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Peer reviewedHamp-Lyons, Elizabeth – System, 1983
An ESL reading efficienty course was designed to tackle "sheer volume," frequently the nonnative speaker's greatest difficulty with university courses. Using overhead transparencies coupled with tape recordings, and eventually proceeding to real textbooks, sufficient practice was accomplished in the immediate controlled situation, but…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Modern Language Curriculum, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSpolsky, Bernard; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1983
The educational policy of the kingdom of Tonga, located in the South Pacific, boasts a high level of literacy in both English and the vernacular language (Tongan), making this country a thriving example of national biliteracy. While written English serves external relations, higher level administrative or educational functions, written Tongan…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communications, Diglossia, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedRobin, Richard M. – Russian Language Journal, 1984
Reports on the results of two surveys of college-level instruction in Russian, conducted in 1980 and 1983, designed to measure to what degree phonetics is included as an integral part of the program. The majority of the schools in both surveys indicated a casual attitude towards teaching pronunciation and an overall downward trend in the role of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Research, Modern Language Curriculum, Phonetics
Peer reviewedBlomeyer, Jr., Robert L. – CALICO Journal, 1984
Suggests that effects of microcomputers on foreign language learning and education depends to a large extent on social and educational contexts within which they are imbedded. It is maintained that teachers themselves are the ultimate agents of educational improvement and change and thus must be continually provided with information and resources…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Grammar, Modern Language Curriculum
Peer reviewedSampson, Gloria Paulik – TESL Canada Journal, 1984
Explores three problems emerging since transfer of Canadian English as second language teaching method to People's Republic of China: (1) assumption that teaching methodologies are exportable and acceptable in same way as modern technology, (2) lack of clarity between scientific and educational theories, and (3) assumption that these teaching…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Language Attitudes
Behme, Guenter – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1976
Contradicts the article "Das Franzoesische zahlt die Zeche" appearing in this journal (2/1975), stating that the reformed upper-level curriculum would result in no students' electing French. Proposes offering a third foreign language in 9 or 11, and a carefully designed, segmented, objectively testable course. (Text is in German.)…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elective Courses, French, Language Instruction
Carbonnet, Jean – Francais dans le Monde, 1973
Describes a visit to the resource center at the John Dewey High School, Brooklyn, New York. (DS)
Descriptors: Charts, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Language Instruction
Buford, Lenore V. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1973
Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, November 25, 1972, Atlanta, Georgia. (DS)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Course Descriptions, Modern Language Curriculum, Modern Languages
Batelaan, P. H. S. – Levende Talen, 1972
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Dutch, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedSiliakus, H. J. – Babel, 1972
Abridged version of lecture presented at an in-service training course sponsored by the Modern Language Teachers' Association (Australia) at Hobart, Australia, July 13-14, 1972. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, College Language Programs, Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Peer reviewedKerr, Alan – Babel, 1972
Paper delivered at the Biennial Conference of the New England Modern Language Teachers' Association in October 1971. (DS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedJarvis, Gilbert A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1972
Discusses changes in foreign language education. Revised version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Chicago, Illinois, on November 27, 1971. (DS)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Educational Objectives, Modern Language Curriculum, Modern Languages
Becher, R. A. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1972
Presidential address delivered at the Tenth Annual General Meeting of the Audio-Visual Language Association held December 28, 1971, at the University of Nottingham, England. (DS)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Instructional Innovation, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
Peer reviewedReinert, Harry – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Educational Objectives, Language Enrollment, Language Role
Wishard, Armin – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1972
Describes the flexible course modules used at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Flexible Schedules, Flexible Scheduling, German
