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Montgomery, Carol; Eisenstein, Miriam – TESOL Quarterly, 1985
Describes an experimental oral communication course designed around weekly, structured field trips to sites where students typically need to communicate in English. Students taking this course were also enrolled in a grammar-based English as a second-language course and were compared with a control group taking only the grammar-based course. (SED)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Field Trips, Grammar Translation Method
Joiner, Elizabeth G. – 1981
The adult students who are the subject of this report bring a different orientation with them to the study of language than does the typical adult immigrant or foreign student of English. This former group may be engaged in foreign language study in order to satisfy a college level language requirement or as part of a continuing education or…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Affective Behavior, Age, Aptitude