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Peer reviewedHolley, Freda M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1973
Research supported in part with funds from the U.S. Office of Education. (DS)
Descriptors: German, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Reading
Carballo Picazo, Alfredo – Yelmo, 1975
This Spanish lesson consists of a text concerning a wedding whose preparations were chaotic, followed by exercises for learning vocabulary and testing comprehension. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Tests, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedWipf, Joseph A. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1976
Suggests an approach to teaching reading skills in German or other foreign languages. The student is encouraged to read a passage and attempt to decipher vocabulary for himself and to develop positive reading habits to be used in other reading exercises. (CHK)
Descriptors: German, Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Wessling, Eckhart – Englisch, 1973
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedTwaddell, Freeman – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper prepared under contract with the Defense Language Institute, English Language Branch, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and presented to the staff and faculty of the Institute in 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Graphs, Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Koch, Gerhard – Fremdsprachenunterricht, 1975
Sketches vocabulary work for improving performance, especially in hearing and understanding television lessons in carrying on conversations. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Language Instruction, Language Skills, Listening Comprehension
Eisermann, Helmut – Fremdsprachliche Unterricht, 1974
Descriptors: Comprehension, French, Instructional Materials, Interpretive Reading
Bebermeier, Hans – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1973
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cultural Education, English (Second Language), Grammar
Peer reviewedWullen, T. Lothar – Zielsprache Englisch, 1973
Descriptors: Educational Radio, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedStephan, Jutta – Zielsprache Franzosisch, 1973
Descriptors: Comprehension, Course Content, French, Grammar
Karlin, A. L. – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1973
Descriptors: Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Form Classes (Languages), Interference (Language)
Schier, Juergen – Englisch, 1977
Word formation is seen as receiving too little attention in foreign language teaching; its study increases auditory and reading understanding. Practical suggestions are given for collecting and arranging material, and for analyzing the structure of words. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Intellectual Development
Katz, Naomi – TESL Talk, 1976
Language teachers are only now beginning to realize that reading can help improve students' skills in listening and speaking. Three methods of teaching reading which can be combined and are particularly suited for foreign students are the Linguistic method, the Language Experience method and the Individualized Reading Approach. (CFM)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English (Second Language), Individualized Reading, Language Instruction
Download full textFischer, Robert A. – 1978
Proponents of the cognitive approach to language teaching list linguistic competence as the primary instructional objective and attribute considerable importance to listening comprehension. For the student, linguistic competence would be knowledge of grammatical components of the language and its vocabulary. Understanding oral messages is an…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Peer reviewedBliemel, Willibald – Zielsprache Englisch, 1975
Discusses using key words as carriers of meaning for sentences, offering sample sentences in the fields of (1) dictation and guided narration, (2) structural pattern drills, (3) spoken dialog, and (4) silent reading. Here key words are important in deducing the meaning of new words. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Dialogs (Literary), English (Second Language), Language Instruction
