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Barnes, Neil H. – Educational Broadcasting International, 1976
BBC's foreign language television courses for adults have achieved a level of popularity. Books developed for use with the course have influenced conventional evening language classes as well. (BD)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Television, Evening Programs, Instructional Materials
Download full textArbelaez C., Vicente; And Others – 1970
This text, developed by the Foreign Service Institute for an intensive, programed language course in Spanish, is accompanied by an "Instructor's Manual" and tape recordings. The Instructor's Manual contains those portions of the course which have been recorded by which do not appear in printed form in the student's basic text. This volume,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiolingual Skills, Autoinstructional Aids, Grammar
Stanchina, C. Henner – 1976
The autonomous learning strategy for adults which has been used to teach English as a second language at the University of Nancy for the past two years is described here in detail. Several case studies are provided on learners with both specific and general language needs, illustrating the roles of the helper, learner and the institution, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Autoinstructional Aids, Case Studies
White, J. E. G. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1973
Descriptions of courses, materials, and future developments in English further education programs are presented; paper presented at a meeting of the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research EPC Joint Consultative Group, March 16, 1973. (RL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiolingual Methods, Continuation Education, Instructional Materials
On the Role of the Mother Tongue in Learning Foreign Language Vocabulary: An Empirical Investigation
Peer reviewedOskarsson, Mats – ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 1975
The paper proposes to clarify the role of the learner's native language in the acquisition of new words in foreign language learning for adults. Specifically, the relative effectiveness of monolingual and bilingual glossaries is explored by means of experimentation, showing that bilingual glossaries yield superior results. Related research is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingualism, Glossaries, Instructional Materials
OHANNESSIAN, SIRARPI; WINEBERG, RUTH – 1966
THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS A SELECTED LISTING OF--(1) BACKGROUND READINGS IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE, (2) TEACHERS' GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS, (3) ADULT EDUCATION COURSE MATERIALS, (4) GENERAL COURSE MATERIALS, AND (5) SPECIALIZED ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTS AND DICTIONARIES. THE MATERIALS INCLUDED WERE TAKEN MAINLY FROM…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Educational Technology, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedCarton-Caprio, Dana – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Explains how to simulate dinner at a foreign restaurant to aid language learning in adult education classes. (CK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Conversational Language Courses, Instructional Materials
Carton, Dana – 1975
This paper discusses pedagogical devices designed specifically for use in the continuing education foreign language classroom. One technique involves a discussion of students' professions, a way of getting at vocabulary expansion. A discussion about national origin lends itself to an exercise in the various adjectives of nationality. The question…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Grammar, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedSchmitz, Albert; Schrand, Heinrich – Zielsprache Englisch, 1977
A teaching materials fair (March, 1977) reflected a trend away from technology, toward simple, easily used materials. New English-teaching texts emphasize more help in cognition, cooperative exercises, and increased use of visual material. Transparencies are finding increasingly wide use. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Educational Media, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedKann, Frankie Sue; Kann, Hans-Joachim – Zielsprache Englisch, 1975
Four textbooks used in the Certificate course are examined with regard to their suitability for teaching how to write letters in English. Then three letters are reporduced, one personal, one official, one an application for a job. They contain possibilities for exercises by offering variable formulas. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Expository Writing, Instructional Materials
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1966
This second of two volumes presents material designed to supplement "Albanian: Basic Course" in the area of military science. A series of question-and-answer exchanges, under various subject headings, is presented in Albanian only. (JB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Albanian, Audiolingual Methods, Instructional Materials
PDF pending restorationDefense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1964
This supplementary volume to "Albanian: Basic Course" is divided into two sections. The first is a summary of Albanian verb forms (tense and mood) and their use. The second section consists of a set of paradigms for the conjugation of regular and irregular Albanian verbs. (JB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Albanian, Audiolingual Methods, Instructional Materials
Reynolds, Peggy – 1975
A program designed to teach English as a second language is described in this paper. The primary objective of the program is to teach adult immigrants to discriminate and articulate English speech sounds so that they are able to participate in oral communication with the English-speaking community. Following a description of the program, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English Curriculum, English (Second Language), Immigrants
Allen, Virginia French, Ed. – 1965
The contents of this volume, a compilation of papers read at the first conference of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), are grouped according to general subject and authors: (1) TESOL as a Professional Field--A.H. Marckwardt, F.J. Colligan, W.F. Marquardt; (2) Reports on Special Programs--J.E. Officer, R.B. Long, M.C.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
Benson, Susan Shattuck – 1971
This bulletin lists educational materials for the Spanish speaking. Several hundred documents are listed in three main sections: (1) organizations, programs, laws, and news related to the Spanish speaking; (2) a list of books selected; and (3) a list of publishers and distributors with their addresses. Several bibliographies are included. Entries…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Books
