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Peer reviewedAzevedo, Milton M. – Modern Language Journal, 1979
This article presents a survey of textbooks for second-year college Spanish courses published in the last ten years. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Frischkorn, Krista – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1976
Presents several new series of booklets for English, Secondary Grade 2, examining each of them as to scope, variety, real-life quality, explanations of words and things, study questions, and the instruction models in the teacher's manual. Teaching aims and emphasis of each series are critically discussed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Eismann, Wolfgang – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1976
Criticizes the three leading Russian textbooks used in West Germany for not basing their phonetic teaching on a firm knowledge of Russian phonemes. Suggestions are made for incorporating a "minimum phonetics" into a basic Russian course. Authentic language situations, imitation, and theory are important. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Course Content, Language Instruction, Phonetics, Phonology
Peer reviewedChastain, Kenneth – Hispania, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Audiolingual Methods, Grammar Translation Method, Modern Languages
Peer reviewedPeacock, Dennis E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
A preliminary set of principles of judging the pedagogical utility of proposed grammar rules is offered. The goal is the inclusion in teaching materials of only those rules which are linguistically accurate, pedagogically sound, and relevant to specified instructional objectives. (Author)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Material Development
Peer reviewedUber, David M.; Grosse, Christine U. – French Review, 1991
Analysis of the cultural content of 12 business French texts identified 3 distinct levels: economic or basic-level culture; socioeconomic or second-level culture; and patterns-of-living or third-level culture. The importance of addressing both language and culture in such texts is discussed. (20 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Business Communication, College Students, Cultural Context, Cultural Education
Peer reviewedArthur, Gabriella Colussi; Nuessel, Frank – Italica, 1998
An examination and comparison of reading materials intended for elementary and intermediate Italian second-language instruction looks at these aspects: the role of the "ancillary" reader in language instruction; selecting readers that facilitate achievement of the Standards of Foreign Language Learning; the dichotomy between literary and cultural…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Italian, Reading Material Selection, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedWatson, Sandy; Miller, Ted L.; Driver, Jennifer; Rutledge, Valerie; McAllister, Deborah – Education, 2005
The purpose of this article is to explore the issue of the English Language Learner as it is presented in teacher education textbooks developed for pre-service teachers. Rather than identify "typical" teacher education texts, the authors elect to review a selection of the most influential and widely used texts. Monument Information Resource (MIR)…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Preservice Teacher Education, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Content
Kerschgens, Edda – Englisch, 1975
Discusses the extent to which five popular English teaching texts distinguish between active and passive vocabulary in learning English, and pleads (offering concrete suggestions) for more attention to the vocabulary aspect in constructing teaching textbooks for junior high schools. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education
Eaton, A. E. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1977
The course material "En Avant" for the Primary French Project in Britain is analyzed. Rationale, content and methods of presentation are viewed as inadequate and language styles and verbal expression stilted and unreal. The materials will not help teachers achieve what is expected. (CHK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, French, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Nickel, Gerhard – Education and Culture, 1969
"Education and Culture is a publication of the Council for Cultural Co-operation of the Council of Europe. The autumn 1969 issue is a special number devoted to modern languages. (DS)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diagrams, Grammar, Language Research
Peer reviewedWodinsky, Marilyn; Nation, Paul – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1988
A word frequency study of two graded readers and an unsimplified text indicated that graded readers facilitated better foreign-language reading and vocabulary learning than did unsimplified texts. It was found that students needed to read several same-level texts to master vocabulary, and that vocabulary mastery was not necessary for successful…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Readability Formulas, Reading Achievement, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedOtto, Karl F., Jr. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1992
Most basic German textbooks seem to be geared toward white males. This article examines three recently published textbooks in terms of the portrayal of females and people of color. Suggestions are offered for better representing the pluralistic U.S. society. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Females, German, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedAl-Kasey, Tamara; Weston, Rosemary – Hispania, 1992
It is shown that many students' errors in second-language learning are based on conclusions that they are drawing from faulty and incomplete information in textbooks, whereas other "errors" are the result of normal language learning strategies and occur in systematic patterns. (LB)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Higher Education, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedFleig-Hamm, Christiane – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
This study examined representation of francophone regions other than France in readings and activities in French second-language textbooks published since 1995. The model of representation used shows the richness and variety of the cultures, contains no inaccurate information, and gives a realistic portrayal devoid of colonialistic and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, French, Reading Materials, Second Language Instruction
