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Noe, Alfred; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1989
Four French language classroom activities are suggested, including an exercise sensitizing students to the structure of poetry, a group of games centering on the Eiffel Tower, a series of activities exploring attitudes toward the Eiffel Tower, and a vocabulary and cultural awareness development exercise using the terminology of painting. (MSE)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness
Winer, Lise – T.E.S.L. Talk, 1978
Discusses the use of puns, riddles and jokes in building vocabulary, beginning reading, and fostering discussion. Examples are presented and further source materials are suggested. (EJS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Games, Humor
Noe, Alfred; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1988
Four activities for language learning are presented, including: class completion of incomplete dialogues excerpted from major literary works; games for learning vocabulary and civilization using words beginning with the same letter; a lesson using cartoons to elicit description and dialogues; and a unit on appropriate and inappropriate…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dialogs (Language)
Francais dans le Monde, 1989
Describes four activities for the French-as-a-Second-Language classroom, including: a lesson in the interpretation of graphs (Lescure); a unit on measurement, money systems, museums, and schools in France (Berteloot, Ploquin); oral and written exercises based on French history and culture (Ploquin, Store); and a vocabulary development activity…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, European History, Foreign Countries
Heyer, Elfriede A. – 1985
Advertisements can be used in many ways to facilitate the teaching of a commercial language. If reproduced as slides or other visual aids, they serve as a visual warm-up exercise for each class period, either reinforcing previously discussed topics or introducing new ones. Catchy headlines in commercials promote rapid expansion of vocabulary and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
de Silva, Maria Antonieta Donis – MEXTESOL Journal, 1983
Reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities and exercises that use folders of interesting material that students can use alone or in small groups are described. The folders contain pictures or other material of interest to the students, instructions in English and Spanish, and answers. The folders are color-coded by type of activity.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBailey, Tandy, Ed. – Crosscurrents, 1992
Articles on various aspects of second language teaching include: "Global Education Language Teaching Activities" (Kip A. Cates); "Classroom Management in Japanese Colleges and Universities: Some Practical Approaches" (Paul Wadden, Sean McGovern); "Control: An Independent Learning Model" (Don Maybin, Lynn…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness
