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de Meyer, Bernard; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1993
Four instructional ideas for use in the French second-language classroom are described, including an exercise in the temporal aspect of French past tenses; part of a series on simulating a French village community; a verb tense drill set in the context of a murder mystery; and an exercise in current French street slang. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, French, Language Role
Daswani, C. J. – 1985
Indian languages seem to have emerged from a phase of total dependence on English for new input. Several Indian languages have now evolved vocabularies and structural nuances to handle several new registers and styles necessary for modern society. Some of the change has occurred through conscious language policy encouraging multilingualism and the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Indians
Peer reviewedKlein, Wolfgang; Perdue, Clive – Second Language Research, 1997
Discusses the implications of the tendency of adult second-language learners to develop a well-structured, simple form of language outside the classroom, i.e. the Basic Variety (BV). Focuses on the structural properties of the BV, the status of these properties and the reasons why some structural properties of "fully fledged" languages are more…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Vocabulary, Grammar, Language Processing
Takada, Makoto – 1985
Japan experienced a period of great social change in the middle of the nineteenth century, ending a long period of national isolation. This was the period of the Meiji Restoration. During the modernization and westernization that followed, the government made great advances in modernizing the Japanese language. This process had two phases: (1)…
Descriptors: Asian History, Diachronic Linguistics, Elementary Secondary Education, Japanese
Concepts linguistiques en didactique des langues (Linguistic Concepts in the Teaching of Languages).
Download full textAlvarez, Gerardo; Perron, Denise – 1995
Basic linguistic concepts are presented and their links with second language learning and teaching are examined. The book is intended as a guide for teachers and others interested in second language instruction. Chapters address the following concepts: the relationship of language and linguistics, including basic terminology of discussion about…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Massamba, David P. B. – 1985
Although the development of Kiswahili in Tanzania has had a number of stumbling blocks, it is slowly developing into a language of modern technology. Individual institutions have contributed greatly to its spread and promotion. More books are now published in Kiswahili than ever before, and scientific and technical terminology has been developed.…
Descriptors: African Languages, Change Strategies, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational Change
Caouette, Claudine, Ed.; Larrivee, Pierre, Ed. – 1997
English translations of articles in French in this issue include these: "Discourse Reported in the Print Media"; "Comparison of Register in Quebec and French Speakers"; "Method of Description of Specialized Verbs in View of Machine Translation Applications"; "Dialectal Areas in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Biblical Literature, Braille, Contrastive Linguistics
