An annotated list of 29 games that can be used in the foreign language classroom is provided. An introductory listing of all the game titles gives their application (vocabulary and/or grammar), a rating (on a three-point scale) of the amount of preparation time required of the teacher, and the time required to play the game. Annotations follow for…

Educators today face a growing responsibility: the more complex and interdependent the world becomes, the greater the student's need for skills, tools, and confidence with which to face the future. Global education is a response to this need. Global education is not a new subject to be taught but rather an approach to all the subjects, a vital…

The interdependence of the creative process and the communication process is examined. Artistic creativity, humanistic creativity, and creativity in the psychological laboratory are briefly examined, and Guilford's structure-of-intellect (SI) model is analyzed. Instead of categorizing people according to their general intellectual ability, the SI…

Some of the possibilities for taking language learning and instruction into the larger classroom of the school, the community, and the world are considered. Programs conducted within the school or college campus but outside of the usual classroom include intensive language courses and interdisciplinary courses. A step farther from the traditional…

Developments in the field of teaching culture are outlined, and some directions for further reading and development are listed. The focus is on multicultural materials, with only occasional reference to culture-specific media. Most of the literature surveyed is in the field of foreign language education, but some attempt was made to sample current…

Concern for cross-cultural understanding and sensitivity to differences in people's values, assumptions, and modes of thought and feeling is growing in society, schools, and the foreign language department. In order for foreign language teachers to select what is worth teaching for the purposes they want to serve, they should make selections on…

Greater emphasis is placed upon communication in today's foreign language classroom. Various definitions of communicative competence are considered; basically, it is the ability to understand and make oneself understood in real-life situations. In teaching for communicative competence, meaning (what is being said) becomes the focal point of…

A bibliography containing 150 entries covering 11 types of teaching materials is presented. It consists of a contents list, annotated entries, an index of authors, editors, compilers and adapters, and a title index. The entries are subdivided as follows: (1) composition; (2) comprehension and conversation; (3) translation; (4) grammatical points;…

The greatest single opportunity for influencing public opinion concerning foreign language study is through the teacher-student encounter. There is some indication that student motivation for foreign language study may be related to general cultural interests and travel facility rather than to research or career requirements. Flexibility in pace…

Teachers frequently extend their activities beyond what is found in the text by expanding materials in the text or by creating a context for achieving their objectives for the course independent of the text. Teachers who extend beyond the text generally focus their attention on some important aspect of the total program: greater amounts of student…

The interaction of teacher, students, and materials in foreign language study is considered. In the student-centered classroom, the teacher must adapt materials to a particular client or clientele. Student needs and characteristics need to be determined, using diagnostic tools such as aptitude, intelligence and creativity tests, and attitudinal…