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Peer reviewedCha, Yun-Kyung – Sociology of Education, 1991
Examines how structural change in the international system during the past 150 years affected the rise and decline of language courses in the curriculum. Data analysis showed rapid decline of classical languages and increased study of national languages and modern foreign languages. Maintains that the rearrangement of hegemonic powers has a strong…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Research
Direct linkEast, Martin – Language Learning Journal, 2006
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's (QCA) radical decision to allow bilingual dictionaries in GCSE modern languages examinations from 1998 was subsequently reversed, and by 2003 dictionaries were no longer allowed in any public examinations at any level. The removal of dictionaries appeared to be based on one study that concluded that…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, National Competency Tests, Tests, Dictionaries
Morel, Stefano – 1971
A three-year experimental program established in 1966 in Spanish language instruction at the secondary level is reported in this study. Students at Commack High School North, New York, participated in a total immersion language program in Spanish, taking two to four classes of instruction in the target language per day. Classes included regular…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Basic Skills, Cultural Education, Educational Innovation
Download full textThompson, Mary P.; And Others – 1960
This course, designed to be used with sixth-grade children who have followed the "MLA Guides in Spanish" beginning with the Grade Three Guide, emphasizes the development of reading skills. Eleven units are included in the text, each centered about mastery of a basic dialogue and related reading exercises. Linguistic concepts are developed through…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Education
Conrad, Bent; Schousboe, Steen – 1989
Intended for university students and scholars with an interest in modern English grammar, this book investigates problems which have all been widely debated. The discussion, based on British rather than American English, is kept as non-technical as possible, and apart from ordinary grammatical terminology no previous knowledge is required. The…
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Grammatical Acceptability
Pelz, Manfred – Franzosisch Heute, 1974
First the author discusses the question of the most propitious age for beginning the learning of a second language. He then describes the experimental FLES curriculum of the State of Baden-Wurttemberg and analyzes its results to date. (Text is in German.) (TL)
Descriptors: FLES, French, Language Instruction, Modern Language Curriculum
Peer reviewedRegourd, A.; Bishop, H. – Educational Media International, 1974
The function of the animated film strip in the audiovisual teaching of modern language. (Author)
Descriptors: Animation, Audiovisual Instruction, Filmstrips, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedGourine, I. – Educational Media International, 1974
A discussion of how new programs improve prospects of using television in language instruction. (HB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Television, Language Instruction, Modern Languages
Michea, Rene – Francais dans le Monde, 1974
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Reading Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedKrupatkin, Ja. B. – Linguistics, 1974
Original Russian version appeared in "Voprosy jazykoznanija" 3, 1971. (DD)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Patterns, Modern Languages
Peer reviewedTurner, Paul R. – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Modern Languages, Reading Skills, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedJakobovits, Leon A. – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Comments on an article by James W. Ney, entitled "Contradictions in Theoretical Approaches to the Teaching of Foreign Languages," in the "Modern Language Journal," v58 n4 Apr 1974. (RL)
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedChastain, Kenneth – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Pattern Drills (Language)
STEVICK, EARL W. – 1967
THE AUTHOR BASES HIS APPROACH TO TEACHING LANGUAGES ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT MOST PEOPLE LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE BETTER WHEN IT IS PRESENTED AS ONE ASPECT OF COMMUNICATION, RATHER THAN AS AN ABSTRACT SYSTEM. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT THIS "MODULAR PRINCIPLE," WHICH HE HAS FOLLOWED IN FOUR FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE BEGINNING SWAHILI COURSES,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Material Development, Modern Language Curriculum
WAGNER, GRACE D. – 1966
PARENTS' OBJECTIONS TO AUDIOLINGUAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING CAN BE OFFSET BY--(1) INITIAL COMMUNITY DISCUSSION OF THE LANGUAGE TO BE TAUGHT, (2) A PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAM PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT GOALS AND ENCOURAGING PARENTAL INTEREST IN SCHOOL AND LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES, (3) CAREFUL SELECTION OF TEACHERS WITH SUFFICIENT LANGUAGE TRAINING, AND…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Modern Languages, Parent Attitudes, School Community Relationship
