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Download full textLawlor, Joseph P. – 1968
Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois, has developed a program for introducing Portuguese in the secondary school. The program is now in its sixth successive, successful year. Instead of being included in the curriculum as a full-time course, Portuguese falls in the category of an "enrichment course." It is abbreviated (the first year…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Language Programs, Luso Brazilian Culture, Modern Language Curriculum
Peer reviewedQuinn, Jane; Gomes de Matos, F. – System, 1979
Describes the teaching methods of the Yazigi Institutes of Brazil, which offer Portuguese instruction to foreigners. (JB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiolingual Methods, Grammar, Language Instruction
LINK, WILLIAM R. – 1968
FOR AMERICA TO ACHIEVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS OF MODERN SOCIETY, IN A WORLD WHERE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DEPRIVATION ARE THE NORM, THE SPANISH LANGUAGE MUST BE RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND POTENTIALLY THE MOST REWARDING, PART OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. LANGUAGE PREFERENCES IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Humanities, Language Programs, Language Role
Gomes de Matos, Francisco; Wigdorsky, Leopoldo – 1966
This report presents a survey of foreign language programs in Latin America. English as a second language is discussed as well as the teaching of other foreign languages. Remarks are made concerning language programs at various levels, teaching methods and materials, teacher preparation, status, and organizations, and acute problems. In the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Bostick, Herman F., Ed.; Hutchinson, Gail, Ed. – 1973
This report includes the following addresses to the conference: (1) "Some Socio-linguistic Considerations in the Teaching of Foreign Languages", (2) "The Case of Afro-Portuguese Literature", (3) "Foreign Language Success Stories--Hackensack Has It!", (4) "On Apes, Poetry, and Language Teaching", (5) "A Sociolinguistic Aspect of Japanese Americans…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, African Culture, African Literature, Conference Reports
