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Download full textPeace Corps, Colombo (Sri Lanka). – 1995
This guide is designed for Singhalese language training of Peace Corps workers in Sri Lanka, and reflects daily communication needs in that context. It consists of: a list of selected language topics and related language competencies; lesson plans for each topic; culture notes for each topic; and a series of reproducible masters for handouts on a…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Clothing, Community Services, Competency Based Education
Tshiangale, Mupemba Wa – 1996
This teacher's manual for Sakalava, a dialect of Malagasy, is designed for the specific language instruction needs of Peace Corps personnel in Madagascar. It is written primarily in French and Sakalava, with some titles in English. It consists of 29 topical lessons, each geared to a specific domain and competency and containing information on…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Awareness, Daily Living Skills, Dialects
Tshiangale, Mupemba Wa – 1996
This manual for Malagasy is designed for the specific language instruction needs of Peace Corps personnel working in Madagascar. It is written primarily in English and Malagasy, with introductory sections in French. It consists of 29 topical lessons, each geared to a specific domain and competency and containing information on needed materials,…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Awareness, Daily Living Skills, Dialogs (Language)
Abylkasymova, Mairam, Comp.; Jumabaeva, Gulaim, Comp. – 1997
The language manual for Kyrgyz was designed for the specific language instruction needs of Peace Corps personnel in Kyrgyzstan. It begins with a brief introduction to the Kyrgyz language, stressing the points at which the Kyrgyz system differs from English, and outlining the Kyrgyz sound system. It then presents 15 topical lessons, each containing…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Awareness, Daily Living Skills, Dialogs (Language)
Vartanian, Vartan; Vartanian, Margaret – 1992
The instructional materials for Armenian are designed for the language training of Peace Corps volunteers in Armenia. They use a competency-based approach focusing on content, cultural context, and communication purpose simultaneously. Some are closely tied to work tasks, others to daily communication needs. A brief introductory section gives an…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Armenian, Behavioral Objectives, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Dogancay-Aktuna, Seran; Kamisli, Sibel – 1997
A study examined pragmatic variation across Turkish and American English in the speech act of chastisement, to determine occurrence of pragmatic transfer in the interlanguage of native Turkish speakers learning English as a Second Language (ESL). Data were collected from 80 native speakers of Turkish, 14 native speakers of American English, and 68…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, English (Second Language)
Furumoto, Mitchell A., Ed.; And Others – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1997
Reports of language research in the 1996 issue include: "Corpus Planning for the Southern Peruvian Quechua Language" (Serafin M. Coronel-Molina); "Foreign Language Planning in U.S. Higher Education: The Case of a Graduate Business Program" (Mitchell A. Furumoto); "Charting New Directions: Of Communication in a Social…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Administration Education, Classroom Environment, Cross Cultural Training
