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Incremental Gains in Foreign Language Programs: The Role of Reading in Learning about Other Cultures
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Direct linkFrantzen, Diana – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2010
In this article, the author considers some of the issues addressed in the 2007 MLA report. The 2007 MLA report argues that the two-tiered literature/language configuration in post-secondary foreign language departments "has outlived its usefulness and needs to evolve," and even needs to be replaced. When proclamations are made that foreign…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Second Language Programs, Form Classes (Languages), Second Languages
Peer reviewedGuebert, Toby – Hispania, 1991
Discusses how the learning process in first year Spanish can be enhanced by incorporating the game of baseball into the lesson plan. Phonetic improvement, vocabulary building, and reading skill development are explained within the baseball teaching methodology. (GLR)
Descriptors: Baseball, Instructional Innovation, Introductory Courses, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedNeville, Mary H. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
An Englishwoman who had had no lessons in the Spanish language but had developed oral skills while on vacation in Spanish-speaking countries began reading Spanish newspapers and observed her reading processes. (CFM)
Descriptors: Independent Study, Newspapers, Reading Comprehension, Reading Development
Peer reviewedHammerly, Hector; Colhoun, Edward R. – Hispania, 1984
Results of a rational, multiple-choice, cloze Spanish achievement test indicate the validity of such a test to measure achievement. It is suggested that with only minor adaptations, such a test could be used as a way to measure macro- and microprogress with specific materials at any point in a course or program where reading may be tested. (SL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cloze Procedure, Higher Education
Davila, Sonia I. – 1983
The Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development (WDRS) is primarily an instructional management model in reading, which can be used in both English and bilingual classrooms. The Design, which presents an objective-based, skill-centered approach to reading instruction, conforms to the concept of individually guided education. It is organized in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedGoetz, Lily Anne – NECTFL Review, 2003
Discuses the use of micro stories--shorter short stories--in the Spanish language classroom. Highlights the use of one micro story--Monterrosos'"El dinasauro"--as a point of departure for teaching literary reading skill to intermediate college and secondary level students. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Literature, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedAgrawal, Khazan C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
This article discusses a battery of tests, the "Short Tests of Linguistic Skills," which was developed by the Chicago Board of Education to help teachers determine the language dominance of Spanish bilingual children between the ages of 8 and 13. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary School Students
