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Download full textBen Abdelkader, Rached; And Others – 1988
This instructional guide for Tunisian Arabic is designed to be used in language training of Peace Corps volunteers in Tunisia. It consists of 15 thematic units focusing on daily living skills and activities. Each contains a brief dialogue in transliterated Arabic, an English translation, lists of vocabulary and expressions, comprehension…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Arabic, Conversational Language Courses, Daily Living Skills
Coronel-Molina, Serafin M. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1997
The discussion of corpus planning for the Southern Quechua language variety of Peru examines issues of graphization, standardization, modernization, and renovation of Quechua in the face of increasing domination by the Spanish language. The efforts of three major groups of linguists and other scholars working on language planning in Peru, and the…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
Papazian, Elaine; Ray, S. B. – 1983
This guide is designed for Hindi language training of Peace Corps workers in agriculture in India and reflects daily communication needs in that context. It consists of notes on Hindi phonology and pronunciation and a series of lessons on description, common phrases, and grammatical constructions. The 41 lessons are presented in four sections,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Alphabets, Conversational Language Courses, Daily Living Skills
Peace Corps, Rabat (Morocco). – 1996
The textbook in introductory and intermediate Moroccan Arabic is designed for the language and cultural training of Peace Corps volunteers in Morocco and is intended for both teacher and student use. The contents and design are based on a competency-based curriculum model. An introductory section presents general principles for use of Arabic…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Arabic, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education
Amraa, J.; And Others – 1993
The textbook for Mongolian is designed for the language training of Peace Corps volunteers serving in Mongolia, and intended for use with an instructor. Each lesson is based on a specific language use competency, and lessons are organized according to ten themes. Lessons contain a dialogue, vocabulary, grammar notes, supplementary vocabulary in…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Classroom Communication, Community Services, Daily Living Skills
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)
Powell, Mava Jo, Ed. – 1995
Fifty-three papers on linguistic theory and language research, including a number of prize-winning essays, address these topics: aspects of discourse analysis; bilingualism; Chinese modal verbs; early bilingual speech; linguistic metatheory; music and accent discrepancy; diphthongs; hiatus; vowel patterns; suprasegmentals; neologisms; aspects of…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Bilingualism, Child Language, Computational Linguistics
Peace Corps, Almaty (Kazakhstan). – 1995
This guide is designed for Kazakh language training of Peace Corps workers in Kazakhstan, and reflects daily communication needs in that context. It consists of an introductory chapter and a series of 10 theme-based competency-based language lessons. The introduction contains background information on the language, its alphabet, the Kazakh people,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Alphabets, Competency Based Education, Contrastive Linguistics
