FOREIGN AND SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING IN THE USSR.

Autor/in	LEWIS, E. GLYN
Institution	British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre.
Titel	FOREIGN AND SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING IN THE USSR.
Quelle	(1962), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bilingual Schools; Bilingualism; Educational Policy; English (Second Language); FLES; Inservice Education; Instructional Materials; Language Instruction; Language Programs; Methods; Modern Language Curriculum; Preservice Teacher Education; Program Improvement; Second Language Learning; Secondary Schools; USSR + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual scholl; Bilinguale Schule; Bilingualismus; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Berufsbegleitende Ausbildung; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Method; Methode; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sekundarschule
Abstract	THREE BRITISH SPECIALISTS, VISITING THE SOVIET UNION IN 1961, STUDIED BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN SOVIET ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THEIR EXAMINATION OF THE TYPES OF SCHOOLS, LANGUAGE POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY, TEACHER TRAINING, METHODOLOGY, AND MATERIALS REVEALED THAT SOVIET EDUCATORS WERE INTENT UPON IMPROVING FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY ENGLISH. INNOVATIONS INCLUDE EARLIER INTRODUCTION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SMALLER CLASSES, WIDE USE OF MECHANICAL TEACHING AIDS, AND THE USE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN OTHER SUBJECT AREAS. ALSO, WIDER PRESERVICE AND INSERVICE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED. SOVIET LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS SEEM TO HAVE A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE, AND THEY APPROACH FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AS A SCIENTIFIC OPERATION. ALTHOUGH EMPHASIS ON UNIFORM CURRICULUM RESULTS IN SOME WASTAGE AND LACK OF ATTENTION TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DEVELOPMENT, LANGUAGE PROGRAMS APPEAR GENERALLY SUCCESSFUL AND ARE CARRIED OUT WITH "ALMOST CLINICAL EFFICIENCY AND OBJECTIVITY." (AR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC