A Model for the Production of Foreign Language Teaching Materials

Notes and Discussion

“…The proximity of the language department to the linguistics experts can result in a collaboration unrivalled anywhere eise within the foreign language establishment in any given country and will certainly lead to instruction of the highest quality. A good example of the size and complexity of a properly planned FL project is reported by Beile and Rutherford (1975). Discussing a model for producing FL materials, they present the Operation of language teams, each composed of an organiser, two modern language teaching specialists, two native Speakers and two artists.…”

“…Our discussion has been based throughout on the options open to university language departments under current conditions: we have speculated on what can be done with present resources. What could be achieved with larger budgets is quite another matter: for this the reader is referred to the many existing books on educational planning and again to Beile and Rutherford (1975).…”

Foreign Languages for Younger Children: Trends and Assessment

“…A wide variety of curriculum materials incorporating valuable techniques for teaching younger children, particularly in English, French and Spanish, have been, and continue to be developed (e.g. Beile & Rutherford, 1975;Hawkes, 1974;Jenks, 1975;Weinrib, 1976;Wright &Betteridge, 1976). Somewhat spurious theories about language and language learning which in the '60s had imposed rigidity on the methodology of language teaching at the SURVEY ARTICLE primary stage are being revised.…”