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Wangru, Cao – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Vocabulary is an indispensable part of language and it is of vital importance for second language learners. Wilkins (1972) points out: "without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed." Vocabulary teaching has experienced several stages characterized by grammatical-translation method, audio-lingual…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Semantics, English, Chinese
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Laroche, Jacques M. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984
Discusses and analyzes the Bosco/DiPietro descriptive framework for the analysis of foreign language instruction. Refines the psychological and linguistic features originally presented by Bosco and DiPietro. Proposes the creation of two new features--analytic and communicative--to replace the functional feature central to Bosco and DiPietro's…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Classification, Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar Translation Method