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Blacquiere, Arie – Aspects of Educational and Training Technology Series, 1992
Reviews trends in language instruction and the use of language laboratories in South African higher education from 1962 to 1990, paying particular attention to racial differences and the movement from an audio-lingual method to a communicative language technique. Questions the wisdom of equipping institutions with sophisticated hardware without…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Oxford Institutes in Italy, Milan. – 1967
Six conference papers, presented first in Italian and then in English, are collected in this booklet. They are: "International Comprehension through Education" by H.R. Light, "The Prelingual Period in Foreign Language Learning" by Djoraje Kostic, "Reconciling Old and New Methods of Language Teaching" by Derrick Plant, "The Use of the Language…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Conference Reports, English (Second Language)

Cunningham, Denis – Babel: Australia, 1998
Presents a history of the use of technology in second-language instruction, beginning with the 1960s and the grammar translation method; through the audiolingual movement and language laboratories; into emerging use of tape recorders, videotapes, and computer-assisted language learning; and up through computer-assisted instruction, distance…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Birkmaier, Emma – Minnesota Foreign Language Bulletin, 1966
Second language study in the Soviet Union's General Education School (compulsory public education) is described in detail with briefer explanations of teacher training institutes and inservice teacher education. Both positive and negative aspects of Russia's language programs are presented, with primacy given to teaching methods, objectives,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Degree Requirements