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Green, Janice – Instructor, 1979
Describes a program for teaching foreign languages in the elementary school classroom. Presents curriculum materials in three areas (vocabulary and contextual, language, and cultural) for grades K-3 and 4-6. (JMB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, French
Debyser, Francis – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Discusses the possibilities and problems involved in the use of recording of French conversations in French language instruction. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Instructional Materials, Interviews, Language Instruction
Besse, Henri – Francais dans le Monde, 1980
Discusses the notion of "authentic materials" (i.e., not designed for pedagogical use) and the problems of using them in a French-as-a-second-language classroom. Methods for using these materials are suggested. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Media, French, Instructional Materials, Interviews
Christ, Herbert – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1978
Discusses two approaches to the teaching of culture in the foreign language classroom, concluding that the more popular approach is that based on the teaching of culture through language. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedAzevedo, Milton M. – Modern Language Journal, 1979
This article presents a survey of textbooks for second-year college Spanish courses published in the last ten years. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedThomas, B.J. – Zielsprache Englisch, 1979
Demonstrates, using as an example a railroad timetable, how authentic language material can be used in teaching English as a foreign language, at different levels. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Usage
Peer reviewedAllain, Mathe; And Others – French Review, 1979
Discusses the use of cajun folklore and literature in French language instruction in Louisiana. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Ethnicity, Folk Culture, French
Rondeau, Guy – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Examines the characteristics of Languages for Special Purposes and some of the problems involved in the teaching of these languages. (AM)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Styles, Languages for Special Purposes
Cowie, A. P. – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1978
This article discusses some of the recurrent syntactic problems that the foreign learner of English faces when using the English verb-particle construction and attempts to show how a pedagogic dictionary could help the learner to cope with these problems. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, English (Second Language), Grammar, Idioms
Peer reviewedHolder, Dolores – French Review, 1980
Provides suggestions for using French train schedules to simulate train travel in the French classroom, thus teaching expressions of time as well as reinforcing certain verbs and structures. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedDanesi, Marcel – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Discusses the use of puzzles as supplementary activity in the language classroom. (AM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Ellman, Neil – Audiovisual Instruction, 1979
The use of comics in the classroom is examined as an aid for foreign language instruction, teaching English as a second language, and remediating learning disabilities. A selected bibliography is included. (CMV)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cartoons, Comics (Publications), Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedHill, L. A. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
Suggestions are offered for teaching a foreign language to children. The teacher needs to use materials in the foreign language, first spoken and then written ones. Arousing the children's curiosity to make them want to understand the language is an important motivating technique. (SW)
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedSzymanski, Jeannette R. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Factors contributing to the development of successful early childhood foreign language programs are considered within a specific context. Grouping procedures, curriculum design, hierarchies of language learning experiences, affective learning processes, and instructional materials are discussed. (SW)
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Learning Experience
Capretz, Pierre – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Describes a method used at Yale University that uses film study to expose the student of French to culturally authentic language. (AM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Film Study, Foreign Language Films, French
