Reviews trends in language instruction and the use of language laboratories in South African higher education from 1962 to 1990, paying particular attention to racial differences and the movement from an audio-lingual method to a communicative language technique. Questions the wisdom of equipping institutions with sophisticated hardware without…

This article, originally published in 1981 (Canadian Modern Language Review; v37 n4), examines recent research and thinking in the field of second language teaching to find directions and suggestions for change that can be interwoven into an audio-lingual approach. (Author/VWL)

Reviews the evolution of foreign language teaching methods from the audiovisual methods of the 60s through the notional-functional and communicative approaches of the 70s and 80s. It is recommended that the role of oral language be reviewed and that the value of writing in second language learning be recognized. (JLR)

This guide to an audio-lingual approach to Latin instruction is intended to assist Latin teachers and English teachers with background in Latin to expand the English vocabulary and reading skills of pupils through the study of Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. The content of this guide to health vocabulary introduces students to Latin and…

BELIEVING FORMAL WRITTEN ENGLISH TO BE A "FOREIGN LANGUAGE" TO MOST AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS USED THE AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION TO PROMOTE WRITING IMPROVEMENT IN FOURTH-GRADERS. TWO RANDOMLY-SELECTED CLASSES OF STUDENTS OF AVERAGE ABILITY COMPOSED THE STUDY POPULATION--ONE CLASS FOR THE EXPERIMENT,…

THIS BEGINNING TEXT PRESENTS THE ESSENTIALS OF THAI PRONUNCIATION AND GRAMMAR IN A FORMAT GEARED TO REGULAR COLLEGE LANGUAGE COURSE SCHEDULING. THE COURSE CONSISTS OF TWO VOLUMES, BOOK I, PART 1 (LESSONS 1-14) AND BOOK I, PART 2 (LESSONS 15-25), PROVIDING MATERIAL FOR TWO UNIVERSITY SEMESTERS OF CLASSROOM AND LABORATORY WORK. BASED ON A…

FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS FROM THE EARLIEST LEVELS THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL NEED TO JOIN FORCES TO DETERMINE OBJECTIVES AND DEVELOP CONTINUITY OF STUDY. TOO OFTEN COLLEGE FRESHMEN PLEAD INADEQUATE PREPARATION AND ARE PERMITTED TO DUPLICATE WORK ALREADY SATISFACTORILY PERFORMED IN HIGH SCHOOL. IF PRE-COLLEGE TRAINING PLACED GREATER EMPHASIS ON THE…

THIS TEACHER'S GUIDE EXPLAINS THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AUTHORS' RECENT CHINESE-MANDARIN MATERIALS PUBLISHED IN FOUR VOLUMES BY THE ALTOAN PRESS OF PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA. THESE MATERIALS WERE WRITTEN FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE 9TH TO 12TH GRADES AND ARE PLANNED ACCORDING TO THE MASTER CURRICULUM OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CHINESE LANGUAGE…

THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF FLES UPON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN OTHER SUBJECT AREAS WAS THE BASIC PROBLEM OF A STUDY IN THE HICKSVILLE, N.Y. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FOLLOWING A SURVEY OF LITERATURE ON THE PROS AND CONS OF FLES PROGRAMS, THE REPORT CONSIDERS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP, WITH CONTINUOUS FLES INSTRUCTION STARTING IN THE FIRST GRADE,…

THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIANA-PURDUE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE LEARNING ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE GENERAL CATEGORIES AND INTRODUCED BY DIEKHOFF'S SPEECH ADVOCATING TEACHER PARTICIPATION IN THE REVISION OF PROGRAM POLICY TO MEET CONTINUOUS SOCIAL CHANGE. IN THE FIRST SECTION, THE INTERRELATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND LANGUAGE LEARNING, ARE…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING TAPE-RECORDED LECTURES AS A PART OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IN SPEECH WAS INVESTIGATED. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RAISED WERE--(1) CAN TAPE-RECORDED LECTURES BE UTILIZED AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY, (2) CAN THE RECORDED LECTURES LAST THE LENGTH OF USUAL CLASS PERIODS, (3) WILL WORKBOOKS IMPROVE STUDENT…

AN ELEMENTARY COURSE IN THE ARABIC LANGUAGE WAS DEVELOPED. THIS REPORT IS THE TEXT FOR THE FIRST TWO PARTS OF THAT COURSE. (FOR INFORMATION ON OTHER PARTS, REFER TO ACCESSION NUMBERS ED 003 860 AND ED 003 862.) THE COURSE USES THE AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD FOR TEACHING WHICH ATTEMPTS TO FAMILIARIZE THE STUDENT WITH ORAL SKILLS OF A LANGUAGE BEFORE…