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Kalivoda, Theodore B. – Hispania, 1975
This paper discusses problems of intensive language instruction and suggests improvements. Discussed are daily contact time, class duration and size, student selection and program structure. (CK)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction, Language Skills
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Fraser, D. W. M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
A fictitious letter from "Johnny" to his former high school language teacher, describing his linguistic experiences in Europe and his feelings about the learning of languages. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Improvement, French, Language Instruction
Sculthorp, Mabel A. L. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1975
This article is a very general discussion of foreign language instruction and the nature of foreign language learning. (KM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Improvement, Educational Theories, Language Acquisition
Schroder, Konrad – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1978
Discusses the language teaching situation on the secondary level in West Germany, and reforms aimed at improving the possibilities of studying languages other than English. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, English (Second Language), Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
Kuhn, Reinhard – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1977
Assesses a volume of essays evaluating German studies in the United States. Problems pointed out in the essays include isolation of Germanists; lack of flexibility in choice of syllabi; the place of "culture" in German studies; lack of basic language skills in college students, and language teacher training. (CHK)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Educational Improvement, German, German Literature
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Cziko, Gary A.; Lambert, Wallace E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
This article reports on a pilot study undertaken to determine the effect that a new student exchange program would have on student attitudes and student motivation in second language learning. (CLK)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, English, French, Language Instruction
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Mareschal, Roger – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
This article reports the results of a study undertaken in Quebec to obtain information from students and teachers concerning second language learning, to determine the social, economic and political motivations for studying language, and to obtain opinions regarding possible improvements in language instruction. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, English, French
Zapp, Franz Josef – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1978
Examines the second language learning situation in the Federal Republic of Germany and makes recommendations for its improvement. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1976
This report from the Comptroller General to Congress is designed to assess the effectiveness of the Bilingual Education Program and to suggest ways to improve its administration. The program as originally conceived is described, and funding, participation, and recent legislative developments affecting bilingual education are discussed. It is…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Improvement, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Zaetta, Robert – 1975
This paper is designed to pinpoint the problems facing the teaching of foreign languages and suggests strategies that can be used in meeting these problems. The problems facing the profession have been assessed by observing foreign language teachers in the classroom and in conversations with them. Problems include the varying rate at which…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Instructional Materials
Moine, Virgile; And Others – Schulpraxis, 1965
This issue of "Schulpraxis," a Swiss journal for language teaching, is devoted to Italian instruction in Switzerland. It includes: (1) an interpretation of the poem "Le morte chitarre" by Salvatore Quasimodo, conducted in a girls' school in German Switzerland, (2) a presentation of principles for an Italian textbook to be based…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Improvement, Educational Programs, Educational Resources
Wissot, Jay – 1971
The author suggests that teachers of English as a second language unconsciously and unwittingly often display negative attitudes towards the language and culture of their students. These attitudes can be clothed in rather authoritarian modes of behavior. They are the products of linguistic and cultural misunderstandings on the teacher's part. It…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Educational Improvement, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Leino, Anna-Liisa – 1976
The educational system of Finland is undergoing great reform, and one change is for compulsory inservice teacher education. This study is concerned with inservice education of foreign language teachers. Dimensions of rote-meaningful learning and reception-discovery learning are discussed; teachers preferred the meaningful-discovery type. It seems…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Inservice Teacher Education
Herbert, Charles H., Jr. – 1973
The author suggests that "today's educational movement is toward humanism, relevance, and individualization." The rationale for these remarks is discussed in sections on first language acquisition models, unstructured learning, trial and error learning, meaning in communication, language models, learning grammar, "perfect" pronunciation, the need…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Educational Improvement, Group Dynamics
Boggs, Roy A. – 1971
A rationale for and implications of independent foreign language study programs are developed in this article. Porgrams at the Department of Germanic Languages at the University of Pittsburgh focus on problems and advantages resulting from such programs. Specific remarks are directed to methodology, the course syllabus, and grading procedures. (RL)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Students, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
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