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Danesi, Marcel; D'Alfonso, Aldo – Italica, 1989
Describes a "Vichian" approach (involving linguistic imagination and creativity) to the exploration of basic pedagogical matters in classroom language teaching. The approach is based on principles involving: (1) concrete language knowledge; (2) development from the concrete to the abstract; (3) the role of metaphor in verbal creativity;…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Enrichment, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory
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Schaepe, Richard H.; Barrow, Jack E. – IALL Journal of Language Learning Technologies, 1991
A review of the language laboratory-related relationships between context and background knowledge, individualization and learner characteristics, feedback and continuing assessment, and focus and sequence supports foreign language teachers' use of eclectic, integrative, and alternative approaches that make full use of language laboratory…
Descriptors: Individual Instruction, Individual Needs, Language Enrichment, Language Laboratories