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Toronto Board of Education (Ontario). Research Dept. – 1961
An experiment in language instruction undertaken in Canadian junior high schools during the 1960-61 school year is reported in this study. The pilot project: (1) examines the phenomena of learning to comprehend and speak French through two different but direct modes of instruction; (2) compares by achievement tests the results of the two modes of…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, French, Language Instruction, Language Research
Werdelin, I. – 1966
Three samples of 58 subjects each, selected from the students of seven eighth grade classes and matched with respect to scholastic achievement, program of study, and sex, were taught a foreign alphabet (Arabic) differently. Sample A was told the principles of the alphabet and applied it to examples; Sample B was given most examples first, then…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Arabic, Deduction, Discovery Learning
Levinsky, Frieda – 1971
This study reviews current research seeking to determine the relative importance of methodology upon success in language learning programs. Six language classes, instructed for a full academic year according to either the principles of the audiolingual or cognitive code language learning theory, were the focus of an experiment to statistically…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Processes, Educational Experiments