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50 Years of ERIC
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Pedagogy and Second Language Learning: Lessons Learned from Intensive French
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Netten, Joan; Germain, Claude – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquee, 2005
Through research and classroom observation undertaken while conceptualizing and implementing the Intensive French program in Canada, many new insights were gained into the development of communication skills in a classroom situation. Five lessons learned about the development of spontaneous oral communication are presented in this article: the…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Observation, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Transdisciplinary Approach and Intensity in Second Language Learning/Teaching.
Netten, Joan; Germain, Claude – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2000
Explores the concept and role of intensity in the research project on Intensive Core French in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Illustrates the relationship between second language learning and the development of cognitive, social, and personal capacities and organizational skills. Argues that the type of strategies used in second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Interdisciplinary Approach, Second Language Instruction