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50 Years of ERIC
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The Teaching of "Ser/Estar" by a Cognitive Audiolingual Approach
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Hammerly, Hector – Hispania, 1977
An experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that students who can verbalize the rules governing such structures as the "ser/estar" dichotomy will be superior in the correct use of the structures. Ss were 50 English-speaking students of first-semester college Spanish. The hypothesis was confirmed. (RM)
Descriptors: College Students, Deduction, Higher Education, Induction
Rational Multiple-Choice Cloze and Progress Testing.
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Hammerly, Hector; Colhoun, Edward R. – Hispania, 1984
Results of a rational, multiple-choice, cloze Spanish achievement test indicate the validity of such a test to measure achievement. It is suggested that with only minor adaptations, such a test could be used as a way to measure macro- and microprogress with specific materials at any point in a course or program where reading may be tested. (SL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cloze Procedure, Higher Education
Student Preference between a Traditional and an Oral Approach to the Teaching of Spanish
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Hammerly, Hector – Hispania, 1971
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Grammar Translation Method, Language Instruction, Language Skills
And Then They Disbelieved Their Ears
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Hammerly, Hector – Hispania, 1970
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Auditory Stimuli, Experimental Teaching, Interference (Language)