Gives detailed account of using sensory deprivation as language teaching methodology. Suggests good results can be obtained at less cost in classroom by first using silence to get students to work themselves up, then act coldly, issue blindfolds, and play prepared second language tape. (BK)

Suggests use of semantic memory as "pre-text" method for preparing ESL and ESP students for reading passages with a mental set conducive for further learning. (BK)

Suggests giving students some training as actors as a way to involve the whole class in role playing activities in an English as a second language classroom. This method allows students to speak as or about the character and for others to intervene to find out what is going on. (BK)

Briefly describes hypotheses that teachers teaching learners to write a composition in a second language should be concerned with quality or quantity. Concludes attention to quality cannot but be rewarding, all students can benefit from qualitative approach, and a positive attitude toward language activity is a major factor contributing to…

Uses example of teaching "must" to Moroccan students to show how to contextualize a grammar point. Stresses need to make language internal from the beginning and at all stages of learning. Uses questions relating to topic students know, especially culturally related. (Author/BK)

Describes Conlingual Integrated Approach (CLA) to teaching English as a second language in India as an alternative to structural approach. This approach integrates language work and literature study using contrastive analysis wherever necessary. (BK)

Describes part of in-service program for Dutch teachers in which they interview native English speakers to collect material to be used in the classroom. Teachers were able to use their non-native status to elicit as much or as little language as they wanted and to build clarification devices into the interviews. (BK)

Examines word "communicative" and nature of communication and suggests it should not be applied to a methodology. Draws distinction between "communicative" and "noncommunicative" activities while claims each has its place in balanced approach to language teaching. (Author/BK)

Discusses step-by-step approach for teachers to make their own videotapes including planning the format of the program, organizing the students, how to teach with it, exercises to accompany it, and follow-up activities. Illustrates procedure with examples from language teaching videotape made with university students in China. (Author/BK)

Suggests use of games, role play, and simulations as a way to involve learners in the second language and developing interaction with others in the target language for communicative purposes. Gives examples of teachers' questions and possible answers concerning these methods. (BK)

Describes approach to teaching practical English course at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland as method to make background classes more worthwhile. Suggests a useful direction might be to change emphasis from imparting general cultural impressions to viewing subject as providing place for practical language teaching. (BK)

Describes use of strong and weak vowel forms in English and suggests use of tape recordings and drills to teach weak forms to English as a second language classes. (BK)

Presents methods for conducting second language conversation classes for adult learners which develop both fluency and accuracy. Describes two types of functions such as a monologue that each student will deliver and forms for asking for more information. (BK)

Describes experimental technique for improving relationship between the structural and functional components of language teaching using dialoguing as an in-class game. (BK)

Delineates step-by-step procedure for designing an English for Special Purposes (ESP) reading skills course for a group of students whose interests and academic pursuits are similar. Contends that main difference between a regular ESL reading skills course and this type of ESP course are the use of authentic texts in field of specialization and…