It is a known situation that knowing a single foreign language is not enough in the 21st century and that knowing a second language will give an individual privilege. Accordingly, in recent years, serious steps have been taken related to foreign language teaching in Turkey. In Turkey is beginning to be taught in basic education German as a second…

Innovative designs on instructional strategies and activities for teaching English among younger learners were integrated into a language teacher education program in a university in northern Taiwan. This study analyzed 90 pre-service teachers' final projects, questionnaires, and class materials to explore their innovations on English activity…

In the last decade the Communicative Approach has taken an important position within the English Language Teaching world. Many countries have abandoned their traditional methods and have started implementing the communicative activities as their language teaching policy. This research has as a main objective to analyze the transitioning to…

The technique provided in this article offers an integrated-skills activity. Students should be able to read the description of a visual image, describe their own visuals, read and collect information from other students' writing, and speak about what they have found. This activity can be adapted for nearly any language level. The activity can…

This study aims to analyze two coursebooks, namely, "Texture of English 4" and "My English 5" on the basis of to what extent the activities and tasks included reflect the intelligent types proposed by multiple intelligences theory. Taking the general characteristics of the intelligences into account, a checklist has been…

Methods used to teach French as a second language to first- through sixth-graders includes games and activities to make learning fun, such as circle and ball games, flannel boards, and songs. (CB)

Explores the conflict between views of drama held by foreign language teachers and proponents of creative dramatics. Explains how formal rehearsal and public performance of plays in elementary school foreign language classes offer significant educational benefits toward fluency in a target language. (SR)

This article summarizes teacher action research for the teaching of subjective culture in the foreign language classroom. It begins with a literature review, followed by a description of Milton J. Bennett's Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (Bennett, 1993), the theoretical paradigm upon which classroom activities and experiments…

Not all content teaching is necessarily good second language teaching. The typically used question/answer sequence could be replaced with a more effective use of carefully contrived activities that bring into the classroom authentic language in its full functional range. (Author/CB)

Attempts to define children's (age 8-10) linguistic needs and interests to provide a basis for foreign language syllabus planning. A questionnaire administered to 637 children determined the social and psychological roles children like to play; the topics they prefer to discuss; the functions they most frequently use; and the notions children are…

Presents a lesson excerpt from a Foreign Language Experience (FLEX) program to expose elementary school students to the language and culture of Japan. Explains that the theme of the lesson is symbolism in Japanese language and culture. Includes a handout choral reading of a Japanese folktale. (DK)

A teacher's guide and student and teacher workbooks for the first level of a multi-level instructional program for teaching Spanish as a second language to children whose native language is English are presented. Each level of the complete program contains a teacher's manual, a teacher's workbook and vocabulary picture book, a student's workbook,…

The scripts and accompanying activities for 18 videocassette French instruction programs are presented. The videocassettes were developed for elementary school children learning French at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. The videocassettes and guide are available to West Virginia teachers in the Fairmont State College Library. The…

"Teaching for the moment," an approach to teaching English as a second language (ESL), is described. In addition to using nonclassroom moments to expose students to language discovery, this approach involves changing instructional materials to get to the students' level of language and experiential development. It also involves taking advantage of…

Describes an exhibition for the benefit of teachers of English in Arab Primary Schools, which was prepared by third-year students at the Teachers College for Arab Teachers. The exhibition included games, songs, audiovisual aids, crossword puzzles, vocabulary, spelling booklets, preposition aids, and worksheet and lesson planning aids. (SED)