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Peer reviewedDoty, Meng Sung – Classical Outlook, 1972
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Role
Pohl, J. – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1971
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, Etymology
Peer reviewedDyer, Nancy Joe – Hispanic Review, 1972
Descriptors: Adverbs, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedMurray, Frederic W. – Hispania, 1972
Descriptors: Administrators, Graduate Study, Language Instruction, Modern Language Curriculum
Hidalgo, P. Angel – Yelmo, 1971
Part 1 appeared in the October-November 1971 issue of Yelmo." (DS)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Charts, Consonants, Language Instruction
Abel, Fritz – Neueren Sprachen, 1971
Descriptors: French, Italian, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Peer reviewedSadler, J. D. – Classical Outlook, 1971
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Classical Languages, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics
Peer reviewedGoodman, Thomas H. – Foreign Language Annals, 1978
In 1975, Maryland began training teachers who wished to experiment with Esperanto in their classes, usually as part of an exploratory course in a foreign language appreciation program. Teachers have observed a marked increase in motivation among students exposed to Esperanto. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Attitudes, Language Instruction
Cabasino, Francesca Villani – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1978
Argues that the similarities between Italian and French are not as substantial as they seem and that they don't necessarily facilitate the language-learning process. The types of errors made by Italians learning French are analyzed. (CFM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, French, Higher Education, Italian
Hidalgo, P. Angel – Yelmo, 1971
Second part of the series will appear in the next issue. (.dS)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar, Language Instruction
Mayer, Lenore – Teaching Adults, 1976
Six-day residential intensive language courses in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian, sponsored by the City Lit language department and Wansfell college, were extremely successful due to careful planning in site selection, various learning activities, and courses structure. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
Download full textBolinger, Dwight L. – 1961
Three examples are given of cases where differences between Spanish and English syntax and intonation patterns are taught best through direct translation. Grammatical difficulties caused by "gustar" are overcome through the use of translation using "appeal" rather than "please". Similarly, problems for native speakers of English arising with…
Descriptors: Intonation, Language Instruction, Language Usage, Romance Languages
Ellison, Fred – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1977
A report on the status of Portuguese in university language programs. The role of the AATSP in the promotion of Portuguese and a description of several of its recommendations are given. The success of most strong university programs is attributed to good public relations and interdepartmental communication. (AMH)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Modern Language Curriculum
Peer reviewedGarrison, David L. – Modern Language Journal, 1979
Outlines a lesson in a college Spanish class in which the students were shown the close relationship between Spanish and Portuguese. This kind of class not only makes the students more conscious of the relatedness of languages but also can stimulate their interest in studying another language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Motivation Techniques
Hagiwara, Michio Peter, Ed. – 1977
This volume consists of the following papers delivered at the Fifth Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages: (1) "The Heuristics of Substratum," by Dieter Wanner; (2) "The Auxiliary in Romance," by Frederick B. Agard; (3) "Lusitanian Portuguese," by Wayne J. Redenbarger; (4) "Paradigmatic Evolution of Diphthongs: Marsian Italian and Chicano…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, French, Italian, Language Instruction
