Gerard L Ervin

Biographic Data

ID5434620
NAMEGerard L Ervin
GIVEN NAMESGerard L
FAMILY NAMEErvin
SIGNATUREERVIN G L
AFFILIATIONSThe Ohio State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1976
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
H-INDEX2

  • Second Language Acquisition Theory and the New Generation of Russian Language Textbooks

    Benjamin Rifkin, Zita Dabars et al.ARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1997

  • Years of Change

    Gerard L Ervin, Natasha SimesARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1994

  • Topics in Colloquial Russian

    Gerard L Ervin, Margaret H MillsARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1993

    This special collection of original articles is designed to acquaint readers with the most recent American scholarship on colloquial Russian (CR). The individual contributors have explored and advanced some of the earlier findings of Soviet colleagues, applying a refreshingly broad spectrum of linguistic, literary, and pedagogical analyses to them. Both the scope of the individual articles and their unifying theme reflect the high degree of inter…

  • Purposeful Practice with the Four‐by‐Six Card

    Open AccessGerard L ErvinARTICLEForeign Language Annals1988Cited by: 2References: 2

    Even the best teachers need suggestions for purposeful, enjoyable, communicative activities that relate to the level of their students and the lessons they've been doing. This article offers several ideas that can be utilized with very little planning, and that can be augmented and improved upon from year to year, creating a file of useful student‐centered modules the teacher can tap at a moment's notice

  • Soviet-American Contributions to the Study and Teaching of Russian

    Gerard L Ervin, Richard D Brecht et al.ARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1986

  • On Training TAs

    Open AccessGerard L Ervin, Gerard Ervin et al.ARTICLEForeign Language Annals1982Cited by: 4

    A survey of 303 teaching assistants and faculty about their attitudes toward TA training revealed definite priorities, some agreement, and certain differences in the respondents' perceptions. There was widespread agreement that such training should be very practical in nature, but there was less agreement among the respondent groups about low‐priority needs. Furthermore, the concerns of native speakers differed from those of non‐native speakers, …

  • Using Warm‐Ups, Wind‐Ups, and Fillers

    Open AccessGerard L ErvinARTICLEForeign Language Annals1982Cited by: 2

    Class time is limited, yet language students need every bit of language practice they can get. The article describes eleven activities that can be used to fill short periods of class time that might otherwise be lost. The activities all meet five criteria: (1) they require little or no advance planning, props, or organization; (2) they are easy to explain and learn; (3) they involve the students in focused language activity; (4) they can be begun…

  • Don't Hesitate—Articulate

    Open AccessGerard L ErvinARTICLEForeign Language Annals1980

    The article suggests that the initiation of school/college articulation efforts does not need to be considered the exclusive domain of college foreign language departments. It sets forth and illustrates a three‐stage program that a secondary school teacher can follow to establish and maintain contact with a nearby college department

  • Russian Readings and Grammatical Terminology

    Gerard L Ervin, Susan WobstARTICLEThe Slavic and East European…1979

  • So You're Going to Have a Language Camp? Some Suggestions for Making It Work

    Open AccessGerard L ErvinARTICLEForeign Language Annals1976Cited by: 1