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Rudy Loock; Benjamin Holt – Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 2024
At a time when language trainers need to determine how best to integrate new digital tools that provide students with linguistic information, our aim in this article is to assess the potential value of information provided by two types of tools now widely used by students: machine translation via online translators and state-of-the-art generative…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Teaching Methods, Translation, Computer Assisted Instruction
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White, Justin P.; DeMil, Andrew J.; Blattner, Geraldine – Dimension, 2021
This study serves as a follow-up to VanPatten's (2015a) demographic report including the makeup of many university language departments. The present study investigates what some literary and cultural studies experts self-report regarding their training in SLA/language pedagogy, term familiarity, perceptions of Communicative Language Teaching, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty, Language Teachers
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Rava, Susan – French Review, 1983
The revision of an intermediate-level college French grammar course whose enrollment had been falling steadily is described. The three goals were (1) building on aural-oral competence gained earlier; (2) rigorous and systematic introduction to reading and writing skills; and (3) preservation of enthusiasm built in a newly revamped introductory…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, Enrollment Trends, French
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Dupuy, Beatrice C. – Applied Language Learning, 1997
Surveyed 49 intermediate-level French-as-a-Foreign-Language college students to determine whether they preferred extensive reading or grammar instruction for language acquisition and practice, and why. Students overwhelmingly preferred reading as more pleasurable and more beneficial for language acquisition. They considered grammar instruction…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, French, Grammar
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Fischer, Robert A. – French Review, 1988
A university faculty member developed first-year French instructional materials with a computer authoring program. The materials covered three classes of regular verb conjugations, noncognate vocabulary, and major grammatical structures. Initial results indicate the exercises helped students learn the material and successfully transfer it to other…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Frankel, Carole N. – 1994
To address the special second language learning needs of deaf college students, a project was undertaken at Gallaudet University (District of Columbia), the world's only four-year liberal arts university for the deaf, to create 36 videotaped lessons in grammar, signed in American Sign Language, for first-year French and Spanish instruction. The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Second Language Programs, Communication Problems, Deafness