Advances in the Teaching of Modern Languages
Volume 2
Published on 16. May 2014
224 pages
978-1-4831-8588-0 (ISBN)
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Advances in the Teaching of Modern Languages is a compilation of essays that addresses such issues as the development made in using machines as instructors in language education. A section also highlights the effectiveness of machines in teaching humans a certain language. Essay such as Oklahoma Revisited features the experimental teaching machine named the AVID. The book also contains essays that expound on the necessity of retaining human instructors in the language department. A section discusses the importance of training the foreign language teachers. Methods that improve the ability of the teachers to effectively teach the students are enumerated. Aspects of the language such as phonetics, phonology, graphemes, lexical variation drills, and audio- lingual techniques are covered. The text will be a useful learning tool for primary and secondary instructors who teach English and other foreign languages. The book will also benefit researchers and professionals in the field of language education.
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Gustave Mathieu
Advances in the Teaching of Modern Languages: v. 2
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01/1966
Pergamon
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IntroductionI. Oklahoma RevisitedII. A Model for Research in Programmed Self-InstructionIII. A Study of Programmed Self-Instruction for Seventh-Grade LearnersIV. Toward Self-Instruction in Foreign Language LearningV. Programming Second Language ReadingVI. The Pauseless Tape in Programmed Pattern DrillsVII. Modern Greek Self-Taught: First Step to a National LibraryVIII. Closing the Circle: Training the Teachers' TeachersIX. Observation of Demonstration Classes as a Method of Teaching TeachersX. A Model Design for the In-Service Training of Foreign Language TeachersXI. Continuum in Language LearningXII. Prospects for FLESAbout the Contributors
