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Best, Nancy Dougherty – 1978
Content-specific vocabulary instruction was used in four seventh and eighth grade social studies and science classes as a method for improving the English language ability of non-native English speakers. A total of 52 monolingual English-speaking non-Hispanic students, 7 monolingual English-speaking Hispanic students, 6 Spanish-listening Hispanic…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Non English Speaking
Heddesheimer, C. – 1970
This article discusses the problem of the relationship between scientific theory and teaching practice, between the linguist and the language teacher. Language instruction attempts more and more to approximate the mother tongue acquisition process, but the two processes remain distinct. However, good second language pedagogy will lead to…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Conti, Gary J. – 1974
Since trends in foreign language, especially English as a Second Language (ESL), instruction, move like a pendulum between audio-linguistic and traditional methods, the safest approach by which teachers can respond to the special needs of their students is through individualized instruction. That method maximizes the realization of individual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Individualized Instruction, Language Instruction
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Willerman, Benne; Melvin, Bernice – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Discusses various experiments involving the teaching of vocabulary through the use of mnemonics, and describes an experiment which sought to test the effectiveness of the mnemonic method in acquiring writing skills in the foreign vocabulary. (AM)
Descriptors: Experiments, French, Language Instruction, Language Research
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Schulz, Renate A. – ADFL Bulletin, 1979
Examines the elements of a successful intensive language program, including areas such as staffing, scheduling, and recruitment of students. (AM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
Lehmann, Volkmar – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1979
Defines the practical functions of various types of grammars, and theoretical functions of linguistic grammars. Points out some differences between the two (stressing contrast between native and foreign languages), as well as differences in defining, finality, or variation of categories, and in psycho- and sociolinguistic components. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Research
Chevalier, Jean-Claude; Delesalle, Simone – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Reports on an experiment in which three groups of adolescents discussed the status of women. The discussions were recorded for the purpose of using the recordings as pedagogical tools in French instruction. (AM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Discourse Analysis, French, Language Instruction
Cembalo, M. – 1970
This is an analysis of the linguistic problems posed by vocabulary instruction in an introductory English course. Three criteria should govern any method chosen for the teaching of vocabulary in an introductory course in English as a second language: (1) semantic relations within the lexicon; (2) vocabulary progression independent of grammar and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Holec, H. – 1971
This article addresses the question, "Does the introduction of a language laboratory improve the functioning of a given teaching method?" Four experiments with the language laboratory are described and analyzed: the Keating and Lorge experiments in New York, the Jalling experiment in Sweden, and the Freedman experiment in Great Britain. These…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Instructional Improvement
Holec, H. – 1971
This article discusses the relationship between audiovisual methods and pedagogical strategies, or between technology and instruction, in second language teaching. Currently, the relationship between audiovisual methods and language instruction is one in which the audiovisual component is subservient, and plays a supplementary rather than a…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Media, Educational Technology
Grill, J. Jeffrey – 1974
Evaluated was the effectiveness of daily 10-minute sessions in a structured language training program (Teaching the American Language to Kids) with 72 moderately retarded students ages 5- to 13-years. Lee's Developmental Sentence Scoring of free speech samples was used as the pre- and posttest. Gain scores of 17 experimental Ss (students who had…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Bourguignon, Christiane – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1979
Examines the treatment of the passive voice in French grammar textbooks intended for native language instruction. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Nehring, Mary Jane – 1977
An account is given of a teacher's experience with a new approach to language learning, the Silent Way. The teaching tools used in this method are few: colored rods, wall charts of words and signs in color, a pointer, the fingers of the teacher's left hand, and silence. Teaching is subordinated to learning, that is, teaching must not interfere…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, English (Second Language), Instructional Innovation, Language Instruction
Harper, Jane
This is a study comparing the amount of change in the level of competence in language skills between beginning students of French in two types of instructional programs. Significant differences were found between students enrolled in regularly scheduled classes and those using a multimedia, self-paced, individualized instructional system. Students…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, French, Individualized Instruction, Language Instruction
Artley, A. Sterl, Ed.; And Others – 1954
The purpose of this monograph is to collect in one convenient location all of the available research that directly or indirectly touches upon the question of the interrelationships among the language arts, i.e., oral language, written language, reading, and listening. Chapters include "Interrelationships between Written Expression and the Other…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
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