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Politzer, Robert L. – American Foreign Language Teacher, 1973
Revised version of a speech delivered at the Spring 1972 Meeting of the Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers. (DD)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Cloze Procedure, Grammar Translation Method
Parent, P. Paul – NASSP Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Grammar Translation Method, Language Experience Approach, Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Download full textKACHRU, BRAJ B. – 1966
WITH PROGRESS IN THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS, THE APPLICATION OF LINGUISTICS TO LANGUAGE TEACHING HAS COME UNDER INCREASING SCRUTINY. WHILE THE STRUCTURALISTS HAVE FOUND COMPETITION IN THE MORE RECENT CONCEPTS OF THE COMPETENCE-ORIENTED AND THE PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED APPROACHES, AND MENTALISTIC THEORIES SEEM TO PROVIDE MORE EXPLANATIONS THAN…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Educational Problems, Grammar Translation Method
SALTZMAN, IRVING J. – 1967
RESEARCH HAS NOT YET YIELDED CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE TO PROVE THE SUPERIORITY OF THE AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH TO LANGUAGE TEACHING OVER THE TRADITIONAL, GRAMMAR-TRANSLATION METHOD. COLLABORATION ON EXPERIMENTATION BY TRAINED PSYCHOLOGISTS AND LANGUAGE TEACHERS COULD YIELD THE RELIABLE AND USEFUL DATA NEEDED TO MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS ABOUT IMPROVING…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Experimental Programs, Experimental Teaching, Grammar Translation Method
Kapitanoff, Lorraine T. – 1962
A course in technical Russian is shown to differ from the usual language course in aims (translation, not oral skills), rate, caliber and motivation of student, demands on the background of the teacher, and material used. A sample outline of class procedure is included. (GK)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Grammar Translation Method
Meras, Edmond A. – 1962
Presented in this book for prospective and practicing foreign language teachers is an historical review of language teaching and teaching techniques--some new, some traditional. Presentation and method in relation to scholastic level and pupil interest are discussed, as well as language teaching in the elementary school, the use of audio-visual…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Colleges, Cultural Awareness
Banathay, Bela H., Ed. – 1967
The first half of the proceedings report is a transcript of the keynote address by Victor Hanzeli, and the second portion features remarks by other discussants, including Dwight Bolinger and James McClafferty. While Mr. Hanzeli's discussion centers on the relationship between linguistics and the language teacher, he offers background information…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Descriptive Linguistics, Educational Psychology
Smith, Larry E. – 1975
This paper presents an overview of the English teaching situation in Asia, with particular emphasis on Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of China, Singapore, and Thailand. A distinction is drawn between ESL countries, in which English instruction begins at the elementary level and is frequently used as the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
Vollmer, Joseph H.; And Others – 1962
This study of two student groups enrolled in secondary school foreign language programs evaluates comparative achievement covering a four-year sequence of study. The control group results, reflecting previous foreign language elementary school (FLES) instruction, provide strong contrasts favoring the continuation and further development of FLES…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiolingual Skills, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Schools
