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Garvey, Catherine; Rocklyn, Eugene H. – 1965
To meet the need for a short, self-instructional, tactical language course in a Far Eastern tonal language of potential military significance, a course in Mandarin Chinese was developed by adapting the methods described in Subtask CONTACT II with reference to a European language (Russian). The purpose of the course was to enable combat soldiers to…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives
Cembalo, M. – 1973
Over a three-year period, from 1971 to 1973, a series of three experimental intensive language sessions was held in Malta for university professors and researchers who wanted to improve their knowledge of English as a second language. Each session consisted of from 20 to 30 participants and lasted 2 weeks. The general objectives of these courses…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Holec, H. – 1974
This article presents an analysis of a course in oral English created at the University of Nancy in 1974 for adult beginning students of English as a second language. The linguistic foundations of the course are discussed (verbal communication and communicative competence), as well as its psychopedagogic and pedagogic bases (cognitive approach,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Audiovisual Aids, College Language Programs
McDonough, J. E. – 1977
This paper, presented in English and in Spanish, isolates one area of English for Academic Purposes, listening comprehension, and makes some preliminary suggestions as to factors that might be relevant in course planning and, particularly, in the design of materials. In preparing a language program, a highly instrumental approach should be…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Download full textJohnson, Robert S. – 1972
The San Diego demonstration project provides occupationally oriented English as a Second Language (ESL) materials aimed at preparing students for job training, on-the-job training, or entry-level employment, mainly in semi-skilled occupations. The job-readiness curriculum is planned to bring the monolingual Spanish speaking adult student to a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Bilingual Education, Career Development
Howlett, Frederick G. – 1978
The greatest need of language teachers today is a workable approach to teaching vocabulary. This is essential if students are to be enabled to achieve communicative competence, that is, to make a transfer from the textbook to the real world of French, as reflected in the French media. An effective and comprehensive approach to teaching vocabulary…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, Course Objectives, Etymology
