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Sung, Yao-Ting; Lin, Wei-Chun; Dyson, Scott Benjamin; Chang, Kuo-En; Chen, Yu-Chia – Modern Language Journal, 2015
Selecting appropriate texts for L2 (second/foreign language) learners is an important approach to enhancing motivation and, by extension, learning. There is currently no tool for classifying foreign language texts according to a language proficiency framework, which makes it difficult for students and educators to determine the precise…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Readability, Reading Material Selection
Tabbert, Reinbert; Ziegesar, Detlef von – Englisch, 1975
Offers lists of goals and criteria and refers to various approaches to the teaching of area/culture studies. Concludes that such studies have only an ancillary function in FL teaching, where the primary goal is achieving ability to communicate. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Education, Educational Objectives, Language Instruction
Rowe, Pauline – 1971
This publication contains an annotated list of teaching materials for use in English-as-a-second language (ESL) classes at the secondary school level. The items are classified under the following categories: (1) basic texts; (2) audiovisual aids; (3) supplementary skills development--general, oral, writing, and grammar practice; and (4) reading…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Basic Skills, Bibliographies