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McArdle, Fiona, Comp.; Teare, Robert, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2016
This regional dossier aims at providing a concise description of and basic statistics on minority language education in a specific region of Europe--the Isle of Man. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Elementary Education
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Dodds, Dinah – Foreign Language Annals, 1992
A college advanced speaking course designed with the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines is described. Students prepared and performed many communicative tasks, including narrating, describing, hypothesizing, supporting an opinion, debating, and interviewing for a job. Other components include pair and small-group work, audio and videotaping, and pre-…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, College Second Language Programs, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
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Davis, James J. – Journal of Negro Education, 1989
Provides a reference base for teachers concerned with problems and issues of teaching foreign languages to Afro-American students in the United States. Cites 51 journal articles, unpublished documents, and doctoral dissertations that discuss rationales for foreign language study by Black students and describe teaching strategies and curriculum…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Students
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Tschirner, Erwin – Foreign Language Annals, 1992
Communication-based teaching techniques are described that lead German language students from input to output in a stimulating and motivating learning environment. Input activities are most useful for presenting speech acts, vocabulary, and grammar; output activities, for fine-tuning those areas as well as for expanding students' productive…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), German