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Wolff, Udo – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1975
Shows, from actual examples, how advanced students can be led to work on authentic texts. A model file includes four phases: motivation, filter, analysis, transfer. Work in each phase is discussed and illustrated. Suggestions are added for publishers for constructing such files. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, French, Language Instruction, Reading Skills
Frischkorn, Krista – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1976
Presents several new series of booklets for English, Secondary Grade 2, examining each of them as to scope, variety, real-life quality, explanations of words and things, study questions, and the instruction models in the teacher's manual. Teaching aims and emphasis of each series are critically discussed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Kerschgens, Edda – Englisch, 1975
Discusses the extent to which five popular English teaching texts distinguish between active and passive vocabulary in learning English, and pleads (offering concrete suggestions) for more attention to the vocabulary aspect in constructing teaching textbooks for junior high schools. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education
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Vitzthum, Thomas – Unterrichtspraxis, 1992
A lively classroom activity is described in which high school students, each receiving a word-card, generate their own sentences in German by combining their own word with the previous student's word. The cards, with words taken from the textbook vocabulary, encourage active, spontaneous utterances within the structure and logical sequence of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, German, High School Students, Second Language Learning
Nold, Guenter – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1977
Using the text "Fog May Spoil the Show," from the teaching text "How Do You Do," Stages 4 and 5, a strictly language analysis (rather than a literary, cultural or text analysis) is demonstrated. But structure and type of text and area study are also considered. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Lesson Plans, Second Language Learning
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Grittner, Frank M.; Welty, Sam – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Describes and compares five basic German texts for high school students and includes the evaluative criteria used. (CK)
Descriptors: German, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Combe-McBride, Nicole – Francais dans le Monde, 1977
An inventory of grammatical and lexical units expressing the notion of place in "Le Francais fondamental," Level One. Interrelationships are discussed from the point of view of vocabulary patterns and syntax. There are numerous tables and examples of interrelated verbs, adverbs, nouns, and prepositions. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Grammar, Language Instruction
Been, Sheila – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1974
The gap between elementary and advanced reading levels is discussed, as well as probable reasons for this gap. Reading skills needed by students before embarking on the Bagrut syllabus are enumerated, and a new ninth grade reader, "English by Television -- Stage Five," intended to provide these skills, is described. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Television, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Reading Ability
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Harlow, Linda L. – Foreign Language Annals, 1978
Explores various aspects of the functional-notional textbook or syllabus. This is a concept originating with the Council of Europe that involves the organization of a textbook or syllabus according to the notions or functions that a learner hopes to be able to express. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Organization, Curriculum Guides, Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Porquier, Remy; Vives, Robert – Francais dans le Monde, 1977
The second in a series of articles evaluating three texts which use the audiovisual method. Level Two is studied in this article with particular emphasis on the role and presentation of grammar in each unit. The treatment of conditional sentences is used as an example. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels
Kitao, Kenji – Doshisha Studies in English, 1979
This study was conducted to investigate what and how much is presented about American culture in English courses in Japan. A review of previous studies on the same subject indicates that only textbooks for conversation courses are likely to contain substantial cultural information. For the present study, ten series of senior high school English…
Descriptors: American Culture, Content Analysis, Cultural Education, Educational Research
Schuhmacher, Karl Erhard – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1976
Among the comments on the "Normbook for English" are: it is admirably flexible; its limiting of learning goals to "basic skills" is too undifferentiated; for the graduate exam, it rightly prefers a text assignment to a theme assignment; goal-oriented auditory understanding exercises should be added. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Majdzadeh, Mojgan – 2002
This paper asserts that lack of cultural knowledge related to English among Iranian students who pursue advanced education abroad affects their English language proficiency. It examines whether the disconnection between the English language and the culture of that language embodied in Iranian English textbooks hinders students' knowledge and use…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Somova, Svetlana – International Journal of Social Education, 1999
Discusses the importance of teaching foreign languages through culture and culture through language study. Addresses how the textbooks used to study English by Russian students must focus more on the needs of Russian students. Summarizes the findings from a survey demonstrating that Russian students' knowledge of U.S. culture originates from…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Wales, M. L. – Language Awareness, 1996
Describes an attempt at an English grammar program for the first year of secondary schooling in Queensland, Australia linked to the grammatical features introduced in the students' second language programs. Outlines the stages of development, including examination of the second language texts and of English course books and deciding on a…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Grammar, Models
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