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ZORC, R. DAVID; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS TEXT WAS WRITTEN FOR PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS WORKING IN AREAS OF PANAY AND THE ROMBLON ISLANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES. COVERED IN THIS SHORT TEXT ARE "ALL THE DIALECTS OF THE WESTERN VISAYAS" (EXCEPT THE DIALECTS SPOKEN BY THE NEGRITOS)--AKLANON, KINARAY-A, CAPIZNON, ILONGO, LOOCNON, ODIONGANON, AND ROMBLOMANON. IN SPITE OF DIFFERENCES AMONG THESE…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Contrastive Linguistics, Dialects, Language Guides
Stein, Oswald – Neueren Sprachen, 1973
Lecture presented at the Language Testing Course at the Reinhardswaldschule, Kassel, West Germany, June 1972. (DD)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Grading, Grammar, Language Handicaps
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Boss, Ursula; And Others – Zielsprache Franzosisch, 1974
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Information Processing, Instructional Materials, International Relations
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Lee, W. R. – English Language Teaching, 1972
Modified version of a paper given at the Third Annual Conference of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, London, England, December 30, 1969 to January 2, 1970. Considers whether the language material to be taught helps determine the teaching method to be used. (VM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
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Omar, Margaret K. – 1976
The purpose of this booklet is to describe the major differences between the Levantine (Palestinian and Lebanese) and Egyptian (Cairene) dialects of Arabic, with some references to other geographical varieties of these dialects. It is designed to provide help to persons who have learned either one dialect or the other and need to transfer to the…
Descriptors: Arabic, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Wigdorsky-Vogelsang, Leopoldo – 1978
This work is intended to find replies to practical questions, such as how well native speakers of Spanish are decoded by native speakers of English, which errors interfere with decoding by the listener, and what the implications of the study might be for teaching. Fifteen Chileans were asked to tell stories in English, and several panels of native…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, English, English (Second Language)
Lester, Mark; And Others – ELT Documents, 1978
This issue contains articles ranging from a theoretical discussion of the nature of an international language to an assessment of the implications of teaching a local form of English. The following articles are included: (1) "International English and Language Variation," by M. Lester; (2) "The English Language, Ideology, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Differences, Dialect Studies