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Taylor, Samuel – 1985
Oral/aural skills (1) are a major vocational requirement for a student graduating in the language field, (2) are an essential, academically valid element in the language learning process, and (3) enhance the student's overall intellectual development. If a communicative language curriculum is designed carefully, it will integrate all of these…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design
PDF pending restorationRoy, Robert R. – 1967
An analysis of French oral proficiency and guidelines for evaluating and testing the development of such proficiency in learning French as a second language are the keynotes of this dissertation. The speech patterns (structural complexity, rate of production, and hesitation) of three groups of French students with various levels of audiolingual…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Auditory Stimuli, Aural Learning, College Students
Download full textSteinmeyer, Georg – 1969
This basic textbook for German contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution (Completion time is expected to be one year.), in an intensive program (Completion time is about 90-120 hours.), or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited and only basic, essential, grammatical structures are included. Although…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Conversational Language Courses
Fantini, Alvino E. – 1969
This basic textbook for Italian contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution (Completion time is expected to be one year.), in an intensive program (completion time is about 90-120 hours.), or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited and only basic, essential, grammatical structures are included. Although…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Conversational Language Courses
Smith, Philip D., Jr.; Baranyi, Helmut A. – 1968
Implying the need for a reexamination of the theoretical bases for second language learning in the secondary school environment, this final report of a 2-year experiment, funded by the U.S. Office of Education and conducted in public secondary schools of Pennsylvania, involved 1,090 students of French or German in 1965-66 and almost 700 in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Curriculum Research
Friedli, Annemarie – 1970
This basic textbook for Swiss German contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution (anticipated completion time is one academic year), in an intensive program (completion time is 90-120 hours), or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited, and only basic and essential grammar is included. Although audiolingual…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Conversational Language Courses
Haan, Gudrun – 1970
This basic textbook for Norwegian contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution, in an intensive program, or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited, and only basic and essential grammar is included. A brief introduction contains information on Norwegian linguistic history. Although audiolingual skills are…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Conversational Language Courses
PDF pending restorationKucekova, Eva – 1971
The basic textbook for Czech contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution (anticipated completion time is one year), in an intensive program (completion time is 90-120 hours), or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited, and only basic and essential grammar is included. Although audiolingual skills are…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Conversational Language Courses
Thurston, Maiken – 1970
This basic textbook for Swedish contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution, in an intensive program, or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited, and only basic and essential grammar is included. Although audiolingual skills are stressed, reading and writing skills may be taught at the discretion of the…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Conversational Language Courses
Neto, Francisco Q.; Salerno, Tomas A. – 1968
This basic textbook for Brazilian Portuguese contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution (anticipated completion time is one academic year), in an intensive program (completion time is 90-120 hours), or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited, and only basic and essential grammar is included. Although…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Conversational Language Courses
Crawshaw, Robert – 1985
An examination of the principles and techniques of oral testing in British university-level final examinations in modern languages discusses: (1) the shortcomings of present oral testing procedures; (2) the theoretical controversy surrounding the design and value of oral proficiency tests, arising from research in English as a second language…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Foreign Countries
Hendrickson, James M. – 1979
A description is presented of forty classroom-tested activities for motivating students to practice listening comprehension and speaking skills in any foreign language. Some of the activities include practical suggestions and follow-up activities. All the activities are preceded by a statement of purpose, categorized by proficiency levels…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Class Activities, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Dobson, Julia M. – 1974
This book gathers ideas and practices in teaching English as a second language to serve as a reference for the leader of a conversation group. A variety of tested techniques is included for stimulating conversation among students with a basic command of English. The book begins with a discussion of what is involved in directed conversation…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Audiovisual Aids, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Hornsby, Iedje de Wilde – 1969
This basic textbook for Dutch contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution (anticipated completion time is one academic year), in an intensive program (completion time is 90-120 hours), or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited, and only basic and essential grammar is included. A brief introduction contains…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Conversational Language Courses
PDF pending restorationAmerican Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. – 1987
A guide to the adaptation of oral proficiency testing for classroom language instruction contains excerpts of projects by participants in an American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) workshop. The excerpts are examples of proficiency based curricula and materials designed to personalize instruction and simulate real-life…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
