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Molinsky, Andrew – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2005
How are nonnatives evaluated when committing cultural faux pas, and how does their fluency in the language of the foreign culture affect the evaluation of their culturally inappropriate behavior? I address these questions in the context of Russian professionals learning to interview for jobs in the United States, an arena of strong cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Culture, Cultural Differences, Effect Size, Language Fluency
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Kochetov, Alexei – Language and Speech, 2004
This study investigated the perception of place and secondary articulation contrasts in different syllable positions by Russian and Japanese listeners. The consonants involved in the study were the Russian plain (velarized) and palatalized labial and coronal voiceless stops in syllable-initial and syllable-final positions at word boundaries. The…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Reaction Time, Syllables, Identification
Chamot, Anna Uhl – 1992
This paper reports interim fundings of two studies focusing on student responses to learning strategy instruction in first year Japanese, Russian, and Spanish foreign language classrooms. Data were collected from four groups of students: 15 high school students of Japanese, 13 college students of Japanese, 31 high school students of Russian, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, High School Students, High Schools
Grala, Maria, Comp. – 1987
This bibliography includes both commercially published and locally produced textbooks and workbooks that are currently being used across the United States in foreign language programs for grades 1-6. The materials cited are used by 303 elementary schools that responded to a national survey of elementary school foreign language programs. The texts…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Chinese, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education
Lonnqvist, Barbara – 1982
Although spoken language was the subject of attention among Soviet linguists for a short period in the 1920s, it has not attracted much attention since then. The main concern of Soviet linguists has been the forms of written language. Only at the end of the 1960s did linguists begin to record spontaneous speech on tape and study its forms. The…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Shore, Rima; Schulman, Robert – 1984
Project CRIP (Comprehensive Russian Instructional Program) in its first year provided career orientation and support services to 460 Russian-speaking students of limited English proficiency at three public and four private high schools in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. The primary project goal was to help students to plan and prepare for future…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Business Skills, Career Awareness
Department of Education, Kansas City, MO. Regional Office 7. – 1983
A bibliography of the collection of donated works relating to the education and resettlement of refugees held at the Dissemination Center of the U.S. Department of Education in Kansas City, MO, consists of textbooks for teaching English as a second language, other curricular materials, and supplementary materials from publishers and other sources.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bibliographies, Chinese, English (Second Language)
Moys, A., Comp.; And Others – 1980
This book is a survey of all the modern language examinations in the United Kingdom at "GCE"'O' level, Scottish 'O' grade, and "CSE" Mode 1, available in 1979 in French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, as well as the "16+" examination offered by a consortium of boards in the north of England. It is an attempt…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, French, German, Italian
STARR, WILMARTH H. – 1966
THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES CANDIDATES WITH INFORMATION ON THE NATURE AND CONTENT OF THE TESTS, WHERE AND WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN, REGISTRATION PROCEDURES, HOW TO TAKE THE TESTS, AND MEANING AND USES OF TEST SCORES. THE TESTS MEASURE COMPETENCE IN THE AREAS OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION, SPEAKING, READING, WRITING, APPLIED LINGUISTICS, CIVILIZATION AND…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Students, Applied Linguistics, Culture
TERRAS, VICTOR – 1967
THIS PHASE OF A SURVEY OF EXISTING RUSSIAN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS DURING ACADEMIC YEAR 1966-67 INCLUDES ONLY DATA RELEVANT TO HIGHER INSTITUTIONS. IN ADDITION TO IDENTIFYING THE INSTITUTIONS THAT OFFERED RUSSIAN DURING THAT PERIOD, DATA ARRANGED IN TABLES REVEAL WHERE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS EXIST, AND GIVE NUMERICAL SUMMARIES, BY STATE, OF…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Language Programs, Colleges, Graduate Study
Levin, Maurice I. – 1968
Bipartite and tripartite Russian proverbs are analyzed in terms of devices of repetition. Major attention is given to formulaic devices, including correlative, contrastive, and conjunctive formulas. Grammatical and phonetic devices are also discussed. An argument is advanced for the basic binary division of the Russian proverb, since even…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Expressive Language, Folk Culture, Instructional Materials
Rocklyn, Eugene H. – 1967
The desirability of and problems inherent in a core language course designed to teach the speaking and understanding skills of English on a completely automated or self-instructional basis are considered. Such courses could be developed for specific countries to instruct foreign students prior to their arrival for technical instruction here, or…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Conversational Language Courses, Core Curriculum, English (Second Language)
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Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1971
This curriculum guide is designed for a course based on the text "ALM Russian," second edition, units 11, 12, and 13. The course focuses on the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills as well as on cultural background material. Particular emphasis is placed on developing the student's knowledge of grammar. The guide includes a…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Centre for Information on Language Teaching, London (England). – 1969
Supplementary drill materials for use in teaching French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish are described in this annotated list of instructional materials. A general summary of each set of drill materials is followed by reference to specific components, including printed and recorded materials. Bibliographic information and publishers'…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiolingual Methods, French, German
Bar-Adon, Aaron, Ed.; Leopold, Werner F., Ed. – 1971
The present volume is designed to help the student of child language, especially the beginning student, discover the high points of American and international research, such as French, German, Hebrew, Polish, and Russian. The selections in this reader are intended as an introduction to various fields of child language and to different theories and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Chinese, English
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