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Maddy, Anna Mary – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1979
A high school English teacher explains the use of a programed text in Latin to enable students in her gifted classes to unlock the meaning of many English words through a knowledge of their Latin origins. (PHR)
Descriptors: English Education, Gifted, Language Instruction, Latin

Lamberts, Frances; Miller, Ted L. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1979
Written for speech and language specialists, the paper focuses on the training procedures of J. Itard, a nineteenth-century surgeon turned educator who attempted to teach a "wild boy." (PHR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction

Peacock, Dennis E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
A preliminary set of principles of judging the pedagogical utility of proposed grammar rules is offered. The goal is the inclusion in teaching materials of only those rules which are linguistically accurate, pedagogically sound, and relevant to specified instructional objectives. (Author)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Material Development
Vines, Lois – 1980
This guide brings together three types of resources for educators who need information about foreign language camps. A directory describes 26 such camps in 17 states. A contact person is listed for each camp. The Ohio University Summer Language Camp is then described in detail. Subjects covered include staffing, fees, activities for each time of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cultural Education, Higher Education, Language Instruction
Gremmo, M.-J.; And Others – 1978
Turn-taking in language classroom discourse is analyzed in order to discover patterns of instructional teacher-pupil exchange. It is concluded that traditional modes of second language instruction (especially in English as a second language) tend to stifle student initiative. Since students rarely have the opportunity to open an exchange, it is…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Galvez de Bracamonte, Teresa – 1975
This guide in Spanish provides performance criteria for evaluating the foreign language teacher. It provides an outline for analyzing the teacher's actions and teaching methods in the classroom. Through the evaluation by an outsider, the teacher can learn his or her faults in the views of others and can improve on them. The aspects to be analyzed…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Schuster, Donald H., Ed. – The Journal of Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 1976
Five papers are presented that deal with the theory and methodology of suggestive learning. The psychological basis of suggestopedia and its application to language instruction are outlined by Gabriel Racle in "The Key Principles of Suggestopedia." An outline of the organization of a classical suggestopedic language course is appended to…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Anxiety, Course Evaluation, Course Organization
Doyle, Terry; Kuhn, Michel – 1977
These notes are designed to accompany a series of 10 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) television programs intended to give persons already familiar with French, an insight into aspects of contemporary Francophone societies. The programs revolve around various themes: (1) numbers and letters; (2) words and meanings; (3) eating patterns; (4)…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Cultural Education, Educational Media, Educational Programs

Knop, Constance K. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Outlines three major phases of development experienced by student teachers: mastery of basic instructional techniques, developing sensitivity to pupil-teacher interaction, and overall analysis and evaluation of teaching effectiveness. Activities and techniques are presented for preservice training or inservice self-evaluation. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Learning Activities
Centre for Information on Language Teaching, London (England). – 1976
Papers are presented from a colloquium on the teaching of German in the United Kingdom. Following an introduction by C.V. James, the following papers on the schools are presented: "A General View" by M. Lodge; "A Regional View" by R. Sheppard and G. Turner; "As the Teacher-Trainer Sees Them" by A. Hornsey;…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Educational Radio, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education