Description of an approach to teaching a third-year Russian conversation-composition course designed for college and university students from less urbanized and less cosmopolitan areas. (DH)

Changes in a first-year course in English at the University of Ghana, Legon, are traced. The approach used in 1972-73 for language and study skills is outlined. The course as it was taught in 1973-74 is described in terms of note-taking, speaking and questioning techniques, reference skills, administrative problems, and further developments. (SW)

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

This workbook was prepared as a supplement to "Basic Italian" by C. Speroni and C. L. Golino, lessons 1-19. It reflects a typical one-semester Italian program at the University of Colorado. Although each lesson deals with the specific grammar, vocabulary, and subject matter used in the respective lessons of "Basic Italian," the workbook can be…

This workbook was prepared as a supplement to "Basic Italian" by C. Speroni and C. L. Golino, lessons 20-35. It reflects a typical second-semester program at the University of Colorado. Although each lesson deals with the specific grammar, vocabulary and subject matter used in the respective lessons of "Basic Italian," the workbook can be used…

Productions of a German acting troupe can enhance language programs. Ideas are shared on inviting such a troupe to a school and on providing a successful cultural, academic, and personal experience. Information is based on the Tri-Buhne Stuttgart troupe's tour of German departments in the Eastern United States. (SW)

Johns Hopkins University has become affiliated with a Germanistisches Institut in Germany in order to establish a graduate program abroad. The arrangement between the schools is described. (SW)

A pilot study was conducted with German students utilizing the campus amateur radio station. Contacts were maintained with five German-speaking stations. Students expressed enthusiasm for the radio station and appeared more interested in German language and culture classes. (Author/SW)

French enrollments are losing ground in all regions of West Germany. It is suggested that emphasis should be placed on French as a second foreign language, after English. Various aspects of the situation in schools and universities are discussed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

A two-dimensional system used by speakers of Spanish to make imperative utterances is outlined. The system consists of the basic verb forms that make up the nuclei of such utterances and oblique marker usage, which consists for the most part of syntactic modification of base forms. (Author/HP)

An analysis is given of certain clitic pronouns that are the source of confusion in the classroom and for which fully satisfying explanations are not to be found in traditional grammars and contemporary studies. (Author/HP)

Describes an approach to teaching the Spanish subjunctive. The approach is organized for use with most first-year textbooks. (RM)

This article describes an experiment conducted at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Romance Languages with first-year students. It was concluded that the language laboratory could best be employed to improve aural comprehension and to permit a more direct approach to contemporary French civilization. (Text is in French.) (Author/POP)