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Heafford, Michael | 1 |
Marsh, Cynthia | 1 |
Pierce, Colin | 1 |
Poulou, Sofia | 1 |
Zarate, Genevieve | 1 |
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Barbour, Sheila – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Discusses options for approaching a literary text with A-level students. The author states that the appropriate method exists in the OUDLE syllabus, which grants the teacher freedom to decide what to emphasize, permitting students to participate actively in the class, expressing themselves in the target language on such issues as drugs,…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Discovery Learning

Zarate, Genevieve – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Argues that the cultural content of a course derives from official language policies and national educational ideology, and that cultural studies in the classroom center on a balanced relationship between foreign and native cultures and include the management of attitudes towards foreignness and the construction of a new perception of learners'…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Class Activities, Course Content, Course Objectives

Marsh, Cynthia – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Discusses a modular curriculum funded by an initiative known as "Enterprise in Higher Education" (EHE). EHE is dedicated to promoting an exchange of ideas between the worlds of work and education with the goal of encouraging the development of a curriculum geared to producing students for careers in industry and commerce. (CK)
Descriptors: Career Education, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries

Heafford, Michael – Language Learning Journal, 1994
Compares five textbook courses designed to teach Turkish. All proved disappointing with respect to course content but were well laid-out with good quality cassette recordings. The courses reviewed indicate how little consensus there is over what should go into a beginner's course. They also lacked appropriate milestones for the learner to evaluate…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries

Poulou, Sofia – Language Learning Journal, 1997
Examines differences in the discourse roles of men and women in dialogs of textbooks for teaching Greek as a foreign language to adults. Focuses on whether such sexist differences can affect negatively the pedagogical value and goals of textbook dialogs. (22 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Females

Pierce, Colin – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Describes a learning system developed at Wirral Metropolitan College (UK) for self-access language provision, linked to a competence accreditation scheme. The competency-based approach is suited to languages because it offers a measure of built-in accountability. Flexible workshop provision is an effective means of delivering languages to a broad…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Education, Course Objectives, Distance Education