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Allen, Patrick – TESL Talk, 1977
This paper discusses how two contrasting models of language relate respectively to a structural and a functional view of language teaching. The implications for syllabus design are considered when the emphasis shifts from the formal aspects of language structure to a consideration of how language functions in the social context. (CFM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Guides, Grammar, Language Instruction
Berche, Merce Pujol – IRAL, 1998
A discussion of the term "grammar" in the context of second-language teaching and learning looks at various approaches to/definitions of grammar, including linguistic, psychological, sociological, and pedagogical grammars. Pedagogical grammars are viewed as learning tools for the second-language classroom, and their properties and components are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Definitions, Educational Needs
Steward, Ann Harleman – 1987
Linguistics gives the student of literature an analytical tool whose sole purpose is to describe faithfully the workings of language. It provides a theoretical framework, an analytical method, and a vocabulary for communicating its insights--all designed to serve concerns other than literary interpretation and evaluation, but all useful for…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Correlation, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
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Linguistic Society of America, Washington, DC. – 1987
A list of linguistics-related holdings in the Middlebury College (Vermont) library is presented as an example of a well-developed library collection for an undergraduate linguistics program. The materials are listed under 10 headings corresponding to the best-represented subareas in the collection: linguistics, semantics, grammar (comparative and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingualism, Case Studies, College Curriculum
Linguistic Society of America, Washington, DC. – 1987
Thirty-six nontraditional undergraduate courses in linguistics are described. Course topics include: animal communication, bilingualism, sociolinguistics, introductory linguistics, language and formal reasoning, language and human conflict, language and power, language and sex, language and the brain, language planning, language typology and…
Descriptors: Animals, Bilingualism, Black Dialects, College Curriculum
Freeman, David E.; Freeman, Yvonne S. – 2001
This book purports to expand the learning potential of students by considering how the world inside the school interacts with outside social contexts. As the schooling of English language learners becomes ever more complex and political, this book has been updated in a second edition to address new trends and issues related to the teaching of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Charts, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques