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Download full textDefense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1979
This is the third volume of the intermediate phase of the German Basic Course. The objective of the intermediate phase is mastery of the structural elements of the German language. Accordingly, each lesson contains the following elements: (1) introduction of new structure through "structure perception drills"; (2) a basic dialog dealing with a…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), German
Wood, William H. – 1980
An examination of current textbooks for freshman English composition courses reveals that authors, editors, and publishers continue to perpetuate outmoded techniques which frustrate, rather than enhance, student writing ability. Most notable of these techniques is the unnecessary emphasis placed on complicated rules of grammar. Such an emphasis…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Grammar, Introductory Courses
Bruzzese, Giannina – 1978
The effect of formal instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL) on the pidginized speech of a second language learner was studied. The subject was a 76-year-old Italian woman residing in the United States since the age of 37. Four one-hour tapes were made of the subject's speech in April of 1976, and during the last five months of a…
Descriptors: Age, English (Second Language), Grammar, Italian
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1969
This eighth of ten volumes of audiolingual classroom instruction in Albanian for adult students contains 18 lessons, each designed to present one or more structural features of the Albanian language. Each lesson consists of a dialogue and a prose narrative which are the center for classroom work, and sentences for translation into Albanian and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Albanian, Audiolingual Methods, Dialogs (Language)
Gonzalez, Barbara; Thompson, Carla – 1979
The English as a second language curriculum outlined in this guide was developed to meet the needs of non-English-speaking secondary school students in Texas. Emphasis is laid on the development of survival language skills. Two levels of instruction are presented, in which the teacher is asked to coordinate activities, materials, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language)
Felix, Sascha W. – 1977
Research indicates that first (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition involve some of the same processes, yet L2 learners apparently acquire the structures of the target language in a systematic way by passing through a sequence of developmental stages. This study shows that in the earliest stages of syntactic development the L2 learner's…
Descriptors: Child Language, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Language Acquisition
FISCHER, MILLA – 1967
CONTRASTIVE CULTURAL FEATURES SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE GRAMMATICAL LESSON AS A MEANS OF COUNTERBALANCING THE GENERALLY UNSATISFACTORY MATERIAL USED FOR RUSSIAN TEXTS. LESSONS FOR AMERICAN STUDENTS LEARNING RUSSIAN SHOULD INCLUDE PHONOLOGICAL DRILLS ON VOWEL LENGTHS, DISTRIBUTION OF VOICED OBSTRUENTS, AND OBSTRUENT CLUSTERS,…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences
WOLL, EDWARD C. – 1968
COURSE CONTENT AND TEACHING METHODS FOR FIRST- THROUGH FOURTH-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL LATIN COURSES ARE OUTLINED. FIRST YEAR PROCEDURE INCLUDES A PATTERN DRILL, INTERPRETIVE READING BY THE TEACHER, STUDENT READING, STORY SUMMARY BY THE TEACHER IN WORDS THE STUDENTS ALREADY KNOW, AND FUNCTIONAL QUESTIONS TO TEST COMPREHENSION. GRAMMAR QUESTIONS ARE ASKED…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Course Content, Grammar, Independent Study
Halamandaris, Pandelis G. – 1968
On the basis of the grammatical theory developed by Noam Chomsky, it is reasonable to presume that the different parts of a sentence may not all be understood with equal facility and speed. One purpose of this study was to determine whether some of the grammatical relations within a sentence were understood more readily than others. Sentences of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Deep Structure, Difficulty Level
Brooks, Barbara J. – 1968
An ESEA Title III language development program, originating in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, is presented in 60 twenty-minute lessons to help prepare preschoolers for the reading experience. Four areas of language usage and reading readiness are stressed--auditory discrimination or phonology, letter discrimination, stylistics, and morphology,…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Curriculum Guides, English Instruction, Grammar
MARCKWARDT, ALBERT H. – 1963
TO DISPEL THE MYSTERIES SURROUNDING LINGUISTICS, ENGLISH TEACHERS SHOULD UNDERSTAND CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE LANGUAGE AS THEY ARE PERCEIVED BY THE LINGUIST. THE LINGUIST SEES LANGUAGE AS "A SYSTEM OF PATTERNED VOCAL BEHAVIOR BY MEANS OF WHICH MEN COOPERATE IN SOCIETY." BY USING RIGOROUS SCIENTIFIC METHODS, HE STUDIES REPRESENTATIVE AND AUTHENTIC…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English Instruction, Function Words, Language
Smith, Henry Lee, Jr.; Sustakoski, Henry J. – 1968
The Buffalo English Linguistics Project was planned as a controlled experiment testing the comparative effectiveness of two general approaches to English language study on the secondary school level--the traditional and the linguistic. Paired groups of high school English classes matched on the basis of grade level and socio-economic criteria were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, English Instruction, Instructional Materials
Hickel, Raymond A. – Maine Foreign Language Bulletin, 1965
A study of bilingualism among third-generation Americans of French-Canadian extraction briefly examines their linguistic superiority in French over monolingual students and appraises the appropriate psychological approaches to teaching this special group. The article suggests that an "educated standard French" be presented as an alternative to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Context, Ethnic Groups, French
Harada, Kazuko I. – 1977
The development of production and comprehension by one two-year-old girl of three Japanese constructions (passives, causatives, and "te moraw"), which have similar surface configurations "NP ga NP ni V ("rare"/ "sase"/ "te moraw") TENSE," is investigated through elicited imitations and responses to the investigator's questions about the content of…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Deep Structure, Error Analysis (Language)
Allen, Harold B., Comp. – 1977
This revised second edition of the 1966 bibliography has been brought up to early 1975 by the addition of more than 1200 new items, reflecting the rapid development of the field of linguistics during the previous decade. The items in this edition total 3,000. As in the first edition, the items are chosen so as to provide a comprehensive guide to…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Language, English, English (Second Language)
