This volume of a publication devoted to providing ideas and guidance for teachers of English as a second language includes short articles on cloze testing; teaching culture; using games, the media, and language labs; and teaching pronunciation. (MMN)

Describes "Imitation Exercise," which has been developed to help beginning language learners cope with hearing and recognizing a collection of sounds they are unfamiliar with. By conducting the exercise entirely in the students' native languages, they are not threatened, and in addition, they are allowed to listen to sounds in a familiar,…