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Thouesny, Sylvie – CALICO Journal, 2010
In a project-based approach to teaching a foreign language at the university level, students are often required to participate in several task-based writing activities. In doing so, language learners not only write incorrect forms, but also correct forms of the same structures, both of which provide useful information on their strengths and…
Descriptors: French, College Instruction, Case Studies, Language Proficiency
Dethloff, Uwe – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1980
Defines the approach of textlinguistics to the study of TV messages' comprehension, starting from the basic criterion that comprehension depends on the global semantic structure of the message and on the situational context of the communicants. On this basis the potential of television as a tool for language instruction is discussed. (MES)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Analysis, Context Clues, Descriptive Linguistics
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Fulcher, Glenn – Applied Linguistics, 1999
Testing and assessment in English-for-Academic-purposes (EAP) contexts has traditionally been carried out as a needs analysis of learners or a content analysis of courses. This article reassesses this approach to the development and validation of EAP tests on the basis of a theoretical model and recent research into content specificity. (VWL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Content Validity, English for Academic Purposes, Language Research
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Buttaro, Lucia – Community College Enterprise, 2002
This essay discusses the difficulties many English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students face when mainstreamed into academic content courses while still enrolled in ESL classes. The author demonstrates the benefits of pairing an ESL speech class with a content area course as a method for improving English language skills. (Contains 44 references.)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Content Analysis, Course Content
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Victor, Mbodouma – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1999
Gabonese students who speak French as a second language and are educated through French, learn English using textbooks designed for students in France. Article discusses pedagogical issues, goals that Gabonese students have in learning English, and the linguistic and sociolinguistic context in which learning of English takes place. Materials used…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
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Jamieson, Douglas – Computers & Education, 1994
Reports on the first stage of a British phonetic training project in foreign language learning that used a repurposed videodisc developed by using the editing capabilities of an authoring tool. Topics discussed include student motivation; content issues; teaching strategies; questioning/feedback techniques; text and graphic screens; and manuals…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Content Analysis
Gschwind-Holtzer, G. – 1977
This study attempts to demonstrate that the choice of material on the thematic and situational level has a bearing on linguistic concepts. The critique is divided into three main sections dealing with: (1) themes and situations, or the world view of audio-visual methods; (2) themes and situations in a particular text, "C'est le printemps;" and (3)…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Communicative Competence (Languages), Content Analysis