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Geno, Thomas H. – French Review, 1981
Presents an argument in favor of using de Tocqueville as a point of departure for French conversation classes for advanced undergraduate students. Gives samples of questions prompted by readings of de Tocqueville. (BK)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conversational Language Courses, French, Higher Education

Doche, Lefco; Lentz, Francois – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1993
An approach to perfecting French language skills, "Mon francaise, je m'n occupe," is described. (LB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Foreign Countries, French
Mortelier, Christiane – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Describes a 1978 experiment in which French conversations (among advanced students of French) were transmitted by satellite from Hawaii to other locations in the Pacific. (AM)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Conversational Language Courses, French, Higher Education

Donaldson-Evans, Mary – Modern Language Journal, 1981
Discusses research in listening comprehension and proposes model for listening comprehension activities in college French conversation courses. (BK)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, French, Higher Education, Listening Comprehension

Laroche, Jacques M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1985
Describes the undergraduate internship in conversation at New Mexico State University, a course which attempts to improve the oral communication of basic language classes. The course offers undergraduates opportunities to hold conversations with more advanced undergraduates in weekly meetings. In order to make the class nonthreatening, neither…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, French, Higher Education, Internship Programs

Slaney, Noel – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1989
Describes conversation activities that can help students experiencing difficulty in French oral language increase confidence and speaking skills. Small groups of students form conversations around key words, and then expand the conversation for larger groups, incorporating more words and structures. (CB)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, French, Learning Activities, Low Achievement

Jean, Denis-J. – ADFL Bulletin, 1981
Describes a program that has been a requirement for Hofstra University students majoring or minoring in French for six years. The program offers 20-25 minutes per week of individual conversation sessions with native level speakers. Criteria for selection of personnel and diagnosis of each student's needs are discussed. (MES)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Conversational Language Courses, Diagnostic Teaching, French

Siskin, H. Jay; Spinelli, Emily – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Analyzes the importance of conversational gambits and routines in achieving second language communicative competence and then presents a model which uses telephone conversations as a means of achieving this goal. Exercises for drilling and testing gambits and routines are also presented. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, French
Dubroca, Danielle – Francais dans le Monde, 1987
A technique using dialogues and realistic prose passages from the works of Georges Simenon and Simone de Beauvoir to teach French conversational skills at the college level is explained and illustrated. (MSE)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Class Activities, Communication Skills, Conversational Language Courses
Marckel, Beverly; McKay, Carol L. – 1983
An approach to foreign language instruction was worked out to meet the needs of high school students who were preparing to participate in an international exchange program with French students. The approach uses a combination of the notional-functional syllabus and the regular grammar and vocabulary lessons. Examples in French are provided…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, French

Frommer, Judith G.; Ishikawa, Wayne – French Review, 1980
Describes a one-semester conversational course taught at Harvard University designed to teach basic oral communication skills in French with the main emphasis on teaching students to pause while speaking. (AM)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Conversational Language Courses, Course Descriptions, Dialogs (Language)
Grandjean-Levy, Andree – 1985
The Cornell School of Hotel Administration in collaboration with the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics offers a course in French for a small group of students who have had the equivalent of at least two semesters of college French. The course emphasizes oral/aural French with very little class time spent on grammar study. Grammar…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Class Activities, Conversational Language Courses, Course Content
Ecklund, Constance L. – 1985
Teaching conversation will always pose a great challenge to the foreign language instructor. Even by the third year of language study, the typical time for this skill's development, students have neither the fluency nor the confidence necessary to speak easily. Also, since many are ill at ease in conversing in their native language, getting these…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Communication, College Second Language Programs, College Students
Hawkins, Eric, Ed.; Perren, G. E., Ed. – 1978
The papers in this volume concerning intensive language teaching are grouped into three sections: "Sections bilingues,""Intensive courses within schools," and "Intensive courses at external centres." A preliminary chapter by Eric Hawkins introduces the historical context of intensive language teaching and a concluding…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Rickert, Blandine – 1995
An alternative approach used in a third semester French course at the University of Colorado at Denver is described. The approach was adopted to improve student motivation. The course focuses on the learning of practical French for everyday situations, while traveling abroad for business or pleasure. Emphasis is on conversational, communicative…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Career Development, Classroom Techniques
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