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Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, DC. – 1963
Portuguese as spoken in Brazil differs slightly in pronunciation and vocabulary from that used in Portugal. Words chosen for this language guide will be understood in either country. The guide is not intended to give a complete command of the language, but to enable a traveller to ask directions, make purchases or order a meal. Records that…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Language Guides, Portuguese, Pronunciation
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1976
This bulletin points out the differences between the sound systems of Vietnamese and English that will be likely to cause difficulties for the Vietnamese student of English, and outlines the most effective ways of helping the student overcome these difficulties. The guide also includes a section on how to adapt existing ESL materials and a listing…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Indochinese
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1975
The purpose of this guide is to: (1) point out those differences between Black Tai and English which will cause difficulties for the Black Tai-speaking students of English, and (2) outline the most effective ways of helping the student overcome these difficulties. The first section is a contrastive analysis of the phonologies of Black Tai and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Indochinese
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1978
The three purposes of this guide are to provide information on the Khmer language, alphabet, and educational systems which will be useful to Americans teaching English to Cambodian refugees; to give specific suggestions for teaching Cambodians to write the English alphabet; and to provide teaching materials that deal with the particular…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Alphabets, Cambodian, English (Second Language)
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1977
The sound systems of Vietnamese and English have very little in common and therefore the Vietnamese learner of English will have great difficulty with pronunciation. This guide points out the specific problem areas and gives pronunciation exercises to deal with each problem. Twenty-eight pronunciation lessons are included, preceded by two…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
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Taylor, Harvey M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
This article discusses how a language laboratory can be used effectively in an English as a second language/English as a foreign language program. The lab should be used primarily for listening comprehension, not for drill and repetition. (CFM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Laboratories, Listening Comprehension
Paulston, Christina B. – 1975
This paper gives practical suggestions for the ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher who must prepare adult foreign students for academic life in the United States. The paper is based on activities carried out at the English Language Institute of the University of Pittsburgh. It is divided into three sections, according to language skills:…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Students
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Naval Training Publications Detachment, Washington, DC. – 1974
This is a guide to spoken Tagalog. It includes hints on pronunciation, useful words and phases, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and an alphabetical word list. Words and phrases are listed in English, followed by a phonetic representation of the Tagalog word or phrase, and then by the Tagalog spelling. (AM)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Indonesian Languages, Instructional Materials, Language Aids
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1976
This short description of the sound and spelling systems of the Vietnamese language is intended for the sponsor, teacher or friend (of Vietnamese refugees) who may have difficulty in pronouncing Vietnamese names, reading handwriting, or using a Vietnamese-English dictionary or phrasebook. Focusing primarily on the Southern dialect of Vietnamese,…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Consonants, Indochinese, Language Patterns
Ulsh, Jack Lee; And Others – 1975
The instructor's manual accompanying the student text "FSI Portuguese Programmatic Course" has two functions: it offers the teacher suggestions as to how to use the student text, and it provides a guide to the recorded portions of the student text. The guide contains a script for all of the Portuguese that has been recorded and does not already…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Dialogs (Literary), Grammar, Instructional Materials
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1976
This guide for tutors and teachers dealing with adult Indochinese refugees learning English provides guidelines for materials selection and use, and for making language lessons maximally effective and interesting for the refugee. As an introduction, background information is provided on the refugee's attitudes towards learning English. This is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, English (Second Language), Individual Instruction
Strasheim, Lorraine A. – 1978
Some general planning information for Latin language courses includes tips on (1) coverage in the textbook; (2) supplementing the textbook; and (3) combined or multi-level classes, which includes independent study, special interest courses, rotating levels and split-period approaches. Some specific considerations are given for the text "First Year…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Sasaki, Ruth A. – 1978
A set of specific and practical ideas for teaching language skills are presented, centered around the use of charts or "squares" of pictures that represent ideas that can be expressed in basic English. The focus is a story square, a system of pictures tied together by a plot and presented to the class as a puzzle. Squares for pronunciation can be…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Media, English (Second Language)
Zachariou, Philemon – 1978
This teaching guide is especially oriented for the English as a second language (ESL) instructor who has had no previous training in articulatory phonetics, though it may be useful to the expert phonetician as well. It suggests that the ESL instructor consider the use of some basics of articulatory phonetics in teaching pronunciation according to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Speech), Consonants, English (Second Language)
Allen, Edward David; Valette, Rebecca M. – 1972
The aim of this handbook is to show the teacher ways of implementing and supplementing existing materials. The suggested teaching procedures may be used in classes of varying sizes and levels, and with any method. Although the emphasis is on teacher-made materials, many of the techniques suggested may be implemented with commercial programs,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
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