MANY ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DEFINE "AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD" FROM THE POINTS OF VIEW OF TWO COMPETING THEORIES OF LEARNING, THE BEHAVIORISTIC AND THE COGNITIVE. NONE HAS SUCCEEDED IN DEFINING SOME OF THE SPECIFIC TENETS TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING AS REQUIRED BY AN IMPROVED THEORY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING. A FLEXIBLE AND PROGRESSIVE…

The third part of a five-part Spanish course serves as a curriculum guide to accompany the basic text, "ALM Spanish," Units 21 and 22. The overall goals of the course are to teach students to understand, speak, read, and write at a normal speed any arrangement of lexical and structural material learned. The guide focuses on six areas of…

This is a guide to a realization and appreciation of the German culture, gained through the use of oral and written German. Four areas of language instruction are emphasized: (1) listening, (2) speaking, (3) reading, and (4) writing. The guide is divided into five sections: (1) broad goals and performance objectives, which include a breakdown of…

This curriculum guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the text, "Artes Latinae," units 11-17. The course focuses on the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills as well as on cultural background material. Attention is also paid to developing a positive student attitude toward language learning. The student moves at his…

The fourth part of a 5-part Spanish course serves as a curriculum guide to accompany the basic text, "ALM Spanish," units 16 and 17. Emphasis on guided discussion and free conversation is maintained throughout the course. The guide focuses on six areas of language instruction: (1) listening, (2) speaking, (3) reading, (4) writing, (5)…

The second part of a 5-part course in Spanish serves as a curriculum guide to accompany the basic text, "ALM Spanish," units 12 and 13. The guide focuses on six areas of language instruction: (1) listening, (2) speaking, (3) reading, (4) writing, (5) culture knowledge, and (6) student analysis of attitudes toward language learning. The…

Faulting the audiolingual method for concentrating primarily on manipulative skills in language learning, the author stresses that the development of true communicative competence involves the learner's conscious awareness of grammar rules and language context. (FWB)

This curriculum guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the text "Artes Latinae," units 1-10. The course focuses on the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills as well as on cultural background material. Emphasis is placed on developing a positive student attitude toward language learning. The student moves at his own…

The separation of language study from literary study is advocated in this discussion of today's attitudes on language teaching. Observations of the slow rate of acquisition of speaking and reading skills even among better students leads to suggestions for changes in conventional allocations of time and function assigned to students and teachers as…

This curriculum guide is designed for a course based on the text "ALM Russian," second edition, units 11, 12, and 13. The course focuses on the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills as well as on cultural background material. Particular emphasis is placed on developing the student's knowledge of grammar. The guide includes a…

THERE ARE SEVERAL NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS AND SOME UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN FOREIGN- AND SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNING. INTENSIFIED INTEREST IN INCREASING NUMBERS OF SPANISH-SPEAKING INHABITANTS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST IS THE MOST VISIBLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OF SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNING. IN FOREIGN-LANGUAGE LEARNING, WHERE THE EMPHASIS IS ON…

DESIGNED TO HELP LANGUAGE TEACHERS MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE AUDIOLINGUAL AND CULTURALLY INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE TEACHING, THIS BOOK DEALS EXTENSIVELY WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE THEORY, LEARNING, AND INSTRUCTION. A REVISION OF THE FIRST EDITION, THERE IS EXTENDED COVERAGE OF SUCH TOPICS AS PATTERN PRACTICE, TEST CONSTRUCTION, AND THE…

Trends, developments, and special needs in foreign language instruction are discussed in this speech. Priority is given to a definition and evaluation of the language skills, and suggestions are included for mastering listening, speaking, reading, and writing aspects of second languages. Related topics of culture, literature, linguistics, language…

Description of a project involving the use of the video-tape recorder in a beginning course in Japanese focuses on cultural implications of basic unit dialogues. Instant replay, close-up, and other camera techniques allow students to concentrate on cross-cultural phenomena which are normally not perceived without the use of media. General…