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Peer reviewedRichardson, Horst F. – Modern Language Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Flexible Scheduling, German, Intensive Language Courses
Bayuk, Milla; Bayuk, Barry S. – 1983
A program currently in use by the military that gives instruction in the so-called "sensitive" languages is based on the "Army Method" which was initiated in military language programs during World War II. Attention to the sensitive language program initiated a review of the programs, especially those conducted by the military intelligence schools…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Intensive Language Courses, Language Aptitude, Language Research
ADAMS, E.N.; AND OTHERS – 1968
BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI) CAN BE PROFITABLE TO BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AN EXPERIMENTAL COURSE IN GERMAN WAS DESIGNED WHICH COULD MAKE USE OF COMPUTER CAPABILITIES IN A LANGUAGE LABORATORY SITUATION. RESEARCHERS CHOSE TO EXPERIMENT WITH A FAIRLY LONG, LESS CONTROLLED BEGINNING LANGUAGE…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Computer Assisted Instruction, Experimental Programs, German
Peer reviewedTucker, G. Richard – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Four methods of teaching a second language are discussed: (1) traditional approach, involving a limited amount of study each day; (2) second language study followed by study of another subject in that language; (3) early immersion in the language in grades k-2; and (4) late immersion, where exclusive use follows traditional language study. (CK)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Bilingual Education, Grammar Translation Method, Intensive Language Courses
English Language Services, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1969
The "Intensive Course in English" is a series of six books: Elementary, Part 1; Elementary Part 2; Intermediate (Volume I); Advanced 1 (Volume II); Advanced 2 (Volume III); Specialized Studies (Volume IV--Education), and 250 pre-recorded tapes. This series was designed for use in programs with emphasis in oral-aural training, and the development…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Intensive Language Courses
Download full textTharp, Robert N. – 1960
Description begins with remarks concerning the Institute of Far Eastern Languages, established in 1946, and the early efforts made in intensive language study in the Chinese Language School. The article describes the unique audiovisual materials and techniques used in the schools. Included in the description are: (1) dictation equipment, (2)…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Chinese
PDF pending restorationBlair, Robert W.; And Others – 1969
This course is designed with one primary goal in view: to encourage and lead the learner to communicate in Navaho in and out of class. Each of the 13 units has a "preparation stage" which consists of a self-instructional program on various grammatical points together with other activities for the student preparatory to meeting with the instructor…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Audiolingual Methods, Autoinstructional Aids, Instructional Materials
Nixon, St. John B. – Kwartaalbericht Stichting Nijenrode, 1968
Language instruction for business students at Nijenrode College, Holland, is the focus of this article. The basic philosophy and development of the program currently offered are aimed at improving better coordination among departments in order to provide students with an integrated set of faculties which will qualify them to perform the functions…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Business Education, Business Skills, College Language Programs
O'CONNOR, PATRICIA; TWADDELL, W.F. – 1960
THE 1958 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION COUNCIL SEMINAR FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS IN JAPANESE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE, IN A VERY LIMITED TIME, BOTH INTENSIVE TRAINING IN AUDIO-LINGUAL CLASSROOM METHODS, AND A MINIMUM DEGREE OF LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE TEACHER'S ROLE AS MODEL, JUDGE, AND DIRECTOR OF PRACTICE. THE…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Inservice Teacher Education
Gruninger, Yvonne – 1977
Extracts from a journal kept by a French-speaking adult student in an intensive German language class are presented here. It is a critique of the audio-visual method, texts, teaching techniques, and students' reactions during the two parts of the course at the University of Berne. The extracts deal particularly with a comparison of the texts used…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Course Content
Strain, Jeris E. – 1986
A symposium of language learning specialists reviewing C.C. Fries' Oral Approach to English language instruction developed and used at the English Language Institute of the University of Michigan is summarized. The thesis of the symposium was that the basic Oral Approach concepts had and continue to have a profound and far-reaching, though largely…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis
Kulakow, Allan M. – 1968
Features of Peace Corps language training programs are described with special emphasis on new approaches. The structure of a typical, minimal 300-hour program (4-6 hours per day) is contrasted with a new and very intensive program of instruction 8 hours a day. The increased need for two-language programs is explained. All programs require…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Conversational Language Courses, Course Content, Federal Programs
Valdman, Albert – The Modern Language Journal, 1964
In a brief introduction, this article expresses the concern that the concentration on the external components in audiolingually-oriented foreign language programs has diverted attention from the instructional fundamentals of time, learning processes, environmental structure, and teacher and student roles. A review of such basic principles of the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Innovation
Brown, George H.; Fiks, Alfred I. – 1967
This report presents detailed, nonevaluative descriptions of instructional methods used in a sample of outstanding language training centers. Together these 19 different training programs represent a student age range from subteen to adult. Included are both intensive and nonintensive, military and civilian, and governmental and nongovernmental…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, College Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Federal Programs
Joiner, Elizabeth G. – 1981
The adult students who are the subject of this report bring a different orientation with them to the study of language than does the typical adult immigrant or foreign student of English. This former group may be engaged in foreign language study in order to satisfy a college level language requirement or as part of a continuing education or…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Affective Behavior, Age, Aptitude
