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Paul, Huibert – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1974
Describes the schools attended and the courses studied by prospective librarians. (PF)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Librarians, Library Education

Hubbard, Douglas; Salt, John – English in Education, 1973
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Henderson, Kent; Silverman, Harry – Orbit, 1973
At St. Claire School in Toronto, there is a new class in which students who have come recently from Italy speak and are taught in Italian; English is one of the other subjects taught and it too is taught with Italian as the language of instruction. (Authors/JA)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foreign Students, Italian, Language Instruction
Vanek, Marianne; Woodhall, Michael – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1970
Describes the preparation, structure and experimental testing of an examination designed to test student achievement in the subsidiary German course at the Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, one of several subsidiary language courses aimed at giving Modern Language students a sound working knowledge of a third language. (FB)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Experiments, German, Language Instruction
Mills, David O. – Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1977
The traditional approach in teaching the Japanese copula is shown to be linguistically and pedagogically defective. An alternative analysis of -da and -desu and a practical method of presenting them is demonstrated. (HP)
Descriptors: Grammar, Japanese, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Bennett, W. A. – Modern Languages, 1973
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Theory

Montgomery, Michael – English Language Teaching, 1970
Advocates using the tape recorder as (1) an incentive, to make language learning more attractive and therefore more effective and (2) a means for diagnosing language successes, errors and needs. (FB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Motivation

Deyes, A. F. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1974
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Lesson Plans

Launer, Michael K. – Russian Language Journal, 1977
Discusses the teaching of Russian aspect in terms of the use of the perfective and the social ramifications and perceptions conveyed by its use. The student must be made aware of the importance of implications of statements in Russian. (CHK)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Usage, Russian

Jenks, Frederick L. – NALLD Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories, Language Proficiency

Swenson, Rodney – Unterrichtspraxis, 1970
Descriptors: Current Events, German, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Une experience d'enseignement du francais scientifique (An Experiment in Teaching Scientific French)
Herblin, Philippe – Francais Dans Le Monde, 1974
Presents the methodology and organization of a course in scientific and technical French. (Text is in French.) (PP)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, French, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency

Saegert, Joel; And Others – Language Learning, 1974
Report of an investigation which examined the relationship between measured English-language proficiency, years of English-language study and the use of English as a medium of instruction for samples of Arabic-speaking Egyptian and Lebanese university students. (Author)
Descriptors: Arabs, Data Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Instruction

Helt, Richard C. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1977
Usage of the German "doch" is explained as an aid to teaching. (CHK)
Descriptors: German, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Usage
Boulouffe, J. – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1976
This article is a study of attempts made to adapt B. S. Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives to foreign language teaching. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/CLK)
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Objectives, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency