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KELLENBERGER, HUNTER – 1954
THESE SIX REPORTS OF THE WORKING COMMITTEES OF THE FIRST NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, HELD IN 1954, REFLECT THE BASIC AIM OF ASSEMBLING LANGUAGE TEACHERS OF ALL LEVELS WITH THE PURPOSE OF REACHING COMMON AGREEMENT CONCERNING THEIR OBJECTIVES AND THE BEST METHODS OF ACHIEVING THEM. HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS VOLUME IS A…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Conference Reports
Dissemination and Assessment Center for Bilingual Education, Austin, TX. – 1975
This compendium of over 250 evaluation instruments in use by project sites throughout the U.S. is designed to assist bilingual/bicultural educators in locating, developing, or adapting evaluation instruments suitable to local assessment needs. The titles and descriptions of instruments listed are those provided by staff in bilingual/bicultural…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education
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Garcia-Zamor, Marie; Krowitz, Mary J. – 1974
It is believed that by focusing on the problems of advanced learners of English as a second language, implications can be drawn for issues in second language teaching and testing in general. Considerations are offered on the influence of structural linguistics and transformational generative linguistics as well as language acquisition theories on…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Competency Based Education
Robson, Barbara, Comp.; Sutherland, Kenton, Comp. – 1975
This annotated bibliography represents a selection of materials which are of most immediate practical relevance and utility to those concerned with the English language education at all levels of refugees from Indochina, particularly Vietnam. An effort was made to include a basic and up-to-date selection of professional materials for those with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids
Seelye, H. Ned, Ed. – 1970
Articles treating various aspects of the teaching of Hispanic culture at the secondary and junior high school levels are intended to improve methodology and facilitate the development of teacher-made instructional materials. An overview of the field relating problems and procedures in several areas is developed. Selections cover: (1) bilinguality,…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Community Attitudes
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College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1968
This description of the Advanced Placement Program in Latin for secondary school students furnishes the scope of the four courses (Vergil, Comedy, Lyric, and Prose) on which the tests are based and outlines of each test. Examples and achievement standards are offered with sample test items. Interested individuals and institutions are also provided…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education)
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. – 1968
This report summarizes a study published in 1967 by Harvard University which assessed foreign language proficiency of U.S. college seniors majoring in French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Russian. The measures used were the following: the MLA Foreign Language Proficiency Tests (Form A): Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing; the Modern…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs, College Students
Sousa, Ronald L. – 1976
A bilingual multicultural education program was implemented to solve the language and communication problems of the non-English and limited-English speaking students at Winton Junior High School. A needs assessment identified broad program goals as well as individual student performance objectives. The program evaluation and follow-up functions…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1975
This profile in outline form of the English language teaching situation in Indonesia attributes the great demand for English to the economic advantages that accompany proficiency in English and to its role in business. English is not used as the medium of instruction except in English departments in tertiary education and in certain specialized…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1976
This is a summary in outline form of the English language teaching situation in Nepal. Among the educated Nepalese, English has for a number of years been almost a second language. Its chief uses are as a medium of instruction in certain subjects at degree level, as the principal language for the growing tourist industry and as the medium of…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature
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Spada, Nina M. – Applied Linguistics, 1987
Classroom observation of three adult English as a second language classes and pre- and post-testing of students for proficiency were used to investigate the relationships between instructional processes and learning outcomes. The observation scheme, Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching, and the various results are described in detail.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Educational Testing Service, 2006
Innovations, ETS's corporate magazine, provides information on educational assessment for educators, school leaders, researchers and policymakers around the world. Each issue of Innovations focuses on a particular theme in assessment. This issue reports on how new technologies in classrooms around the world are enhancing teaching, learning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Writing Evaluation, Periodicals
Thain, John W. – 1994
Two studies at the Defense Language Institute (California) investigated the contribution of several variables to prediction of post-language-training proficiency: (1) scores on a general vocational aptitude battery and a language aptitude battery, both used to screen potential students; (2) scores on other cognitive measures not used in the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Anxiety, English, Federal Programs
Luukka, Minna-Riitta, Ed.; Salla, Sigrid, Ed.; Dufva, Hannele, Ed. – 1998
The papers included in this yearbook of the Finnish Society of Applied Linguistics (AFinLA) were presented at the 1998 AFinLA conference "Linguistics and Finland: Crossing the Gulf." Papers are in Finnish, Estonian, or English, but all have accompanying English abstracts. The topics discussed in the papers include the following: speed…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Electronic Mail, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
Burkart, Grace Stovall, Ed. – 1998
The series of ten instructional modules is designed for the training of graduate teaching assistants (TAs) in college-level second language instruction. The modules are written by authors with a professional interest in the professional preparation of teachers who are experienced in the design and preparation of materials for language teaching.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design
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