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Stanton, H. E. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association, 1978
Discusses the Lozanov Method of teaching foreign languages developed by Lozanov in Bulgaria. This method (also known as Suggestopedia) uses various techniques such as physical relaxation exercises, mental concentration, classical music, and ego-enhancing suggestions. (CFM)
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Language Instruction, Learning Activities, Learning Processes

Genesee, Fred – McGill Journal of Education, 1978
The notion that second language instruction is more effective if begun at an early age is seen as arising from cognitive-nativist and neuropsychological postulates, and from the argument of "affective purity." Each of these positions is reviewed, along with frequently-heard objections to each. A fresh perspective on the issue is thus…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Language, Children, Cognitive Processes

Nord, James R. – System, 1980
Discusses research supporting the contention that listening fluency should be taught first and oral response delayed because languaqe acquisition takes place without any overt performance. Includes extensive bibliographic references. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Aural Learning, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language)
Brockhaus, Wilhelm – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1979
Discusses auditory practice (listening) as a factor in the learning process and as a goal area. Refers particularly to the "terminal" nine-year school. Motivation is high, because auditory skill can be developed to a higher point earlier than speech production. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes
Sutherland, Kenton – 1974
Children learn a second language quickly and easily simply by being exposed to it. Adults generally learn more slowly and less well. It is hypothesized that the brain in youth is extremely plastic, but hardens with adolescence and adulthood and becomes less receptive. Children learn in an active way, during play, and the language is reinforced by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Child Development, English Instruction
Eliuk-Nakonechny, Anne – Alberta Modern Language Journal, 1976
Individualized learning is one of the current educational trends. This approach is an answer to the differences found among students in terms of their abilities and disabilities, learning styles, objectives, and interests. Individualized instruction calls for a synthesis of strategies, which should be categorized in a hierarchy projecting all…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Support, Educational Trends, Independent Study
Titone, Renzo – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1973
Solving methodological problems of language instruction lies in analyzing the dynamics of verbal behavior and the process of language acquisition. The glossodynamic model of language learning is based on the recognition that language behavior is basically a stratificational and hierarchical system of dynamic structures. An integrated view of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction

Frith, May B. – McGill Journal of Education, 1975
A number of first language (L1) research studies are examined in an attempt to discover whether the hypothesized similarity between L1 acquisition and second language (L2) learning has any empirical support. The relationship between age and language learning is considered to determine if there are changes in learning ability, rate of learning and…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Ability, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Heuer, Helmut – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Analyzes the difference between "ultimate-target language" (authentic English in all its varieties), "learner's language" (with its limitations), and "learning-goal language," this latter referring to differentiated instruction with graded "input" steps. Teaching suggestions are given. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interlanguage, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels

Schmelzer, Henry – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Presents a method which draws upon students' imagination, creativity, and associative abilities and engages them in the language learning process. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Language Instruction
Richmond, Edmun B.; And Others – Audiovisual Instruction, 1979
Describes the Envelope Vowel Approximation System (EVAS), a foreign language pronunciation learning system which allows students to see as well as hear a pedagogical model of a sound, and to compare their own utterances of that sound to the model as they pronounce the same sound. (Author/CMV)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Feedback, Instructional Innovation, Language Aids

Lamendella, John T. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
Reexamines the question of why pattern practice fails by hypothesizing about the information processing activities that they entail. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Language Instruction

La Forge, Paul G. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
This article discusses Community Language Learning (CLL) and its unique characteristic of employing reflection as a way of learning a foreign language. The use of CLL in teaching oral English to Japanese students in Japan is described. (CFM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Group Activities, Group Experience

Ney, James W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Discusses the structuralist and the cognitivist theories of language learning, and emphasizes the importance of practice in second language learning. (AM)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory

Hosenfeld, Carol – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Examines the learning strategies of one student of French grammar, and draws implications for curriculum writers and language teachers. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Learning Activities