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Borrman, Herbert – Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1978
Describes a 5-hour-weekly course in French as a third foreign language, for Grades 11-13--in particular, the students' motives in choosing the course, methodology, and the rapid transition from textbook work to work with supplementary materials to work with original texts. The course was judged successful. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, French, Intensive Language Courses, Language Instruction
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Bruton, Anthony – Language Learning Journal, 2005
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the applicability of task-based language teaching (TBLT) to state secondary foreign language classes. After discussion of method in general, TBLT is defined and its particularities described. Tasks are assessed as the basis for syllabus and then as the basis for method. In both cases, the proposals are…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Secondary Education
Hilton-Jones, Ursula – 1988
A new approach taken to teach English to visiting West German teenagers in an immersion course in England emphasizes language use for fluency. Although the syllabus is designed to provide practice in all four language skills, it focuses on integrating the four skills, increasing productive skills, sensitizing the students to the value of paired…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
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El-Halees, Yousef – System, 1986
Gives a brief account of some factors which affect the teaching and learning of English pronunciation in Jordanian secondary schools. These factors include negative transfer from Arabic into English, learning strategies, and socioemotional, methodological, and psychological factors. (SED)
Descriptors: Arabs, Contrastive Linguistics, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
Racle, G. – 1979
The determination of Objectives conditions the choice of materials, methods, and evaluation of results in all stages of foreign language learning. The first level is a necessary foundation, but by itself is insufficient for the study of literature or for communication purposes in a new linguistic milieu. The fundamental notion of language styles…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Educational Objectives