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The Foreign Language Laboratory and the Future of Language Teaching
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Mendoza-Harrell, Thomas – System, 1976
A rebuttal is made to an article entitled "The Case Against the Conventional Language Laboratory" by John R. Allen ("System," Vol. 2, No. 1). Arguments made in that article against the language laboratory are outlined and discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
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Prodromou, Luke – System, 1984
Looks at the problems that non-native speaker teachers face in teaching communication in an impoverished educational environment and what happens when attempts are made to change from the structural to the functional syllabus. Defines "minimal communicative methodology" and suggests ways to activate the inert materials in textbooks to…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Notional Functional Syllabi
Language in Brazil: The Yazigi Method.
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Quinn, Jane; Gomes de Matos, F. – System, 1979
Describes the teaching methods of the Yazigi Institutes of Brazil, which offer Portuguese instruction to foreigners. (JB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiolingual Methods, Grammar, Language Instruction
Developing Listening Fluency before Speaking: An Alternative Paradigm.
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Nord, James R. – System, 1980
Discusses research supporting the contention that listening fluency should be taught first and oral response delayed because languaqe acquisition takes place without any overt performance. Includes extensive bibliographic references. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Aural Learning, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language)