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Beyond the Fringe: A Framework for Assessing Teach-Yourself Materials for ab initio English-Speaking Learners.

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Jones, Francis R. – System, 1993

A detailed, nonimpressionistic assessment checklist is presented for teach-yourself language packages. Two example research applications are given: a survey of a range of course packages, and an analysis of the patterns of materials used by an individual learner of Hungarian. (39 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Check Lists, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Independent Study

Should We Teach EFL Students Collocations?

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Bahns, Jens; Eldaw, Moira – System, 1993

German advanced English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) students' productive knowledge of English collocations consisting of a verb and a noun were investigated in a translation task and a close task. Results suggest that EFL students should concentrate on collocations that cannot readily be paraphrased. The tasks are appended. (32 references)…

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Idioms