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Download full textFIKS, ALFRED I.; MCCRARY, JOHN W. – 1963
A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED AMONG FIELD AND COMPANY GRADE U.S. ARMY OFFICERS WHO HAD SERVED TOURS OF DUTY IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1960 AND 1962. DATA WERE COLLECTED ON THE BASIS OF 97 RETURNED QUESTIONNAIRES (OUT OF 129). THE AIM OF THE SURVEY WAS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A PROJECT TO DEVELOP A SHORT VIETNAMESE…
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Role, Paralinguistics, Program Development
Peer reviewedMaurice, L. J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1971
Discusses the influence of psychology and linguistics on recent methodologies in second language teaching. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Conditioning, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Carroll, John B. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1963
The first part of this paper is a general introduction which defines programmed instruction, traces the history of the concept, and explains its basic ideas and terminology. Progress and problems in research and in evaluating programmed materials are also briefly considered, and a short selective bibliography is included in this first section. The…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Costs, Educational Research, Feasibility Studies
Kaczmarski, Stanislaw P. – International Review of Applied Linguistics, 1965
Formal, contextual, and technical aspects of language teaching methodology design are discussed in this article. The author develops a basis for tentative classification of language drills and exercises in terms of linguistic behavior in the light of these aspects. Basic language skills are classified according to three types of stimulus-response…
Descriptors: Classification, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Typology
Oller, John W., Jr. – 1971
The ability to anticipate elements in sequence is the foundation of all language skills. Because of its naturally high redundancy, it is almost always possible in the normal use of language to partially predict what will come next in a sequence of elements. The central feature of language processing is expectancy for successive elements. A very…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Expectation, Language
Chastain, Kenneth – 1970
Implications of the behaviorist and cognitive theories in language instruction are discussed in this article. Some contributions of Skinner, Politzer, Valette, Morton, Lane, and Mueller and Niedzielski clarify the behaviorists' view of language as a myriad of conditioned responses. In turn, the cognitive viewpoint, seen as the acquisiton and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Development
CROTHERS, EDWARD; SUPPES, PATRICK – 1966
THIS TECHNICAL REPORT PRESENTS, IN SUBSTANCE, THE CONTENTS OF THE FIRST CHAPTER OF A BOOK IN PREPARATION DEALING WITH STANFORD UNIVERSITY EXPERIMENTS ON PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF THE LEARNING OF RUSSIAN BY AMERICANS WITH NO PREVIOUS EXPOSURE TO SLAVIC LANGUAGES. THE GENERAL AIM OF THE COMPLETED VOLUME WILL BE TO APPLY CERTAIN PRINCIPLES AND RESULTS OF…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning
Asher, James J. – The Modern Language Journal, 1966
Described in this article are five pilot studies that explored the effects of the learning strategy of the total physical response under a variety of conditions using Japanese and Russian with adults and children. Some general conclusions suggest that dramatic facilitation in learning listening skills for a second language is related to acting out…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Japanese
PDF pending restorationButler, Mary, Ed.; Serafino, Robert, Ed. – 1969
Dr. Simon Belasco's paper "Programmed Instruction and the Psychology of Second Language Learning" explores basic assumptions held by curriculum designers and teachers concerning the possibility of second language acquisition in an artificial, unicultural, and contrived classroom environment. Concepts relating to scope and sequence, New Key…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Auditory Training, Conditioning, Language Fluency
NEY, JAMES W. – 1968
FIVE RECENT STUDIES AIMED AT MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF TRANSFER-OF-TRAINING FROM SPEECH TO WRITING (AS DEMONSTRATED BY STUDENTS PREVIOUSLY CONDITIONED THROUGH AUDIOLINGUAL CLASSROOM DRILL) ARE EVALUATED IN THIS PAPER. FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY RESEARCH, THE METHODOLOGY USED TO CONDITION THE STUDENTS AND TO TEST FOR TRANSFER IS DESCRIBED AND…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Conditioning, Educational Research, Elementary School Students
