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Peer reviewedGreene, John – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Describes an experience in using videotape recordings as an aid to developing conversation skills in a university language class. (AM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Conversational Language Courses, French, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMydlarski, Donna – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Describes the use of the "micrologue," a brief narrative on cultural topics, to develop linguistic and cultural skills in the language classroom. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Language Instruction, Language Skills, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedSpelt, Anton – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Suggests some techniques for capturing students' attention at the beginning of a language class in the elementary grades. (AM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Education, French
Peer reviewedHowlett, Frederick G. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Presents a method for teaching vocabulary in the language class that is based on etymology and association. Word lists and sample materials for French are appended. (AM)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Etymology, French, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedLister, Anthony C. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Presents a list of vocabulary items peculiar to French Canadian news broadcasts, intended for developing listening comprehension skills. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Media, French, Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedMajhanovich, Suzanne; Robinson, M. Lynda – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Discusses the use of structured exercises and the media to develop both selective and global listening skills in second language students. (AM)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
Peer reviewedMorain, Genelle – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Describes the use of the "cultoon," an informative cartoon depicting some aspect of a culture, to develop cultural understanding. (AM)
Descriptors: Body Language, Cartoons, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedMollica, Anthony – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Describes the use of advertisements in language instruction, with particular attention to the language of advertisements, including the conative and emotive functions, linguistic shock, translation, humor, and cultural information. (AM)
Descriptors: Commercial Art, Educational Media, Humor, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedRoberge, Brigitte; Phillion, JoAnn; Laplante, Bernard; Mantello, Maria – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1997
Three essays on second-language instruction are presented. One describes a letter exchange between teachers as a means of exploring and understanding classroom and instructional issues; another (in French) describes a teacher's reflective examination of the immersion teaching experience; and a third reports on a classroom study of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Strategies, Error Correction, French
Peer reviewedNuessel, Frank – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1989
A systematic approach for introducing new teaching techniques into the second language classroom is suggested, an exemplary form for recording information on specific techniques is presented, and 10 concrete proposals for implementing innovative techniques are offered, with examples from 4 languages. (55 references) (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Enrichment Activities, French, German
Peer reviewedSwain, Merrill – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1993
Some views on and implications of "the output hypothesis," which proposes that the process of producing written or spoken language results in language acquisition/learning, for immersion pedagogy and second-language learning are discussed. The role of collaborative learning is considered. (Contains 14 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, Language Processing, Language Research
Peer reviewedChaffee-Sorace, D.; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
A technique, referred to as "Personalities," for helping students practice second-language conversational skills is described. The exercise can teach and review vocabulary, grammatical structures, and cultural information. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Grammar, Interpersonal Competence
