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Peer reviewedEasley, Jacob J. – Hispania, 1995
Presents daily activities that facilitate complete sentence response, promote oral production, and aid the learning of vocabulary in foreign-language classes. Because speech is the primary form of communication in the foreign-language classroom, it is important to stimulate students to converse as soon as possible. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Learning Strategies, Oral Language
Phonetics in Second Language Acquisition: An Acoustic Study of Fluency in Adult Learners of Spanish.
Peer reviewedSimoes, Antonio R. M. – Hispania, 1996
Analyzes changes in oral communication skills of five American adult learners who participated in a five-week study abroad program in Spanish. Subjective analysis of recordings of participants upon their return show that four participants increased their command of the vocabulary and were more at ease in discourse interaction. (14 references)…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Adult Students, Curriculum Design, Discourse Analysis
