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Peer reviewedPorcher, Louis – Langue Francaise, 1977
Discusses the necessity of a close relationship between evaluation and instruction, between evaluator and instructor in adult language training programs and other programs. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Student Evaluation
Mariet, Francois – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1978
Proposes an approach to French language instruction for adults which relies on materials of a political nature. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, French, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedCortes, Jacques – Langue Francaise, 1977
Proposes a method for teaching grammar to the adult remedial learner which is inductive in nature and which allows the student to form generalizations about grammar. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, French, Grammar
Peer reviewedGoldberg, J. Philip; Bordman, Marcia B. – TESOL Quarterly, 1974
Descriptors: Adult Students, Deafness, English (Second Language), Hearing Impairments
Porcher, L. – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1978
Discusses the importance of instructional media, especially audiovisual media, in teaching French to adults in a continuing education program. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction
Peer reviewedBurgelin, Claude – Langue Francaise, 1977
Proposes a pedagogy which, while granting remedial French instruction to continuing education students, recognizes the validity of their language. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, French, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedCoste, Daniel – Langue Francaise, 1977
Argues that a thematic approach to teaching language skills is valid when used in conjunction with grammatical, situational, and psycho-sociological approaches. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, French, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedFigari, G. – Langue Francaise, 1977
Examines the question of how adults define "expression" and whether "communication" can be taught. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, French, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedGirard, Claude – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1977
Describes various approaches to language teaching, specifically a new "solar" approach to teaching English as a second language for adult beginners. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Audiovisual Instruction, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedBurt, Marina K. – TESOL Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Peer reviewedKrashen, Stephen D.; Seliger, Herbert W. – Tesol Quarterly, 1975
For adults, there is a correlation between the years of formal study of English and English proficiency. Formal instruction in general is more beneficial for second language learning than exposure to the second language in natural situations. The essential contributions of formal instruction are investigated. (Author/ND)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Download full textBurt, Marina K. – 1974
In recent years, there has been a growing research interest in the analysis of errors adults make while learning a second language. The underlying objective of most of these analyses has been to reveal the systematicity of adult errors in an effort to understand the process of adult second language learning. This paper deals with errors from a…
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Grammar
Coste, Daniel – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1977
Discusses current language needs analyses, and considers the relationship between this type of analysis and language programs and materials. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Needs, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Peer reviewedRees, Alun L. W. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1976
The need for mastery of question forms by the English language learner is discussed. A system of techniques for use with a group of intermediate young adult learners familiar with question patterns but lacking oral practice is suggested. (RM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedCarton-Caprio, Dana – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Explains how to simulate dinner at a foreign restaurant to aid language learning in adult education classes. (CK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Conversational Language Courses, Instructional Materials
