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Peer reviewedOrban, Clara – Italica, 1997
Discusses the problems faced by teachers of third-year (i.e. advanced) Italian language courses, particularly in developing students' speaking skills. Stresses the importance of "real talk" and discusses relevant student activities such as interviewing native speakers, preparing live radio broadcasts, and videotaping students speeches and…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Broadcast Journalism, Higher Education, Interviews
Le Page, R. B. – 1988
A discussion on the nature of language argues the following: (1) the concept of a closed and finite rule system is inadequate for the description of natural languages; (2) as a consequence, the writing of variable rules to modify such rule systems so as to accommodate the properties of natural language is inappropriate; (3) the concept of such…
Descriptors: Creoles, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, French
