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Download full textLola Geraldes Xavier – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
This text critically examines traditional methodologies for teaching grammar in the context of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PFL). It proposes an alternative, eclectic approach, which can be used in any foreign language. Drawing on evidence from research and pedagogical practices, it highlights areas for improvement in current approaches, such…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Direct linkBell'Aver, Jessica; Rabelo, Edson – Hispania, 2020
Due to the relevance of the discussions on the use of counterbalance for content-based and form-focused second language instruction, the purpose of this study is to present some pedagogical strategies to teach and reinforce the correct use of articles, gender and number of nouns in Portuguese when teaching Language and Arts (first grade) and…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Portuguese, Teaching Methods
Child, Michael W.; Bateman, Blair E. – Hispania, 2020
Immersion students' language abilities are generally characterized by strong receptive skills (listening, reading) and less developed productive skills (speaking, writing) when compared with L1 speakers of the immersion language (e.g., Allen et al. 1990; Cummins 1998; Harley 1992). In this paper we report results from a six-month mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Grammar, Portuguese, Second Language Learning, Error Correction
Amaral, Luiz; Meurers, Detmar – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2008
Student models for Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning (ICALL) have largely focused on the acquisition of grammatical structures. In this paper, we motivate a broader perspective of student models for ICALL that incorporates insights from current research on second language acquisition and language testing. We argue for a student model…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Language Tests
Peer reviewedQuinn, 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
Conwell, Marilyn; And Others – 1982
The following articles are presented in the section of the Northeast Conference Report on less frequently taught languages: (1) "American Sign Language," by M. Conwell and A. Nelson; (2) "Chinese," by D. Gidman; (3) "Japanese," by J. P. Berwald and T. Phipps; (4) "Latin," by M. Cleary; (5) "Portuguese," by R. Pedro Carvalho; and (6) "Russian," by…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Chinese, Grammar, Japanese
De Moraes, Marcia Sampaio; And Others – 1991
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which the formal teaching of grammatical rules would affect the writing quality of sixth graders. Comparison was made between students of two University Lab Schools located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The study was limited to the observation of written expression, because of limited…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Essays
Beguelin, Marie-Jose, Ed.; de Pietro, Jean-Francois, Ed.; Naf, Anton, Ed. – Travaux neuchatelois de linguistique (TRANEL), 2002
This issue deals with verb-object complementation, a complex and controversial but important topic, in particular in connection with the teaching and learning of a second language. The articles are a response to a long debate about the harmonization of grammatical terminology used in schools and the simplification of grammar for students. The…
Descriptors: Bulgarian, Contrastive Linguistics, Elementary Education, French
Rameh, Clea, Ed. – 1976
These proceedings of the 1976 Georgetown Round Table are divided into four sections that deal with: (1) synchronic and diachronic aspects of semantics; (2) semantics and linguistics; (3) semantics and other disciplines; and (4) semantics and teaching methods. More specifically the papers treat: the semantic interpretation of anaphoric expressions;…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, Diachronic Linguistics
PDF pending restorationde la Portilla, Marta; Colchie, Thomas – 1972
This annotated bibliography lists books printed and published in the United States of America for use in teaching Spanish and Portuguese in high school and college by students whose first language is English. As a sequel to the Arjona "A Bibliography of Textbooks of Spanish Published in the United States (1795-1939)," this publication contains…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Anthologies, Audiolingual Methods, Bibliographies
Koike, Dale A., Ed.; Simoes, Antonio R. M., Ed. – 1989
Papers from a conference on language teaching and testing are grouped in four sections. The first contains a foreword by Dale A. Koike and Antonio R. M. Simoes. The second, on research in second/foreign language teaching, includes the following: "Second Language Learning and Evaluation: From Theory to Classroom Practice" (Sandra J.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Techniques, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries
Benseler, David P., Ed. – 1976
The forty papers that make up the second part of the proceedings of the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Council on Foreign Languages cover a wide range of topics relating to foreign language teaching and linguistic theory: the interdisciplinary approach to second language instruction, individualized instruction, foreign…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education
PDF pending restorationHollyman, John, Ed.; Turk, Phil, Ed. – Vida Hispanica: The Spanish and Portuguese Journal of the Association for Language Learning, 1997
This journal focuses on the learning and teaching of Spanish and Portuguese. Selected articles include the following: "Word Associations in Spanish"; "A Woman of Substance? The Role of Andrea in Nada"; "Spanish for Business"; "Subtitles as a Teaching Technique"; "The Writing Workshop";…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Students
