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An Undergraduate Experience in Individualization of Foreign Language Instruction
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Fryer, T. Bruce; Dannerbeck, Francis J. – Foreign Language Annals, 1973
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Individualized Instruction
The Foreign Language Requirement: An Alternative Program.
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Demuth, Katherine A.; Smith, Nathaniel B. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
A new program at Boston University that identifies students who would have great difficulty fulfilling their foreign language requirement is described. This program offers an alternative sequence of courses designed to help these students achieve foreign language learning success. (LMO)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Course Content, Course Organization
Communicative Use of Language and Syllabus Design
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Valdman, Albert – Foreign Language Annals, 1978
A thorough revision of present syllabus-design practices is necessary to achieve the goal of enabling the learner to use the target language with relative fluency in simulated speech transactions. Four new orientations are suggested that lead more directly to language use than do monolithic and paradigm-oriented linguistic features. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides
An Alternative to Structurally Oriented Textbooks
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Harlow, Linda L. – Foreign Language Annals, 1978
Explores various aspects of the functional-notional textbook or syllabus. This is a concept originating with the Council of Europe that involves the organization of a textbook or syllabus according to the notions or functions that a learner hopes to be able to express. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Organization, Curriculum Guides, Language Instruction, Learning Motivation