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Peer reviewedFinneman, Michael D. – Modern Language Journal, 1987
While foreign language textbooks have improved in recent years, the standard grammatical base remains unchanged. Instead of the usual morphologically-based syllabus, a semantico-grammatical one is suggested in which the categories, relating meaning and form, make it possible to teach language structure in a coherent and communicatively relevant…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Proficiency, Morphology (Languages), Notional Functional Syllabi
Marckel, Beverly; McKay, Carol L. – 1983
An approach to foreign language instruction was worked out to meet the needs of high school students who were preparing to participate in an international exchange program with French students. The approach uses a combination of the notional-functional syllabus and the regular grammar and vocabulary lessons. Examples in French are provided…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, French
Download full textDavis, James J. – 1995
An adult continuing education course in introductory Spanish is described. In planning the course, special attention was given to making course objectives realistic for the target population; rather than undertake a traditional college-level syllabus, academic and grammar-oriented in nature, the course was designed to provide students with basic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Continuing Education, Course Content
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
The conceptual tools used in the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, are examined. The C/LOBS project, which is described in 13 volumes and an executive summary, functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Instructional Systems
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
This report of recommendations describes in detail the system for determining communication/language objectives (C/LOBS) within an instructional systems development (ISD) framework. C/LOBS was developed to support the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and functions as a subsystem of the ISD…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Objectives
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
This executive summary describes the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS) developed to support the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. The C/LOBS functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems development (ISD) approach currently in use in the TRADOC school system. The…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Objectives
Rodriguez Pino, Cecilia, Ed. – Teaching Spanish to Native Speakers of Spanish Newsletter, 1994
The newsletter is devoted to description of a 5-day conference on "Teaching Spanish to Southwest Hispanic Students" funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and held at New Mexico State University on July 14-19, 1993. It lists the middle and high school teachers from Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Texas who…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Code Switching (Language), Communication Apprehension
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
The methodologies employed in the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, are examined. The C/LOBS project, which is described in 13 volumes and an executive summary, functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Oriented Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
