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Asher, James J. – The Modern Language Journal, 1966
Described in this article are five pilot studies that explored the effects of the learning strategy of the total physical response under a variety of conditions using Japanese and Russian with adults and children. Some general conclusions suggest that dramatic facilitation in learning listening skills for a second language is related to acting out…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Japanese
Kapitanoff, Lorraine T. – 1962
A course in technical Russian is shown to differ from the usual language course in aims (translation, not oral skills), rate, caliber and motivation of student, demands on the background of the teacher, and material used. A sample outline of class procedure is included. (GK)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Grammar Translation Method
Paquette, F. Andre – 1968
The survey of foreign language testing described in this paper resulted in the issuing of three handbooks and a special validation report, encompassing the results of research, consultation with professional committees, and significant position statements in four major areas of foreign language testing: placement of incoming students in foreign…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Students, French, German
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Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1971
This is the second to two volumes dealing with a comprehensive review of structural patterns in the Advanced Preparatory Course prepared by the Defense Language Institute. All essential grammatical structures introduced in the Basic Course are included in the 15 lessons. The purpose of the review is to stimulate recall and reinforce previously…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Conversational Language Courses, Cyrillic Alphabet
Cernonok, Jevgenij – 1969
This syllabus outlines a two semester course to accompany the basic textbook: THE EPIC OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE by Marc Slonim. An introduction to the guide gives a brief summary of the history of Russian literature and objectives of the course are stated, defining concepts and understandings to be developed. In addition, teaching techniques are…
Descriptors: Authors, Bibliographies, Critical Reading, Curriculum Guides
Brod, Richard I. – Modern Language Association, 1972
This study, the tenth in a series, presents college language registration and student contact hour data for all modern and classical language programs in the United States. The body of the report consists of 24 tables summarizing the data, and a directory of the 2,353 institutions that reported registrations in one or more foreign languages.…
Descriptors: French, German, Italian, Language Enrollment
Baltimore County Board of Education, Towson, MD. – 1975
In order to generate student interest in the Foreign Language Appreciation program the teacher must provide varied, organized lesson plans. This booklet consists of fourteen sample lesson plans and supplemental material for use in the Spanish classroom, seven for French, and four for Russian. Each plan states the objectives of the lesson, the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives
Brod, Richard I. – 1976
This report is based on a questionnaire survey sent to the registrars of all two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Replies were received from 2,494 institutions, of which 2,313 reported registrations in one or more foreign languages. The fall 1974 survey shows a decline of 6.2% in total foreign language…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Rate
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Street, Jack D. – Foreign Language Annals, 1986
Explains Beloit College's 10-day program, designed to interest entering freshman in study of foreign languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish) and cultures. The program was successful in teaching the basics of the foreign languages and in eliminating anxiety about the study of those…
Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, College Freshmen, College Second Language Programs
Marks, Emilia Alonso; Bond, Z. S.; Stockmal, Verna – 2001
Adult listeners have the ability to identify spoken samples of a language that they do not know and to discriminate among languages. In order to accomplish these tasks, listeners attend to rhythm, pitch excursions, and segmental properties of language samples. That is, they create simple representations of phonology. This study examined the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cartoons, Chinese, College Students
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Bilingual Education. – 1997
The materials consist of four lessons each at grade levels 3-5, designed for use by both Russian bilingual and English-monolingual teachers in general and special education. The lessons are cross-referenced to learning and performance standards established for New York City (New York) public schools. Each unit (group of grade-level lessons)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education
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Laws, Glynis; And Others – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1995
Investigates the influence of linguistic structure on non-linguistic cognition by comparing Russian and English behavior on tasks involving the color blue. Russians, who differentiate this region into "dark blue" and "light blue," were expected to separate blues more often than English subjects for whom the colors belong to one lexical category.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Color
Davydov, V. V. – Soviet Education, 1988
Provides chapter six from V. V. Davydov's "Problems of Developmental Teaching." Discusses research done on the link between learning activity theory and the structuring of elementary level curricula. Reviews teaching methods for mathematics and the Russian language based on Davydov's theories. (CH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Psychology, Educational Research
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Davie, James – Language Learning Journal, 1996
Discusses a survey of college students who studied abroad in a Russian-speaking country and were asked questions concerning program content and motivational factors. Students indicated that they were not prepared well enough for the year abroad and have definite ideas about how to improve the content and orientation of Russian-language courses.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Students, Course Content, Educational Technology
Borchardt, Frank L., Ed.; Johnson, Eleanor M. T., Ed. – 1993
This conference proceedings presents abstracts, complete papers, and author biographies for the 1993 Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) annual symposium on assessment in computer-assisted language learning (CALL); specifically a self-examination of the computer in language instruction, including a special presentation on…
Descriptors: Chinese, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
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