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Nimbkar, Jai; Berntsen, Maxine – 1983
This book is part of a set of elementary and intermediate Marathi teaching materials. It consists of three parts: a classified vocabulary, a Marathi-English vocabulary, and an English-Marathi vocabulary. The classified vocabulary presents lists of words the student needs in talking about the natural world and the material culture. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, Marathi, Native Language Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Grosse, Philip – 1980
This pamphlet is an alphabetical English-Spanish listing of more than three hundred words, phrases, and sentences related to the game of baseball as it is reported in Mexico City, in border towns, and in Spanish language newspapers in the United States. At the end of this dictionary are listed the major league teams of the United States and Canada…
Descriptors: Baseball, Cultural Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Alber, Charles J. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1989
Examines a recently (1985) compiled list of the 3,000 most commonly used Chinese characters, drawn from a sample of 11 million characters, and discusses the list's potential use as the basis for textbooks and vocabulary study programs, and as a database for computer assisted instruction. (CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Ideography, Letters (Alphabet)
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Pons-Ridler, Suzanne – French Review, 1986
The verbs in Gougenheim's Basic Dictionary are regrouped according to three classifications (synonyms, antonyms, and association) and organized according to semantic fields. Exercises designed to emphasize these relationships are suggested. (MSE)
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Classification, Classroom Techniques, French
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Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1970
This Chinese-English glossary provides a ready-reference to all lexical items introduced in the 180 lessons of the Chinese-Mandarin Basic Course. The contents are arranged alphabetically from Chinese to English. Each entry has a reference number that corresponds to the lesson number of the basic course in which the item was introduced. (NCR)
Descriptors: Glossaries, Ideography, Intensive Language Courses, Mandarin Chinese
Stockdale, Joseph Gagen, III – 2000
This dictionary of collocations was compiled by an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teacher in Saudi Arabia who teaches adult, native speakers of Arabic. The dictionary is practical in teaching English because it helps to focus on everyday events and situations. The dictionary works as follows: the teacher looks up a word, such as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Dictionaries, Elementary Secondary Education
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1967
A glossary and notes that accompany an advanced reading text for a basic course in Persian are presented. The course is an intensive program for native English speakers offered by the Defense Language Institute. Idiomatic phrases and sentence structures are explained and special grammar and cultural notes are included. A number of lexical items…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Glossaries, Grammar
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1970
A supplement is presented to volumes one, two, and three of a basic course in Persian that is designed for use in the Defense Language Institute's intensive programs for native English speakers. Part one introduces the student to a phonemic transcription which is derived from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Part two applies the modified…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Instructional Materials, Intensive Language Courses