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| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBoyles, Peggy – Learning Languages, 1996
Discusses the importance of appropriate proficiency-oriented testing for students studying foreign languages, explaining that grammatical accuracy is of no value if it cannot be used to carry out real-life tasks as an inherent and natural activity. Presents guidelines for designing and administering tests and provides an example of a…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedLeLoup, Jean W. – Learning Languages, 1997
Discusses how electronic mail helps foreign-language (FL) teachers by enhancing their curriculum, improving their FL contacts, and facilitating their own professional development. Electronic mail offers access to discussion groups and newsgroups. It allows teachers to design activities and projects that enhance their curriculum and provide…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Uses in Education, Discussion Groups, Electronic Mail
Peer reviewedReardon, Margaret – Learning Languages, 1995
Describes how 7th graders learning Spanish at one New York school corresponded with students in Latin America via the Internet to personalize their language-learning experience. Students researched the chosen countries and exchanged electronic mail in Spanish with Latin American students. Guidelines are presented for replicating such a project.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Awareness, Electronic Mail
