Article stress the need to teach the local language as part of the process of completing the socio-cultural integration of foreigners. (Author/ML)

Recent linguistic data support the thesis that overt correction is unnecessary and, indeed, inadvisable. (Author)

This study discusses problems involved in an attempt to define the minimum level of foreign language competence. That level, defined as the "threshold level," is considered to be the lowest learning objective in the framework of a unit/credit system. The criteria suggested in this paper to determine the threshold level of linguistic competence in…

Presents a theoretical model for the bilingualization of a business concern. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Knowledge of a foreign language should be required for study abroad to allow students to take best advantage of opportunities offered. Language skills are necessary for students studying abroad in the humanities, sciences, arts and political sciences. (CHK)

First part of an article to be continued. (SK)

Advocates the integration of foreign language instruction into the broader curriculum and education as a whole. (JB)

Conversations with secondary pupils reveal their reasons for not electing foreign languages: lack of knowledge concerning the amount of work involved, fear of difficulty, and underrating the value of a second or third foreign language. Students need to know that the authoritles regard foreign languages as important. (IFS/WGA)

A study indicates that students in French immersion programs in Canadian schools achieve superior progress in French and equal skill in English relative to students in partial immersion classes or traditional second-language study. (CK)

The Pacific Northwest Council of Foreign Languages' 1977 conference is reported here. Second language learning, language instruction, and the future of foreign language study were topics of several papers summarized in this article. (CHK)

Results so far suggest that courses tied in with language labs, outlines the system of second language course discussed. (Author/GB)

Defines the practical functions of various types of grammars, and theoretical functions of linguistic grammars. Points out some differences between the two (stressing contrast between native and foreign languages), as well as differences in defining, finality, or variation of categories, and in psycho- and sociolinguistic components. (IFS/WGA)

This article discusses the problems encountered by second language learners in mastering the phonology of the target language, and suggests the use of music in second language teaching, particularly for intonation. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article discusses the advantages of maintaining a three-way system of dividing language students into beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. (Text is in French.) (CLK)