Through examination of the discourse markers "ano" and "sono" in Japanese, this paper explores how these linguistic devices function differently in conversation. The focus of this analysis is the mental and social functions through which a speaker attempts to achieve an interpersonal rapport with a listener. In particular, the…

This book teaches the Arabic Lebanese dialect through topics such as food, clothing, transportation, and leisure activities. It also provides background material on the Arab World in general and the region where Lebanese Arabic is spoken or understood--Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine--in particular. This language guide is based on the phonetic…

Discusses the learning of the language of the travel and hotel business in French, and presents some pertinent exercises. (AM)

Comments on samples of role playing taken from English-teaching material used in the sixth grade, trying to ascertain what the requirements are for communication and what the characteristics of typical speech behavior are. The text analysis is followed by suggestions for planning the teaching procedure.

An instructional technique for foreign language communicative learning involving incomplete visuals is discussed. Exercises using visual materials that require students to communicate to seek and obtain information that they do not already posses are illustrated. (SW)

Presents a method which involves the students in the creation of dialogues, thereby yielding dialogues which are interesting to the student and contextually appropriate. (AM)

Flowcharts have proved to be a useful technique for structuring dialogues in the ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom. They can chart a transactional relationship between two people, staring at the first linguistic encounter, providing alternatives to what happens next while proceeding to the end of the encounter. (CFM)

Explores the systemological approach of dialogism as a new way of couching the problem of person-machine dialog in human-computer interaction. Concludes that a human-computer interaction community reflecting upon the future of interface will gain bona fide self-awareness from conceptualizing the machine as a component of society, rather than a…

Analysis of communicative exchanges between 24 children (ages 2-3) with Down syndrome and their mothers found that the quality of children's responses was highly associated with the degree to which the mothers' requests were related to the child's current activity and matched or were below the child's current developmental level. (DB)

This paper interrogates both curriculum theory and the limits and potentials of textual forms. A set of overlapping discourses (a trialogue) focuses on inquiring into the roles of obsession and repetition in creating deeply interpretive locations for understanding. (SM)

Concerns of students at risk of dropping out of school in an urban setting were studied using innovative ethnographic methods. Students served as collaborators to tape dialogues between themselves and peers. Results for 77 dialogues among 61 individuals indicate the importance of pressure from outside and boredom within the school. (TJH)

Describes how an English as a second language teacher of pharmacy students developed authentic dialogues specifically dealing with interchanges the students could expect in the retail pharmacy situation. The authentic materials covered such areas as self-service, pharmaceutical services in different countries, server- or customer-initiated…

In a 10-week time-series investigation of a class of 12 students, this study looked at whether Suggestopedia affects more sophisticated language skills than recall. Both quantitative and qualitative measures were included to address the criticism that Suggestopedia affects memory skills alone. Findings suggest that Suggestopedia can positively…

Examined instructional processes used by six teachers in a private school for bright underachievers that was characterized by a strategic teaching initiative and strong instructional leadership. Results were used to characterize the nature of the instructional dialogue. Results demonstrated teachers' fidelity to a particular vision of instruction.…

Describes the Vicarious Learner Project, a project which investigates the fundamental role of dialog for learning, specifically the benefits to learners of being able to observe others participating in discussion. Theoretical aspects of the work, a high-level process model of learning, and a more detailed logic model of what happens in educational…