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Peer reviewedSteiner, Florence – Foreign Language Annals, 1973
Points out weaknesses characteristic of current language textbooks and suggests that future textbooks will concentrate on culture, values, and interest areas. (RL)
Descriptors: Instructional Program Divisions, Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Textbook Preparation
Redling, Julius – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Cautions against a "synonymic" or "structural-semantic" approach to constructing texts and in reading them. Concern over matching each foreign word with a native-language word results in limiting the vocabulary of the text and the student's knowledge. Speech-act theory suggests a more flexible approach. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Semantics
Aiken, Paul L. – Bulletin of the English Language Center, 1973
Paper presented December 1972, Bangkok, Thailand. (RL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Linguistics
Peer reviewedClausing, Gerhard – Unterrichtspraxis, 1974
Compares the structure of German textbook dialogues to that of actual spoken German and discusses the implications of this comparison for writers of textbooks and for teachers. (PP)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Literary), German, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Loschmann, M. – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1970
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
Hegedus, Jozsef – Deut Fremdsprache, 1970
Descriptors: Charts, Diagrams, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Download full textCrean, John E., Jr. – 1971
Suggestions for improving undergraduate language texts focus on four areas of concern. The author recommends that: (1) texts carefully delimit and objectively specify their scope, (2) writing be personalized, (3) materials be contextually exciting and challenging, and (4) objectives be "goal-oriented." (RL)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Instructional Materials, Instructional Program Divisions, Language Instruction
Weinrib, Alice, Ed. – 1972
A chapter-by-chapter analysis of Wilga Rivers' textbook, "Teaching Foreign-Language Skills," is introduced by an address which focuses on the background, assumptions, and problems in writing the study. An overview of the educational scene and Dr. Rivers' work is also included. Chapters deal with: (1) objectives and methods, (2) the audiolingual…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Basic Skills, Instructional Materials, Instructional Program Divisions
PDF pending restorationBelmore, N. Fargo – 1975
Sweden makes great effort to teach every citizen English. However, the simplistic views of language teaching which fad and folklore promote have made it difficult to achieve cumulative, verifiable improvements in teaching. This report briefly reviews previous systems of quantitative, partially automated analysis of language teaching materials…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Data Analysis
Smith, Michael Sharwood – 1976
Pedagogical grammar is the presentation of grammatical information for teaching purposes. Two important distinctions are relevant here: reference books versus teaching grammars programmed into a course, and generalized versus specialized grammars, (depending on the extent to which they have been designed to meet specific teaching/learning…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Course Organization
McCoy, John – 1974
This article surveys the teaching materials available in the United States for teaching Chinese at the college level. Suggestions are made for the improvement of existing materials and for the development of new ones. The main problems associated with the production and usefulness of language materials are that: (1) languages change through time…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Chinese, Chinese Culture, College Language Programs
