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Kishi, Adrienne – English Teaching Forum, 2017
While written exercises may serve students adequately on tests, the structures they emphasize can remain elusive or difficult for students to master in conversation. Students tend to interpret their difficulty in applying what they have learned as a lack of language ability, and they can quickly lose confidence when speaking. Producing a target…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Language Proficiency, Language Fluency, Second Language Learning
Butler, Geoffrey; Heslup, Simon; Kurth, Lara – English Teaching Forum, 2015
Curriculum design and implementation can be a daunting process. Questions quickly arise, such as who is qualified to design the curriculum and how do these people begin the design process. According to Graves (2008), in many contexts the design of the curriculum and the implementation of the curricular product are considered to be two mutually…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Curriculum Design, Student Needs, English (Second Language)
Sharma, D. N.; Stone, James W. – 1970
This beginning text in Hindi follows the "microwave" style of lesson organization originated by Earl W. Stevick of the Foreign Service Institute. (An explanation of the "microwave" approach, as well as suggestions to the teacher, are provided in the Introduction.) Successful trial versions used in Peace Corps training programs…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Context, Geography, Hindi

Faber, Helm von – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1972
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conversational Language Courses, German
Rollet, Jean; And Others – Franc Dans Monde, 1970
Part 1 of a two-part series on teaching spoken and written French as a communication tool. Part 2 will appear in the April-May issue of "Le Francais dans le Monde". (DS)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, French, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction

Carton-Caprio, Dana – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Explains how to simulate dinner at a foreign restaurant to aid language learning in adult education classes. (CK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Conversational Language Courses, Instructional Materials
McKaughan, Howard; Mirikitani, Leatrice – 1970
This report, a follow up to H. McKaughan's article "Language Materials Development" (Philippine Journal for Language Teaching; v2 n1-2 1969), reports on a project at the Pacific and Asian Linguistic Institute (PALI) of the University of Hawaii to develop a set of materials for seven Philippine languages: Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon,…
Descriptors: Bikol, Cebuano, Conversational Language Courses, Dictionaries
Nussbaum, Loren V.; Lijane, Gershon T.
The present volume is a 176-unit course in spoken Sesotho, designed to prepare Peace Corps volunteers to communicate using basic sentence patterns in the most commonly encountered cultural contexts. The units, or "microwave cycles" are presented in two phases, "manipulative" and "communicative" oral practices. The…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Context, Glossaries

Kubler, Cornelius C. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1993
"Xiangsheng," a Chinese oral art form, are written and performed using idiomatic, colloquial Beijing speech and thus provide excellent material for studying spoken Chinese. Suggestions for preparing xiangsheng as teaching materials and teaching xiangsheng in the classroom are offered. Chinese character transcription, pinyin transcription,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Conversational Language Courses, Idioms, Instructional Materials
Zhou, Qijia – Online Submission, 2006
In this essay the author attempts to put forward an innovative teaching mode in the course of "English Conversation" for sophomore English majors in China. In this mode an authentic conversation is used as the teaching material and the theoretic aspects of Conversation Analysis (CA) are applied for the teaching of the course. This mode…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
Nussbaum, Loren V.; And Others – 1969
The present volume comprises an introductory course to spoken siSwati, an African language of the Niger-Congo group, also referred to as Swazi. The materials have two principle components, "Understanding siSwati" and "Speaking siSwati," each consisting of a series of "Cycles." The purpose of the U.S. component is to give the student an opportunity…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Context, Glossaries
Overbeck, Carla – Lifelong Learning, 1984
Adult basic education and English as a second language teachers, as well as volunteer tutors, can help new refugees acquire functional English through the use of a survival kit. The Literacy Volunteers of America's guide to teaching conversational English recommends these items for a survival kit: a written copy of student's name, address, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Conversational Language Courses, Daily Living Skills, English (Second Language)
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1971
Instructional objectives of the Dade County Public Schools Quinmester Program in German for use with "Lernen Wir Deutsch: Part 1" focus on the development of basic skills through the use of short dialogues and structured exercises. The contents of this guide focus on: (1) course description, (2) broad goals and performance objectives,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Conversational Language Courses, German
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1971
Instructional objectives of the Dade County Public Schools Quinmester Program in German for use with "Lernen Wir Deutsch: Part 2" focus on development of basic skills through the use of short dialogues and structured exercises. The grammar of the course includes the study of nouns, pronouns, and verbs. Possessive determiners are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Conversational Language Courses, German

Chabert, Henry – French Review, 1976
This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of conversation classes for learning a foreign language, and outlines three basic prerequisites for a successful conversation class: a small, homogeneous group, actual facts and ideas available for discussion, and a basic working vocabulary. (CLK)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, French, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction