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Lantolf, James P. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1986
Describes an experience using the Silent Way in an elementary and intermediate sequence of college-level Spanish courses, outside of the laboratory setting. Information is drawn from student commentary, instructor and research assistant observation, and student test results. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
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Cabello, Susan U.; Tamura, Linda – ADFL Bulletin, 1989
Attributes the success of Pacific University's popular Asian Languages program to an interdisciplinary collaboration effort and outside funds, allowing for various multifaceted activities that broadened program support. (CB)
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Education
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Respaut, Michele – French Review, 1986
An experimental program to individualize intermediate French instruction through specific, personalized work emphasizes oral language in the classroom, and reading, listening, and writing in its individualized portion. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Educational Strategies, Experimental Programs
Woodruff, Margaret S. – 1978
An experimental first-year college German course offered at the University of Texas at Austin emphasized communication, with a complementary de-emphasis on morphologically correct forms in spoken or written production. A modification of the Total Physical Response method was used to orient the students, and at four weeks the emphasis was shifted…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development
Fragiadakis, Helen – 1988
A course in English as a second language for international graduate student instructors at the University of California at Berkeley is described. In its first offerings, the course served students from three Asian countries and a variety of disciplines. It consisted of work in language, culture, and instructional techniques integrated into all…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Course Content, Course Organization
Thody, Philip – 1985
Languages have lost status in the educational system, and oral skills are less effectively and rigorously taught. However, a University of Leeds program providing short, intensive courses in administrative and legal French for British civil servants has been found to be very effective in developing the participants' oral and aural skills. The…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
St. Martin, Gerry – 1995
A Salisbury State University (Maryland) program integrating intensive French language and business administration instruction is described. In its pilot, the program had 11 students, all but 1 drawn from French language classes; one was a native speaker. The French portion was taught in the morning by two French professors, and the business…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques