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Desselmann, Gunther – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1971
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Dialogs (Literary), German, Language Instruction
Le Goffic, Pierre; Besse, Henri – Franc Dans Monde, 1970
Special issued devoted to the problems of teaching Level II of French. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Language Ability, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels
Vukelich, Carol – 1973
Recent studies suggest that the language deficiency often attributed to disadvantaged children, especially disadvantaged black children, is not a language deficit so much as a difficulty in dialect switching. The disadvantaged child's language patterns are different from the language patterns of the child from the mainstream of American society. A…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Mougeon, Raymond; Carroll, Suzanne – 1976
This study examines the usage of the auxiliaries "avoir" and "etre" in the passe compose and pluperfect. The study is primarily based on a sample of French written by agroup of grade 9 Franco-Ontarian pupils from the Sudbury region. The students' written French is shown to include a high proportion of cases where intransitive…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, French, Grammar, Language Instruction
Paulston, Christina Bratt; Bruder, Mary Newton – 1975
This book is meant to serve as a guide to more efficient language teaching. Although it is based on theories both from standard audiolingual theory and cognitive-code learning, the basic objectives remain those of the audiolingual approach. The book focusses on the teaching of grammar and on the most efficient way to use drills in the classroom in…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Sole, Yolanda Russinovich – 1976
The most basic and simplest act of communicative competence in Spanish involves the appropriate decoding and selection of the pronominal address forms "tu" and "Usted." Their selection and semantic value are not, however, determined by linguistic criteria alone. Since "tu/Ud." mark the relative status of each speaker in a given context, their…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Grammar

Zucker, George K. – 1977
This essay considers three areas in Spanish grammar that generally cause difficulty to English-speaking learners: the use of "ser" and "estar," the difference in use between the preterite and imperfect tenses, and the use of the subjunctive. Like most problematic grammatical elements in any language, these points are difficult for non-native…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Higher Education

Aitken, Kenneth G. – 1976
This paper presents some reasons for reconsidering the use of discrete structure-point tests of language proficiency, and suggests an alternative basis for designing proficiency tests. Discrete point tests are one of the primary tools of the audio-lingual method of teaching a foreign language and are based on certain assumptions, including the…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Cloze Procedure, Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language)
BELASCO, SIMON – 1965
IN THE PRE-NUCLEATION STAGE, THE STUDENT IS CONCERNED WITH STORING, OR INTERNALIZING, THREE KINDS OF LANGUAGE PATTERNS--(1) ONE REPRESENTING THE SOUND STRUCTURE, (2) ANOTHER INVOLVING A PORTION OF THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE, AND (3) A THIRD--CALLED SANDHI VARIATION--ARISING FROM THE ACCIDENTAL CO-OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN SOUNDS MAKING UP THE ELEMENTS OF…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Comprehension, French
Richterich, Rene – 1976
Second language learning today requires new materials. One type of learning unit suggested would have a simple format, limited scope and objectives, and diversity of content, form, learning strategies and activities. In spite of the problems involved in the production of this format, such units might be worked out in teacher-training programs, by…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Higher Education
Valdman, Albert – Alberta Modern Language Journal, 1977
This article discusses the incompatibility between the goal of communicative competence (defined more narrowly as minimal approximative communicative competence) and current practices of syllabus design, and suggests more relevant alternatives. Foreign language instruction is still dominated by the teaching of language structure for its own sake,…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides, Discourse Analysis
Boulanger, C. – 1972
This article deals with the issue of gaining proficiency in oral expression in a second language. A functional approach to teaching oral proficiency is outlined, an approach which focuses on the audience as a determining factor in the speaker's linguistic output. Claims in the article are based on an experiment in the teaching of oral proficiency…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Grammar
Bung, Klaus – 1973
If we adopt an approach to language teaching which is closely based on the learner's specific needs and shortens the period that may elapse between the beginning of language study and the first time the learner can put his newly acquired knowledge into practice, we not only motivate existing learners to work harder and learn more but may also…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Food Service, Hotels, Individualized Instruction