Walz, Joel C. – 1982
A review of literature on error correction shows a lack of agreement on the benefits of error correction in second language learning and confusion on which errors to correct and the approach to take to correction of both oral and written language. This monograph deals with these problems and provides examples of techniques in English, French,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, French
Hammer, Petra – 1979
It is claimed that the cognate approach to learning a foreign language is used successfully in commercial enterprises and that it could be applied more extensively to second language learning in an academic setting. Such an approach is presented in this textbook about cognates. Four aspects of the question are considered: (1) a psychological frame…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, English, French
