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| System | 7 |
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| Cha, Kyung-Al | 1 |
| Cunningsworth, Alan | 1 |
| Dickinson, Leslie | 1 |
| Morrison, Donald W. | 1 |
| Popyuk, William | 1 |
| Showstack, Richard | 1 |
| Swaffar, Janet | 1 |
| Tudor, Ian | 1 |
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| Guides - Non-Classroom | 7 |
| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
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| Practitioners | 2 |
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Peer reviewedCunningsworth, Alan – System, 1983
Critically reviews some important attempts at needs analysis which have been made in the last 10 years and identifies strengths and weaknesses of needs analysis at the present stage of its development. Suggests that there is currently no objective method of analyzing learner needs. (EKN)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Needs Assessment, Second Language Learning, Threshold Level (Languages)
Peer reviewedPopyuk, William – System, 1980
Lists five objectives in creating an item bank for language proficiency test items and describes the design of an item bank card. Briefly discusses item analysis and population distribution in this system and points out the numerous advantages of the system and conditions for its success. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Item Banks, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Peer reviewedDickinson, Leslie – System, 1979
Self-instructional programs in the commonly taught languages are recommended for: (1) those who cannot get to classes, (2) classes with individual learner needs, and (3) learners advanced enough to take on self-directed tasks. The roles of teacher and learner in self-instructional programs are discussed. (JB)
Descriptors: Independent Study, Language Instruction, Language Programs, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedCha, Kyung-Al; Swaffar, Janet – System, 1998
Presents a procedural model for discretely testing several of the multiple ways second-language readers comprehend and express themselves about the content and implications of reading passages, reviewing existing measures, illustrating the procedural model, discussing ways to scale the procedural item, and summarizing the practical advantages of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedTudor, Ian – System, 1987
Proposes several guidelines for the communicative exploitation of translation with advanced foreign language learners at the tertiary level and suggests that the communicative basis for the use of translation as a language teaching technique is derived from the communicative nature of translation as a professional activity. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Guidelines, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedShowstack, Richard – System, 1982
Suggests that second language programs are set up to meet the needs of language teachers, rather than learners, which accounts for the widespread failure rate among students learning a second language. (EKN)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Learning Laboratories
Peer reviewedMorrison, Donald W. – System, 1984
Describes a software package for computer-assisted language learning, designed to put the text handling and "number crunching" capabilities of the microcomputer to use in the foreign language classroom. Done in ways compatible with the learner's own natural needs and strategies, it also gives the classroom teacher a significant degree of control…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Activities, Educational Games
