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The Adoption of Functional Syllabuses for General Language Teaching Courses
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Johnson, Keith – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1977
Discusses the suitability of functional syllabuses as a basis for general course design, and means whereby functionally oriented materials may be integrated within existing language programs. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Curriculum Guides, Language Instruction
Meeting Some Social Language Needs of Overseas Students
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Morrow, Keith; Johnson, Keith – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1977
Discusses the notion of "social language" and problems of syllabus design for teaching social language to foreign students studying in the United Kingdom. Presents exercises which stress the communicative aspect of language. (AM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Organization, Cultural Education, Cultural Influences
Vers une norme pour un cours de phonetique francaise au Canada (Towards a Norm for a Course in French Phonetics in Canada).
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Cox, Terry B. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
Proposes a model for a French phonetics course in Canada based on Canadian usage, using an inventory of segmental features in published descriptions of Canadian French that has been modified based on comparison with features common to television news readers. The resulting model is of an unstigmatized Canadian French. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Organization, Foreign Countries, French