Cassettes, Films, and the Partner System
Adding a New Dimension to the Conversation Class
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8936874 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Irving (0000-0002-5687-8133, California State University, Northridge, corresponding author), John S Irving |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 284-288 |
| Publication date | 1976-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Language Annals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1976.tb02650.x |
| OpenAlex | W2010348365 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
A one‐unit conversational module of an elementary German class was used as a pilot for an innovative method which sought to increase the student's fluency and interest by deemphasizing the role of the teacher as drill‐master and stressing student communication on a one‐to‐one basis. The class was divided into pairs of students who worked together as partners throughout the semester. Each set of partners received an audio cassette containing ‘personalized’ dialogues which focused on each partner's life and interests. The dialogues were learned at home and practiced in class. The roles of the partners in the dialogues were played by native speakers. Each cassette also contained a set of humorous variation drills based on the dialogues. For variety, there was visual reinforcement in the form of super‐8 films, which depicted the situations recorded on cassette
Class (philosophy · Conversation · Dimension (graph theory · Fluency · German · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Set (abstract data type · Variety (cybernetics · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Mathematics · Psychology · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |