This paper provides a comprehensive review on the use of help options (HOs) in the multimedia listening context to aid listening comprehension (LC) and improve incidental vocabulary learning. The paper also aims to synthesize the research findings obtained from the use of HOs in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) literature and reveals the…

Suggests that giving students two copies of a language test allows the student the opportunity to check his answers, know his results immediately, and possibly add points to his original score through self-correction. (CHK)

This is the second in a series of reports on research in programed language learning at the college level. (See "Observations on the Use of Three Self-Instructional Programed Foreign Language Courses," by Saltzman, et al, in AV Communication Review, Vol. XIII, No. 1, 1965.) The research considers these questions--(1) How do students perform over a…

Describes in detail one use of the computer in Russian language instruction: the system which is in operation at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. (PMP)

Portuguese as spoken in Brazil differs slightly in pronunciation and vocabulary from that used in Portugal. Words chosen for this language guide will be understood in either country. The guide is not intended to give a complete command of the language, but to enable a traveller to ask directions, make purchases or order a meal. Records that…

Arbitrary, randomly-generated evaluative feedback given learners (such as "good,""great," or "fantastic") is pedagogically unsound. Programers of educational computer software should consider all the psychological effects of the evaluative feedback given in their programs. Programing alternatives that allow the…

The value of the language laboratory of self-instruction is stressed. Methods of using multi-phase drills are given, proceeding from cue repetition to open-ended situations. The presentation of prose texts in the laboratory is examined. (Author/JB)

The author looks at programmed learning in foreign languages from outside the university, from outside formal education, and from outside foreign language instruction itself. He examines it as a corporation executive would, asking whether this means of instruction can develop the skills his employee needs in a foreign country and whether it can do…

This series of exercises provides review of the Spanish subjunctive mood. (CHK)

A unit intended for self-instruction developed in 1974 at the University of Minnesota Work-In in Besancon, France is given. The goal of the unit is to enable the student to use the metro for transportation in Paris. (RM)

A self-instructional technique for developing listening fluency in foreign language laboratories is reported. (RM)

Discusses an experiment in freer language laboratory use in which oral communication was elicited with the help of illustrations, vocabulary, and a model. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This pocket-sized guide is designed to enable the learner to carry on simple conversations in Spanish. It is not intended to give a complete command of the Spanish language. The first section, "Useful Words and Phrases," includes these topics: Greetings and General Phrases, Location (e.g. Where is the restaurant?), Directions (e.g. to the right),…

Describes an English (FL) cassette from the Hove English Language Centre which has on side 1 a complete lesson in English pronunciation, with explanation, examples, and teacher's comments, and on side 2 intensive exercises. Obtainable, with manuscript, from the English Language Centre, 33 Palmeira Mansion, Hove BN3 2GB. (IFS/WGA)