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Kartal, Erdogan; Uzun, Levent – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2010
In the present study we call attention to the close connection between languages and globalization, and we also emphasize the importance of the Internet and online websites in foreign language teaching and learning as unavoidable elements of computer assisted language learning (CALL). We prepared a checklist by which we investigated 28 foreign…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Second Languages, Global Approach, Second Language Learning
Hines, Marion E., Ed. – 1992
This guide, intended for secondary school teachers of French and Spanish, integrates the teaching of culture and literature with a focus on the child in the target culture. The readings and discussion notes are designed to focus student attention on the target culture through these topics. An introductory section discusses the teaching of culture…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
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New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Bilingual Resource Center. – 1973
This pamphlet presents a description of 23 bilingual programs funded by Title VII, ESEA in New York City. Information includes a description and list of objectives for each program and the number of participants when applicable. (SK)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Chinese
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Heining-Boynton, Audrey L.; Haitema, Thomas – Modern Language Journal, 2007
This article reports the results of 2 studies conducted over a 10-year period that researched student attitudes toward early foreign language learning. These studies are unique because of the long time frame in which the students were followed, and the large data sets collected at the elementary school level. Surveys of students in the Foreign…
Descriptors: French, Spanish, Student Attitudes, Negative Attitudes
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Eastburn, Mark – Learning Languages, 2007
In this article, the author presents three themes that can form the basis for exciting world language instruction in Spanish, French, and Chinese at any grade level. These three themes (the prehistoric world; endangered species; and space exploration) use basic science as a context for communication that generates student excitement and enthusiasm…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, French
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Sayahi, Lotfi – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2007
The present paper assesses the implications of the existence of two varieties of the same language for contact-induced language change in cases of bilingualism. By analysing the contact between French and Tunisian Arabic, on the one hand, and Spanish and Northern Moroccan Arabic, on the other, the purpose is to illustrate how the coexistence of…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Interpersonal Communication, Linguistic Borrowing, Interference (Language)
LEUTENEGGER, RALPH R.; AND OTHERS – 1965
INFORMATION ON THE AUDITORY SKILLS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS WAS OBTAINED AND A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THOSE SKILLS TO EASE OF MASTERY OF FRENCH AND SPANISH. THIS RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE CURRENT TREND IN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUDIOLINGUAL SKILLS BY PREDOMINANTLY AURAL…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Auditory Perception, French, Language Instruction
Laroche, Jacques M. – 1982
Describing the dialectics of theoretical versus applied linguistics and sociological data, this study compares the average achievement in French of Spanish-speaking learners (Chicanos in a southwestern university) with English-speaking monolinguals. Although Spanish and French belong to the Romance Languages and share a great number of cognates…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Background, Error Analysis (Language)
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Kemp, Charlotte – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2007
Multilinguals appear to become better at learning additional languages the more languages they know, and in particular, to be faster at learning grammar. This study investigates the use of grammar learning strategies in 144 participants who knew between 2 and 12 languages each, using a language background questionnaire, a set of 40 grammar…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Learning Strategies, Likert Scales, Measures (Individuals)
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Lamiquiz, Vidal – Revista de Filologia Espanola, 1967
There are four demonstrative adjectives in Spanish: "este,""ese,""aquel," and "el" (which is the same as the definite article). When "este", "ese," and "aquel" do not modify a noun, they have an accent mark (except in the neuter forms) and have the function of pronouns. The singular and plural articles in Spanish are derived from the Latin…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Applied Linguistics, Case (Grammar), Contrastive Linguistics
DELATTRE, PIERRE – 1965
THE PHONETIC FEATURES OF AMERICAN ENGLISH AND OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES TAUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES WERE ANALYZED AND DESCRIBED. STUDIES INVOLVED COMPARING ENGLISH TO GERMAN, SPANISH, AND FRENCH ON THE BASES OF VARIOUS PROSODIC, VOCALIC, AND CONSONANT LANGUAGE FEATURES. SPECTROGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF CONTRASTIVE UTTERANCES WERE ANALYZED, SYNTHESIZED,…
Descriptors: French, German, Language, Language Patterns
Romero, Hector R. – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1973
Descriptors: Etymology, French, Language Research, Latin
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Carver-Akers, Kateri; Markatos-Soriano, Kristine – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2007
This article describes the Language Center Montessori School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where students are learning in a language-immersion Montessori environment. The school offers a choice to parents--Spanish immersion or French immersion--but Montessori comes with both. The school's motivation for promoting bilingualism is to improve…
Descriptors: Peace, Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Cognitive Development
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Cohen, Andrew D.; Shively, Rachel L. – Modern Language Journal, 2007
The primary aim of this study was to assess the impact of a curricular intervention on study-abroad students' use of language- and culture-learning strategies and on their acquisition of requests and apologies. The intervention consisted of a brief face-to-face orientation to learning speech acts, a self-study guidebook on language and culture…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Research Design, Intervention, Speech Acts
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Silber, Ellen S., Ed.; Krug, Clara, Ed. – 1992
This guide presents essays and curriculum units designed for use by secondary and college teachers of French, German, and Spanish as a foreign language. The first section of the work includes two essays, in French, and eight curriculum units based on the stories of Guy de Maupassant. The second section contains seven curriculum units that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Essays, French, French Literature
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