This article presents and discusses some exercises designed to help the second language learner develop both receptive and productive sociolinguistic competence. (Author)

This feature consists of exercises in vocabulary, grammar, and language use for the student of Spanish as a second language. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)

Compares consonant mutations in English and Russian, and proposes a method for teaching these mutations to students of Russian as a second language. (CHK)

(Text is in Russian.)

Discusses the validity of offering courses concerning foreign civilization in English to non-speakers of foreign languages, in order to motivate students to study foreign languages. (CLK)

Ways in which the slide projector can be used to help the student of English with vocabulary acquisition are examined. A teaching technique to enable the language learner to acquire rapidly a basic vocabulary is outlined. (Author/RM)

Criticizes the television French course "Les Gammas" for the usual TV faults: the "student" is 80 to 90 percent onlooker-listener, and 10 to 20 percent participant. TV can teach essentially only auditory understanding. The course is described in some detail; it is found to have high motivational value. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

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

Describes a survey of student interest in Spanish in the Houston, Texas, area and suggests a variety of practical courses to improve student motivation. (RL)

Paper presented at the Language, Culture, and Society session of the Annual Conference of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast, Vancouver, B.C., June 14, 1973. (DD)

Descriptions of courses, materials, and future developments in English further education programs are presented; paper presented at a meeting of the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research EPC Joint Consultative Group, March 16, 1973. (RL)