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Peer reviewedMorris, Tudor – English Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Semantics, Teaching Methods
Starks, Esther B. – Elementary English, 1974
Every child should participate in a daily oral language period. (JH)
Descriptors: Interests, Kindergarten, Language Instruction, Semantics
Diaz, Olga; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Contains four suggested vocabulary learning activities, concentrating on (1) partitive expressions in street names, (2) sports vocabulary, (3) slang expressions, and (4) the many meanings of the words "jouer" and "jeu." (AM)
Descriptors: French, Language Instruction, Learning Activities, Semantics
Monnerie, Annie – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Analyses the nature of aspect in the present, the past ("passe compose"), and imperfect tenses in French, and gives some general guidelines for the teaching of these structures. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Morphology (Languages)
Peer reviewedTwaddell, Freeman – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Instruction, Latin
Peer reviewedMcDowell, Cynthia Newberry – French Review, 1979
Proposes a method for teaching vocabulary in the second language classroom, which associates one word (an "identification term") with a string of semantically-related synonyms. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Semantics
Peer reviewedKliffer, Michael D. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Presents a novel approach, relying on linguistic principles of semantics, to teach grammatical usage in Spanish as a second language. (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Language Instruction, Semantics
Moirand, Sophie – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1977
Presents a method for teaching grammar through an understanding of the content of a written text, using a three-fold approach: sociolinguistic, linguistic, and logico-syntactical. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Semantics
Andre, Edgar – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1972
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Intonation, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedBrumfit, Christopher J. – System, 1979
Second language learners must acquire a generative system of grammar. There is, as yet, no way of describing notions in generative terms. Long-term syllabuses will have to continue to be syntactically based, but the incorporation of notions from a checklist is acceptable. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Generative Grammar, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedWhite, Marilyn – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
This article presents a method for teaching the meaning of the word "hope" to students of English as a second/foreign language. (CFM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedFisher, Lynn Visson – Slavic and East European Journal, 1975
Problems and methods of teaching practical stylistics to students of Russian are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Instruction, Language Styles, Russian
Vielau, Axel – Neueren Sprachen, 1975
From theoretical-linguistic and psycholinguistic viewpoints, semanticizing procedures--audiolingual, audiovisual and situational--are discussed. The methodological standpoint forms the frame of reference of this critique. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedBowen, J. Donald; McCreary, Carol Fillips – TESOL Quarterly, 1977
The modal system in English is unique among verbs and constitutes a considerable learning burden for ESL learners. Problems may be reduced by careful delineation of semantic functions for individual modals and understanding of semantic coverage of perfect constructions compared to simple forms. Instruction of modal perfects is discussed. (CHK)
Descriptors: Context Clues, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedThomas, Jimmy – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
This article discusses the nature of translation as a linguistic phenomenon, and the pros and cons of its application to second language instruction. (CLK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
