Describes the results of a study involving 103 junior-high-school-age Spanish speaking students at a private school in Mexico. Variables that can influence learners' success in producing native language words that are accepted cognates are discussed. (EJS)

This paper discusses a study designed to survey English as a second language readers for the purpose of determining whether a range of syntactic gradation can be observed, and the degree to which readers intended for the same level of proficiency are of equivalent difficulty. (Author/CFM)

Summarizes talks of five speakers at Vanderbilt University's symposium on foreign language teaching: "Exploring a Partnership: Computer-Assisted Instruction in Foreign Languages"; "Individualized Foreign-Language Instruction"; "Language Learning: To What Undergraduate Purpose?"; "The Training of Graduate Students as Teachers--A Proposal";…

Four articles on the topic of grouping by achievement level in the upper grades of the Realschule are discussed. (IFS/WGA)

Proposes a language pedagogy for migrant workers that takes into account the economic, cultural, and social characteristics of the target population, as well as the nature of the target language. (AM)

Describes research on decoding and reading strategies involving three six-year-old migrant children learning to read in French. (AM)

This report of the 1977-78 Task Force on Institutional Language Policy presents statements and recommendations relating to language programs in education, society, and within the institutional context; and to mechanisms for effecting change. (AM)

A framework of selected administrative guidelines is presented for language laboratory directors and supervisors. Internal administration and operation, relations with faculty, and roles outside the university are covered. (SW)

The field of advanced reading instruction, reasons for poor reading, and purposes of advanced reading are discussed. Reading materials, the individualized reading method, and motivating students are covered. (SW)

Presents four lessons that introduce the use of the passive voice in the context of describing processes. (KM)

Recent research is reviewed demonstrating positive effects of bilingualism on cognitive development, some explanation of this research are given, and an interpretation is offered bearing on the variability of memory codes in bilinguals. Results of a study dealing with memory codes are presented and discussed. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Presentation of a methodology for instruction in reading and interpreting graphs and charts in a foreign language class. Illustrated by several demographic charts, the discussion includes an explanation of graphic semiology, several pedagogical approaches, the relationship between written text and graph and a bibliography. (Text is in French.)…

A printed text can be considered a picture on which readers project their own image in order to understand its original meaning. This process is explained via several kinds of original documents. Implications for instruction in reading a foreign language are discussed and several examples are given. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

The problems affecting the reception, adjustment, and placement of Spanish-speaking students into the Toronto school system are discussed, and include immigration patterns, Spanish values, and the Latin American school. (Author/HP)

Presents a 417-item Chinese-English glossary of terms about language and class and school activities (called here "classroom metalanguage") to enable teachers of Chinese to use the target language more often in the classroom. An appendix, the varieties of definition format, and an English index are provided. (KM)