ERIC Number: ED047580
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Publication Date: 1970-Nov-24
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Trends in Foreign Language in the 70's.
Marshall, Randall G.
Changing social attitudes of students in American schools are seen to have a direct bearing on currently declining enrollment figures in foreign language programs. The author discusses ways in which motivation can be improved. Comments are directed to the use of class time, dialogues, pattern drills, memorization, prereading experience, pronunciation training, language laboratories, filmstrips, modular scheduling, workbooks, homogeneous grouping, and individualizing instruction. (RL)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classical Languages, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends, Flexible Scheduling, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Materials, Language Enrollment, Language Instruction, Linguistic Competence, Modern Languages, Social Attitudes, Social Influences, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Note: Speech delivered at the Arkansas Education Association convention, Little Rock, Arkansas, November 24, 1970