Argues that the monolingual method in foreign language teaching is not the best for imparting the meaning of new words. A more flexible approach should be followed, so that valuable time may be saved for more difficult tasks. (IFS/WGA)

Since students of foreign languages - particularly the weaker ones - are often unable to produce the foreign word or phrase they need, training in paraphrasing should be given. Short concentrated exercises in paraphrasing are suggested. (IFS/WGA)

Proposes an approach to advanced English as a second language grammar instruction which combines communicative learning with thorough grammatical knowledge. (AM)

Describes an experiment designed to teach note-taking techniques to students of English on the university level. (AM)

Discusses the use of puzzles as supplementary activity in the language classroom. (AM)

This article discusses the three ways in which language teaching and content teaching may be related. (CFM)

This article states that advanced composition skills must provide students with means of becoming independent writers, able to monitor their own writing and to know the means to solve problems of effective written communication. (Author/CFM)

Presents various techniques for incorporating social awareness into conversational and composition language courses. (AM)

Suggests some techniques for capturing students' attention at the beginning of a language class in the elementary grades. (AM)

Describes a teaching unit, "Unemployment" (4-5 hours), designed for occupation-oriented schools. Discusses the teaching situation, and justification for the topic. A detailed teaching plan is given, involving Xeroxing, texts for overhead projection, and language laboratory exercises (supplied on a recording which is a supplement to this issue of…

Suggests the use of modern magazine advertisements as a vehicle for cultural understanding, particularly in beginning courses. Pros and cons of the use of advertisements are considered and criteria for their selection are presented. (EJS)

A contrastive analysis should describe the different processes of conceptualization in the languages under consideration. Furthermore, a detailed semantic analysis of linguistic items should be undertaken to discover perceptual strategies which force the speaker to use these items. Research in psycholinguistics is valuable in these tasks. (DB)

This article offers insights into mnemonic strategies ("mental elaboration") of foreign-language learners, with implications for vocabulary learning in the target language. (DB)

It is demonstrated that the phonemes represented by the diagraph "ng" can, with few exceptions, be predicted when the structure of the word in which it appears is taken into account. The regularity of English spelling is discussed, and suggestions are made for use of the findings in classroom situations. (Author/RM)

It is asserted that many errors in a foreign language result not merely from inaccurately learned grammatical items or structures but also from failure to understand the meaning distinctions indicated in the grammar of the new language. Implications for language teaching are discussed. (Author/RM)