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Schmidt-Radefeldt, Jurgen – Zielsprache Franzosisch, 1973
Discusses the teaching of language for use in practical situations, i.e., using language in various communication contexts. (DD)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Performance
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Radice, Francis – English Language Teaching, 1973
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, English (Second Language), Games, Grammar
Clark, John – Audiovisual Lang J, 1969
The first "missing link is that between the linguist's rules and the rule component of performance; the second is between a student's competence as expressed in correct performance in the controlled language learning situation and spontaneous performance where selection of language is involved. (Author/FWB)
Descriptors: Language Ability, Language Instruction, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance
Van Vlasselaer, J. J. – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1972
Special issue devoted to the second conference on structuro-global-audio-visual methodology, at Mons, Belgium, 1971; text of a talk which formed the basis of discussion during the conference. (VM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Intonation, Language Instruction, Language Rhythm
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1970
The problems of the education of the aurally handicapped were discussed in speeches presented at the convention of the Council for Exceptional Children in Chicago, 1970. Papers reported include a suggested approach to the evaluation of expressive oral syntactic competence of the aurally handicapped child by Jean Lehman, the language of children…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Educational Methods, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education
Zydatiss, Wolfgang – Neueren Sprachen, 1974
"Fronting", that is, placing direct and indirect objects at the beginning of the sentence, is a typical characteristic of the "school English" of German pupils. The linguistic analysis of the learning problem is supplemented by pedagogic and methodological considerations. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Interference (Language), Language Instruction
Briere, Eugene J. – TESOL Quart, 1969
Detailed discusion of the theoretical papers presented at the second conference on "Problems in Foreign Language Testing" held at the Idyllwild campus of the University of Southern California, November 1968, and a brief summation of the practical ones. Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, March 1969. (FWB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Mellon, John C. – 1969
In an epilogue to the 1967 research report, "Transformational Sentence-Combining" (See ED 018 405.), John Mellon considers the significance of the sentence-combining experience and answers the charges of critics--Wayne O'Neil, James Moffett, and Francis Christensen--regarding his original research findings. Mellon points out, for example, that…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, English Instruction, Language Fluency
Topping, D. M. – 1969
This paper attempts to discuss some of the implications of transformational grammar for language analysis and language learning. The author covers the following points: (1) transformational grammar--some background and some claims, and some linguistic and psychological implications; (2) which, if any, of the claims of transformational grammar are…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Universals
Hollerbach, Wolf – 1975
The serious student of language, English or foreign, and especially the future language teacher must receive a solid training not only in theoretical but also in applied syntax. Such a course should be offered at the advanced level and deal with the syntax of the language involved in a rigorously systematic way. The search for a systematic, yet…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Grammar
Hamayan, Else V.; Tucker, G. Richard – 1979
This study describes certain communication strategies used by Anglophone children learning French as a second language as well as by children whose mother tongue is French. Three groups of children in the third and fifth grades participated in the study: French native speakers, Anglophone children learning French in an immersion setting, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Secondary Education