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Lindseth, Martina – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
My study (Lindseth, "The Effects of Form-Focused Instruction on the Acquisition of Subject-Verb Inversion in German") that was published in the Volume 49, No. 1 issue of "Foreign Language Annals" suggested that form-focused instruction that targets a specific structure may help learners progress faster toward accurate use of…
Descriptors: Verbs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
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Oxford, Rebecca L.; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1989
A discussion of the characteristics of effective language learners and the strategies they use in the second language classroom demonstrates how the four main principles of the communicative approach foster the use of appropriate, positive learning strategies. Implications for the language classroom are discussed. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Processing, Language Skills
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Rawley, Lee Ann; Smith, Alfred N. – Foreign Language Annals, 1983
A technique for teaching dialog is outlined that provides considerable preproduction input and acquisition experiences through which students create dialog lines. The technique uses these steps: prenarrative activities, narrative, contextual expansion of new vocabulary, reading input, dialog construction from visual cues, dialog recreation, and…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Dialogs (Language), Expressive Language, Language Processing