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| Ney, James W. | 1 |
| Oller, John W., Jr. | 1 |
| Stein, Jack M. | 1 |
| Valdman, Albert | 1 |
| Warriner-Burke, Helen P. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedHammerly, Hector M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1973
Takes issue with Robert DiPietro's statement on the value of generative phonology for teaching second language pronunciation in Britannica Review of Foreign Language Education,'' v1. (RS)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Evaluation, Language Instruction, Phonetics
Peer reviewedStein, Jack M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1975
This article briefly examines structural and transformational theories and their associations with other theories, particularly learning psychology. The implications of each position for FL teaching are examined, and it is suggested that teachers enrich structurally based audiolingual techniques with experimental infusions from the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Generative Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedNey, James W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Discusses the structuralist and the cognitivist theories of language learning, and emphasizes the importance of practice in second language learning. (AM)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedValdman, Albert; Warriner-Burke, Helen P. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
Discusses the situational-structural syllabus with emphasis on more clearly defining objectives in both scope and content. Four directions for these syllabi are suggested: (1) priority of semantic and functional notions; (2) subordination of grammatical features; (3) introduction of spoken language discourse; and (4) reduction of grammatical…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Educational Objectives, Instructional Development
Peer reviewedOller, John W., Jr. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Examines the loss in popularity of contrastive linguistics as a method for explaining second language learning systems, and calls for a turn to pragmatics in language teaching. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language)
