By studying another language, a student's view of his own environment is expanded. (LG)

In the majority of cases, advanced students of foreign language progress more in composition by using different types of structured exercises than by writing essays of the traditional type. (Author/LG)

Urges the combination of explanation and student deduction in the teaching of foreign languages. (LG)

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)

This paper discusses problems of intensive language instruction and suggests improvements. Discussed are daily contact time, class duration and size, student selection and program structure. (CK)

Described a program designed to help no-English speaking and/or foreign-born students adjust to the environment of the American classroom. (Author/RK)

This issue of the Language by Radio Interest Group newsletter contains: an article by Paul A. Gaeng on his experience as a radio listener, an article by Richard E. Wood on "Radio Peking," and a partial reprint of frequency listings from the January 1976 number. Gaeng reports that, when he was a student in Geneva, he developed skills as a…

The mother tongue should not be used in the classroom. If the student is constantly allowed to translate he will never make the jump into the target culture. Translation is an aim that can be achieved only when considerable proficiency in the target language has been attained. (SCC)

Describes the use of some modern German drama in 3rd-year foreign language classes. Following classwork and homework, the students improvised scenes. The handling of certain passages is discussed, including their use in intensive training in speaking. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Fifth lesson for a student learning Spanish. (SK)

Contradicts a theory that second language learning is necessarily an identical process to native language learning, and cites some of the differences, with relevance to language instruction. (CK)

Proposes a system of ceritfication of career-related language skills based on voluntary examination. (CK)

Advanced-level Spanish courses often lead outside everyday situations. Text, topic, language content and skill orientation form a complex of conditions for advanced learning. Consequences of significance for the learning process are discussed, with the topic "la emigracion actual" ("the present emigration") as a base. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)