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Peer reviewedCoccia, Joseph A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1979
The concerns and the viewpoints of a principal who recognizes the value of the study of languages and who has seen the gradual deterioration of a once- proud discipline. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Language Instruction, Opinions, Second Language Learning
Racle, Gabriel – 1975
This information letter is the first issue in a series dedicated to suggestology and suggestopaedia. It consists of a brief history of suggestology in the Public Service Commission of Canada and an account of several international conferences where suggestology was discussed. Both English and French versions of this information letter are…
Descriptors: Conferences, Instructional Innovation, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Bruce, Michael G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1980
Outlines the state of foreign language instruction in Europe and the forces affecting it. (IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Alosco, Salvatore – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1978
States the reasons for introducing the study of foreign languages as early as possible in the scholastic curriculum. (CFM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, FLES, Language Instruction
Jungo, Michael – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1978
Outlines a project for setting up bilingual schools for Italian children in Switzerland and Germany and discusses the advantages of doing so. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Immigrants, Italian
Lamy, Andre – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Discusses the teaching of qualitative and quantitative comparison expressions in French, specifically the various notions and functions that must be taken into consideration and the various pedagogical phases that should be followed. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Seelbach, Dieter – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Recommends the "distributional" and transformational grammar approach as especially suitable for developing a teaching grammar for dealing with the French simple infinitive and infinitive with "de". (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedde Petra, Yvette – French Review, 1979
Describes the experience of a teacher involved in a program for teaching beginning French to prison inmates with a high school education. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, French, Language Instruction, Prisoners
Knowles, Lance – Cross Currents, 1976
The English verb is traditionally presented as having so many "tenses" that both students and teachers are confused. No real logic seems to hold the whole thing together, and teachers' explanations are often off the mark. Organizing verb forms in terms of past, present, and future is not only incorrect, but misleading. The linguist…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Koenig, Ekkehard – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Offers a systematic statement of the lexical differences between "noch" and "schon," which should serve teachers better than their intuitive feelings for those words. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), German, Language Instruction
Brod, Richard I. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1979
This position paper was presented to the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies in October, 1978, and stressed the importance of providing Americans with opportunities to study foreign languages. (CFM)
Descriptors: Government Role, Language Instruction, Public Policy, Public Relations
Peer reviewedRichards, Jack C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
Discusses a technique for teaching the usage of the present perfect tense to students of English as a second language. (CFM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Veciana, Roberto – Yelmo, 1979
Lists the Spanish verbs most frequently used in various texts, in order of frequency. (NCR)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Spanish
Peer reviewedDeMello, George – Hispania, 1979
Discusses the distinctions that exist among the uses of "ser" and "estar" in Spanish. They are explained with reference to the semantic values present in the three basic functions of these verbs: principal, auxiliary, and attributive. (NCR)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Research, Language Usage, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedvon Raffler-Engel, Walburga – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1980
Discusses the importance of the nonverbal component in second language learning, and describes research on the role of kinesics in language. (AM)
Descriptors: Body Language, Language Instruction, Language Research, Nonverbal Communication
