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Peer reviewedHung-yeh Tiee, Henry – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1974
Grammar translation method, direct method, and Army and audiolingual methods used for teaching modern foreign languages in America are described. A method based on psycholinguistic research and the theory of generative grammar is described, and its implications in teaching Mandarin Chinese are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Language Instruction, Mandarin Chinese
PDF pending restorationQuinn, Terence; Wheeler, James – 1975
This paper suggests that language teachers reconsider their approach to listening comprehension, as recent studies seem to indicate that listening is not a passive but a highly active skill. The importance of listening comprehension as an independent skill is stressed in the first section, and principles of speech processing from which the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Instruction, Language Skills, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedEppert, Franz – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1971
Portion of an address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of German, November 27, 1970, in Los Angeles, California. (WB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Context Clues, Deep Structure, Language Ability
Download full textLado, Robert; And Others – 1971
The experiments discussed in this report are designed to explore the relationship between language and thought and implications for foreign language learning. Three basic issues are considered: whether or not thought and language are sufficiently distinct to require separate attention and planning as distinct factors in language teaching; the role…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Error Patterns, Experiments
Leffert, Beatrice G. – 1976
From the perspective of a reading consultant, the processes of thinking and reading apply to efficient learning. Language teachers should know: (1) the difference between surface structure and deep meaning of an utterance, (2) the importance of "affect" on learning: the reader's personal involvement with the material and with its presentation,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Language Instruction
Zierer, Ernesto – 1971
This paper explains the main concepts of communicative grammar and provides a detailed view of how communicative grammar analyses language at various levels. Language is discussed in terms of communication; the central elements in the analysis are those that carry information. Communicative grammar seeks to describe the process of the linguistic…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computational Linguistics
Brown, H. Douglas – 1972
Examing the relationship between linguistic functions and other complex mental and emotional processes such as intellect, conceptual behavior, personality differences, egocentricity, and other important facets of cognitive and affective behavior may lead to the description of "psychologically" real grammatical structures which relate directly to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
