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Peer reviewedLaws, Peter – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Discusses the differences between first language learning and second language learning, examines arguments for and against an early start in second language learning and surveys recent and current practices in second language learning and teaching. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedRichards, Regina G. – Reading Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Music
Peer reviewedGaarder, Bruce – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1978
Two golden rules for teachers of young children are (1) work, speak, and act with complete naturalness, and (2) never try to teach language per se; rather, teach life (joy, sorrow, work, play, differentiation, self-awareness, etc.) by involving the children in situations and activities that are highly significant to them. (NQ)
Descriptors: Children, Guidelines, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedPostovsky, Valerian A. – Modern Language Journal, 1975
The nature of paradoxes prevalent in the field of foreign language teaching today are examined. (RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Carballo Picazo, Alfredo – Yelmo, 1973
Fifth lesson for a student learning Spanish. (SK)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedCarver, D. J. – English Language Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Idioms, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Skills
Peer reviewedHunt, Kellogg – TESOL Quarterly, 1970
This article discusses the now established" fact that one aspect of language development in native English speakers is the increasing ability to embed larger and larger numbers of sentence consituents and considers its implications for second language acquisition. (FB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Universals
Friedmann, Dorothy M. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1974
Contradicts a theory that second language learning is necessarily an identical process to native language learning, and cites some of the differences, with relevance to language instruction. (CK)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels, Language Skills
Download full textMcCulloch, John J. B., Ed. – 1972
This newsletter continues to report on the use and instruction of English throughout the world. Articles here concern the status and role of English in Zaire, Portugal, Taiwan, Israel, Tanzania, and Burundi. One report discusses the work and scope of the Center for English Language Research and Teaching in Beirut; another article reports on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Role
Kuhn, Michel – Education and Culture, 1975
Considered the development of multi-media language courses, criteria for the formulation of the system as a whole and for each teaching module, and elements for media classification applied to a unit-credit system in modern languages. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Santos, Maria Emilia – Yelmo, 1974
A discussion of the phenomena affecting language learning. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels
Cooper, Robert L.; Fishman, Joshua A. – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1974
The importance of student attitudes to the target language in second language learning is discussed, and several studies are briefly described relating to language attitudes. (RM)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cultural Influences, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Aft, Martha; And Others – American Foreign Language Teacher, 1974
Outlines the basic concepts and goals of the "Integrated System" approach for teaching second languages to children and summarizes its two-year application to children learning Hebrew in Boston. (PM)
Descriptors: FLES, Hebrew, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Heddesheimer, C. – 1970
This article discusses the problem of the relationship between scientific theory and teaching practice, between the linguist and the language teacher. Language instruction attempts more and more to approximate the mother tongue acquisition process, but the two processes remain distinct. However, good second language pedagogy will lead to…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Dobson, Julia – Yelmo, 1973
First part of an article to be continued. (SK)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Literary), Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment
