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Myers, Sharon A. – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Describes the results of using field-specific written materials in a language laboratory setting to teach oral skills in a support course for international teaching assistants for the purpose of promoting automaticity in oral production and raising the intelligibility of students through the improvement of fluency and pronunciation. (25…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Intonation
Ecklund, Constance L. – 1985
Teaching conversation will always pose a great challenge to the foreign language instructor. Even by the third year of language study, the typical time for this skill's development, students have neither the fluency nor the confidence necessary to speak easily. Also, since many are ill at ease in conversing in their native language, getting these…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Communication, College Second Language Programs, College Students