These two issues of the "SLANT" Newsletter for researchers in second language acquisition are highlighted by reports on research in progress in France. Also included are reports from the 1977 Los Angeles Second Language Research forum, including abstracts of presentations at the Forum. (JB)

Address presented at the Institut voor Taalonderwijs de la Vrilje Universiteit Brussel in Brussels, Belgium, June 4, 1973. (RL)

Provides examples of humorous errors in written exams made by university students of French and Canadian culture. (AM)

An inventory for storing data on a sociocultural system was designed (a) to favor the emergence of a structural-functional model, and (b) to generate the descriptive knowledge most useful for a practical understanding of the life style. Thirty sections are grouped into four subsystems, adapted from those of the sociologist Talcott Parsons: the…

A presentation of the French electoral process in the form of a drama. The acts are: the rules of the game, the electoral laws; a short analysis of the "plot," the campaign; and an imaginary account of a campaign. The intention was more methodological than informative. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

This article describes the two-year language program for interpreter-translators offered at the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail, France. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Analyzes the results of a survey made by the scholarly French magazine Passe-Partout of approximately 9000 language students and instructors in the Netherlands. The questionnaire consisted of sixteen questions designed to measure attitudes toward language learning, the interest, usefulness, and facility of French, German, and English, and toward…

Discusses the demands of the Association pour la Defense du Latin that Latin be returned to the French secondary school curriculum and that the Classics-Science baccalaureat be restored as one of the French secondary programs. Benefits of studying Latin are enumerated. (KM)

The marginal social situation in France of immigrant laborers is aggravated by their ignorance of the language. This survey of the situation includes statistics, a description of educational programs and methodologies for immigrants, and useful information for French teachers desirous of returning to France. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Describes the problems posed by the teaching of workers of different nationalities who find themselves in a country whose spoken and written language is unknown to the majority. (Author/ML)

Analyzes a variety of French labeled "immigrant speech" by Nemser. Examines the method by which each immigrant worker learns this transitory dialect in order to define the requirements for teaching standard French to these workers. (Text is in French.) (TL)

Because of a lack of preparation, student visits to France are likely to be unproductive in acquiring competence in spoken French. Non-linguistic factors are important here: the student should build up a circle of acquaintances to learn more quickly the differences between spoken and written French. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The utility of the second language French children choose to learn is questioned. Some language teaching approaches are reviewed, and it is shown that a mere learning of rules is not sufficient but that sociological and psychological factors contribute to the comprehension and structure of sentences. (Text is in French.) (TL)

The preparation of a tape-slide presentation of life in Lyon, France, for use in French classes is described. The presentation is divided into three parts: "History and Tradition,""Lyon Changes," and "A Walk in the Croix-Rousse." Use of the presentation in the classroom is described. (RM)

The results of a questionnaire from 16 European countries concerning the early teaching of modern languages are presented. The 16 countries involved are: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The findings…