Describes the computer-aided program in first-year German at the University of Minnesota. (PM)

Portions of Mendoza-Harrell's article, which is a rebuttal of an earlier article by Allen, are mentioned and criticized. Allen's earlier article discussed the efficacy of language laboratories and proposed student use of cassette recorders. (RM)

A report is made of a study tour to Europe and Japan. The status of language laboratories and audiovisual education is discussed and machinery and methods described. (RM)

This article addresses the question, "Does the introduction of a language laboratory improve the functioning of a given teaching method?" Four experiments with the language laboratory are described and analyzed: the Keating and Lorge experiments in New York, the Jalling experiment in Sweden, and the Freedman experiment in Great Britain. These…

The Language by Radio Interest Group (LBRIG) Newsletter, volume 4, number 1, opens with an appeal to subscribers to contribute articles, reports, notes etc. The annual ACTFL workshop held on 29 Nov. 1975 is then described. It features a report by Dolores Zesiger, instructor in Spanish at Logan (Ohio) High School, on the interesting use of local…

Volume 2 of the Language by Radio Interest Group (LBRIG) Newsletter consists of news items, short articles, general information, and opinions on the subject of language learning by radio. The first number in the volume contains the following feature articles: "Radio and Communicative Competence," by Kimball L. Robinson; "Shortwave Broadcast and…

Reviews some technological advances and classroom games which may be used to increase listening comprehension skills in the foreign language classroom. These include the Random Access Memory (RAM), the Sens-it-Cell, and the SCUCHO game. (AM)

The Audio-Visual unit of the University of Strathclyde has produced a series of pilot programs for television teaching of English as a foreign language. Their study aimed to determine the most effective formats and the type of language learning resulting. A notional syllabus working through communicative situations seemed ideal. (CHK)

In order to use television for teaching English as a second language most effectively, a multimedia system is necessary in which the TV is one attraction. Teachers and students then will have active roles to assist language acquisition. A Canadian example of such a system is discussed. (CHK)

Paper presented at the Gesellschaft fur Programmierte Instruktion on May 28, 1970 in Basel, Switzerland. (WB)

Discusses some ways in which computer technology can benefit the language teacher. (AM)

Surveys programs and techniques of language teaching in Europe both in industry and business and in the schools. (CK)

This 780-item bibliography is an attempt to bring together an extensive listing of publications on the language laboratory which have appeared between 1950 and 1972. The bibliography is arranged in the following categories: (1) bibliographies; (2) general and miscellaneous; (3) methodology and utilization; (4) hardware-equipment; (5)…

This bibliography cites books and articles having to do with audiovisual aids in language teaching, with special reference to English as a foreign language. Entries include both American and European publications, most published since 1965. (CLK)