Alan Maley

! introductionDear Participants of the First World Conference for Language Teachers, dear Colleagues,We are very happy to present you with this special edition of the circular which includes several lectures and contributions from the plenary sessions of the foreign language conference. We would...

eivUeituv^g Liebe Teilnehmer der Ersten Welt-Lehrertagung für Fremdsprachen, liebe Kollegen, wir freuen uns, Ihnen heute mit dieser Sonderausgabe des Sektionsrundbriefes verschiedene Vorträge und Beiträge aus den Plenumveranstaltungen der Fremdsprachentagung zustellen zu können. Die Redner...

PrefaceMost published materials for listening comprehension focus on linguistic content. In contrast to this approach, the materials in this book place the main emphasis on the total context in which verbal interaction occurs.The dialogues are relatively simple to understand as far as their content...

INTRODUCTION This book brings together two simple yet powerful ideas: • that short, complete texts can be highly productive in foreign-language teaching • that there is a set of generalizable exercise types which can be applied to virtually any text. By bringing together a collection of...

1 Working alone, study the picture opposite for not more than one minute. Then close your eyes, and try to recall the face as exactly as possible. Now, open your eyes and look at the portrait again. Note down your ideas about the following: - the young man's age. - the language he is speaking...