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Peer reviewedPaffard, Michael K. – Exercise Exchange, 1979
Presents an approach for helping students to explore the auditory level of meaning of a poem in a step-by-step manner. (TJ)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Rhythm
Download full textTice, Bradley S. – 1996
Metrical phonology, a linguistic process of phonological stress assessment and diagrammatic simplification of sentence and word stress, is discussed as it is found in the English language with the intention that it may be used in second language instruction. Stress is defined by its physical and acoustical correlates, and the principles of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, English, English (Second Language)
Dauer, Rebecca M.; Browne, Sandra C. – 1992
It is proposed that the target for teaching pronunciation in English as a Second Language must be the authentic, connected speech that is used by most native speakers, not an artificial and over-correct model too closely tied to the writing system, a different modality entirely. In English, this means learning the language's rhythmic patterns to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Connected Discourse, English (Second Language), Grammar
Odisho, Edward Y. – 1992
A study examines two major types of vowel systems in languages, centripetal and centrifugal. English is associated with the centripetal system, in which vowel quality and quantity (rhythm) are heavily influenced by stress. In this system, vowels have a strong tendency to move toward the center of the vowel area. Spanish is associated with the…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
Temple, Liz – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
A method for highlighting aspects of oral communication for French second-language learners is described. Students are videotaped mimicking a one-minute passage in French, which is recorded over the video. The dubbed student performance illustrates the role of body language, rhythm, intonation, and other factors in speech. (MSE)
Descriptors: Body Language, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, French
Lin, Hsiang-Pao; And Others – 1995
Specific tools and techniques to help students of English as a Second Language overcome pronunciation problems are presented. The selection of problems addressed is based on the frequency and seriousness of errors that many native Chinese-speaking learners produce. Ways to resolve various problems (e.g., missing final consonants, misplaced stress…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, English (Second Language)
Centurion, Henry – 1997
Techniques for using children's rhymes, games, tongue twisters, and fables in Spanish to teach bilingual education classes are described. It is argued that these abundant materials serve as natural sources for authentic Spanish from a variety of Hispanic cultures. With the appeal of rhythm, rhyme, and game-like feeling, they can be used to teach…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Language, Childrens Literature, Class Activities
