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Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1983
This handbook for basic education tutors of mentally handicapped adults offers ideas and examples for developing the skills of speaking, reading, and writing with understanding. Many of the ideas relate particularly to group work, although most can be adapted for use with individual students. The handbook starts by exploring four broad themes--the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Audiolingual Skills, Communication Skills, Educational Games
Lodge, Anthony – 1985
The current status of the teaching of oral and aural skills in university French language courses in Great Britain is examined. A review of survey results finds that French teaching at the university level remains much as it was 20 to 30 years ago despite increasing calls for change, and that more serious attempts at change are found in Scottish…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Second Language Programs, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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
Thody, Philip – 1985
Languages have lost status in the educational system, and oral skills are less effectively and rigorously taught. However, a University of Leeds program providing short, intensive courses in administrative and legal French for British civil servants has been found to be very effective in developing the participants' oral and aural skills. The…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Doble, Gordon, Ed.; Griffiths, Brian T., Ed. – 1985
The conference proceedings include the opening address, plenary session papers, workshop reports, a final forum and address, and the conference program and participant list. The plenary session papers include: "What Are We Doing in Modern Languages Today?"; "Communicative Skills and the Modern Languages Degree"; "The Place of Spoken Language in…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs
