Is Oral Proficiency Possible with Today's French Textbooks?.

Walz, Joel

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Publication Date: 1986

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Is Oral Proficiency Possible with Today's French Textbooks?

Walz, Joel

Modern Language Journal, v70 n1 p13-20 Spr 1986

Discusses whether the goal of language proficiency is reasonable or even possible given the language textbooks available. Examines the description of the French language in college-level French language textbooks (all of which take a structural approach) to see if they lend themselves to the acquisition of a functional speaking ability. (SED)

Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Second Language Programs, Content Analysis, Educational Objectives, French, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Morphology (Languages), Oral Language, Phonology, Second Language Instruction, Syntax, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation

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