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- Charles Fries, a proponent of the audiolingual method of language instruction, argued that mastery of one skill was necessary before moving on to the next. Teachers using such an approach to L1 or L2 instruction would advocate postponing reading instruction until sufficient oral proficiency had been developed.
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Charles C. Fries (1887-1967) was a major figure in American linguistics and language education during the first half of the 20th century. Theoretical innovation and practical implementation were important threads that ran throughout his work.
This article considers nearly a century of language and literacy research and practice, and such international notorieties as Charles Fries, Kenneth Goodman, Princess Masako, Australian immigrants, and Latin American mariachi bands, to confirm the old adage, “Experience is the best teacher.” Written in easy and accessible prose for c...
Fries is considered the creator of the Aural-Oral method (also erroneously called the Audio-Lingual method). He believed, along with Robert Lado , that language teaching and learning should be approached in a scientific way.
After retirement, he turned his attention to reading instruction for native speakers and published Linguistics and Reading (1963) and A Basic Reading Series Developed upon Linguistic Principles (1963–5). See APPLIED LINGUISTICS, BASIC ENGLISH, LITERACY. Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language.
MEANING AND LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS. CHARLES C. FRIES. University of Michigan. Many who have read the materials of present-day American linguists and. have listened to their discussions have gained the impression that these linguists. have cast out 'meaning' altogether.' The two statements following are typical.
How Do Unguists Propose to Teach Reading? Two linguistic scholars, Leonard Bloomfield and Charles Fries,. and Carl Lefevre, who describes himself as a "humanist" student. of linguistics, have made strong recommendations for the intro duction of linguistic approaches to beginning reading. The three,
