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Rigs and Posts: Radio Reception Technology for FLL.
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Crookall, David – System, 1984
Promotes the use of international broadcasting as a rich source of spoken text for foreign language learning. A basic knowledge of this technology is stressed, including types of broadcasts, times, frequency/wavelength, transmission modes, propagation variation, reception techniques, and program schedules. In addition, choice and use of equipment…
Descriptors: Broadcast Reception Equipment, Foreign Countries, Listening Skills, Modern Language Curriculum
English for Nurses: Focusing on Patients.
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Rodono, Eleonora Consoli – System, 1984
Discusses an experiment conducted with three classes of nursing students at Catania University Polyclinic (Italy) that attempted to find meaningful contexts for use in English as second language teaching curriculum (for nurses). By practicing dialogs typical of nurse-patient interactions in a hospital context, student nurses learned to interact…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries, Hospitals, Interpersonal Communication
Helping the Poor to Help Themselves: A Quantitative Re-Evaluation of the Outcomes of an Advanced Reading Comprehension Programs in English as a Foreign Language.
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Bensoussan, Marsha; and Ramraz, Rachel – System, 1984
Discusses a study of the relative benefits of a year-long reading comprehension course for English as a foreign language students, compared with an intensive summer course using the same curriculum. Students were separated into groups according to their language abilities. Although improvement in both cases was nearly equal, the summer course is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency