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Peer reviewedHammers, James – Foreign Language Annals, 1985
Discusses a procedure for individualizing foreign culture and language study. Students create a fictional autobiography of themselves in a foreign culture by adapting what they are learning to four simulated conditions: the physical, social, genetic, and temporal conditions which affect the life and personality of each individual in a culture.…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedHendrickson, James M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Presents a method for classifying errors of second language learners for the purpose of: (1) evaluating information in samples of students' communication, (2) diagnosing individual learner needs, (3) developing individualized instructional materials, and (4) deciding which errors to correct first. Suggests applications of the method in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedRamirez, Alicia D.; Spandel, Victoria L. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
The purposes, development, characteristics, target population needs, appropriate materials, and teacher qualifications of an Occupational English as a Second Language Program (OESL) are presented. OESL is a component of bilingual education that utilizes open entry and exit and a competency-based individualized instructional approach. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education, Competency Based Education, Course Content
