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Peer reviewedMorain, Genelle – Foreign Language Annals, 1976
The value of visual literacy, the ability to recognize and interpret natural and manmade symbols, to a student of foreign language is stressed. Three groups of nonverbal signs--kinesic elements, environmental elements, and objects invested with a special meaning--are discussed, and methods for teaching visual literacy described. (RM)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Language Instruction
Download full textFredrick, Wayne C.; And Others – 1968
Seventy-two grade 8 students were randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups. One group studied five programed lessons in structural grammar, written without use of symbols or diagrams. A second group studied the same content presented with a symbolic notation to represent the grammar concepts. A third group studied the same content…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 8, Grammar, Language Instruction
