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Discourse and Real-Life Roles in the ESL Classroom.
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Di Pietro, Robert J. – TESOL Quarterly, 1981
Proposes a taxonomy for the many roles a second language learner must play in real-life interactions. Three types of roles are established and illustrated via dialogs: social, emotive, and maturational. Students practice these roles, and in doing so, acquire the grammatical structures of the target language. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), English (Second Language), Language Usage, Notional Functional Syllabi
Conceptual Tools: Functional System, List of Functions, Operational Definitions of Functions. Method for Determining Language Objectives and Criteria, Volume III.
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
The conceptual tools used in the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, are examined. The C/LOBS project, which is described in 13 volumes and an executive summary, functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Instructional Systems
How to Make Functional-Notional Notions Function with a Standard American ESL Text.
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Eichman, Thomas Lee – 1981
This paper reviews the application of notional syllabuses and structural curricula to intensive ESL programs. It is suggested that a communicative or functional or functional-notional syllabus must not be viewed in contrast to a structural or grammatical syllabus. Functional notions are necessary inclusions into the class and into texts, but…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design
A Communication/Language Objectives-Based System (C/LOBS) for Foreign Language Training. Method for Determining Language Objectives and Criteria, Volume I.
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
This report of recommendations describes in detail the system for determining communication/language objectives (C/LOBS) within an instructional systems development (ISD) framework. C/LOBS was developed to support the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and functions as a subsystem of the ISD…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Objectives
Method for Determining Language Objectives and Criteria. Executive Summary.
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
This executive summary describes the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS) developed to support the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. The C/LOBS functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems development (ISD) approach currently in use in the TRADOC school system. The…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Objectives
Methodological Tools: Computer Analysis, Data Collection Instruments. Method for Determining Language Objectives and Criteria, Volume II.
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
The methodologies employed in the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, are examined. The C/LOBS project, which is described in 13 volumes and an executive summary, functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Oriented Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection