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Gutschow, Harald – Sprachlabor und der Audiovisuelle Unterricht, 1969
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Language Aids, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
Hutchinson, Joseph C. – 1964
Language laboratory effectiveness in secondary schools and related research are discussed. Criteria for five elements determining the laboratory's effectiveness are described: (1) the teacher, (2) the teaching materials, (3) the testing and grading programs, (4) the student practice sessions, and (5) the equipment. Some general remarks are made…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grading, Laboratory Equipment, Language Instruction
Duffin, Beryl; And Others – 1977
In 1976, small special sections of English A (basic composition) were initiated within the English Department of the University of California at Davis to teach university-level writing skills to students in the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), seventy-five per cent of whom speak English as a second language. This paper describes the design…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, College Language Programs, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)

Mosback, G. P. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1977
Based primarily on observation of university English courses in Ethiopia, this article concludes that service courses in English are ineffective. ESL courses in Hawaii and California are compared with Ethiopian programs for learning time and results. (CHK)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Language Programs, English (Second Language), Higher Education

Cullinan, Bernice E.; And Others – Young Children, 1974
Describes a literature-based oral language program and its effects on Black children's ability to reproduce standard English structures. (ST)
Descriptors: Blacks, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Stern, H. H.; And Others – 1975
This study arose from the recently published report of the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) in Britain, "Primary French in the Balance" (1974). The study consists principally of a series of discussions between the project leader, Ontario Ministry of Education officials, the principal investigator, and other invited…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Masciantonio, Rudolph – Foreign Language Annuals, 1977
This article examines the linguistic benefits of Latin in light of recent research which seems to document the relevance of Latin in building English vocabulary and reading skills. Evidence is cited from eight educational projects in which an experimental group of students taking Latin, and a control group not taking Latin, were pretested,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classical Languages, Elementary Education, English
Gomes da Costa, B.; And Others – 1975
This report presents the findings of a survey carried out in 1970 on nearly 200 degree students in England and Wales studying German as their main subject. The objectives of the survey were to: (1) determine the ranges of language proficiency attained by British graduates in German at various universities and other colleges; (2) interpret these…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College Language Programs, College Students, Degrees (Academic)

McGillivray, W. R. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A brief discussion of the history, organization, program, advantages and effectiveness of immersion centers, schools offering only the immersion program, in Canada. Some of the small amount of existing research is reviewed. Although there are no definitive conclusions, it is suggested that such centers may offer a better educational program than…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, French, Immersion Programs

Thomas, Lutricia; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1978
Demonstrates the criterion validity of the "Oral Language Manual" that is part of the Cultural Linguistic Approach, a component of the National Follow Through Program. (RL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
PARKER, WILLIAM RILEY – 1961
WRITTEN AT UNESCO'S REQUEST, THIS DISCUSSION GUIDE CONSIDERS WHETHER OR NOT THE NATIONAL INTEREST WOULD BE SERVED BY INCREASING THE STUDY OF MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND, IF SO, WHICH SEQUENCE OF STUDY OF WHAT LANGUAGES WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH THE NATION AND THE INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS. FOLLOWING SOME BRIEF INTRODUCTORY…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Needs, Educational Trends
Donoghue, Mildred R. – 1969
Research studies from different areas of the country are cited to support a favorable view of the effects of FLES instruction and to identify the most effective FLES instructional arrangements. Effects of FLES instruction on language achievement in elementary and high school and on general achievement in elementary school are noted. A study on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary School Students, FLES
DAY, DAVID E. – 1968
THIS 10-MONTH STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF (1) A HIGHLY STRUCTURED TEACHING PLAN FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND (2) A DEVELOPMENTAL, FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH IN CORRECTING LANGUAGE DEFICIENCIES. THE EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS WERE ESTABLISHED CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOGNITION OF THE NEED TO INTERVENE EARLY IN THE…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Inner City, Language Instruction
Castaneda, James – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1977
An analysis of the status of university level foreign language teaching and a projection for the future. Topics discussed are: reasons for the growth in professional language schools, the uneven quality of language instruction, the general second language incompetency of Americans, the importance of literature, and articulation between levels.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Language Programs, Higher Education, Language Instruction