This article presents a survey of textbooks for second-year college Spanish courses published in the last ten years. (CFM)

Describes an experimental intersession program in which American undergraduates were taught Quebec French in Quebec. (AM)

Discusses the value of using the mother tongue in second language learning as a way of communicating meaning. (Author/HP)

A description of the usefulness of homework assignments in foreign language study is provided, as well as a typical homework assignment, entitled "Shops and Shopping." (HP)

Audio-visual methods which are successful in immersion and FLES programs are not successful with adults. It is suggested that a cognitive approach to learning the sound system, which is usually systematic, would be more effective. It would also satisfy the students' intellectual curiosity. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

The Lozanov method, a foreign language teaching method that combines yoga, the Mauger direct method, and traditional teaching methods, is discussed briefly. (Author/HP)

Describes the use of "Personalized System of Instruction" (P.S.I.) in the second semester of a first-year high school Chinese class that contained students of widely divergent ability levels. (KM)

A discussion of the integration of magazines and newspapers into the language class, as products and signs of our times. The objective is to put the student in contact with a human and linguistic reality from another culture. A method of vocabulary and grammar instruction is presented. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

This annotated bibliography consists of eleven recent texts in psycholinguistics that the English as a second language (ESL) teacher who is not a specialist in the field may find relevant. (CFM)

Ways of improving the present procedure for administering this test were determined in an experiment in which this procedure was compared with three others. (KM)

The teaching of pronunciation generally consists of selecting, presenting, drilling and correcting the sounds of the target language. The learning of pronunciation involves neuromuscular and some cognitive ability, but it also has affective and social components, which carry important implications for the role of the teacher. (Author)

Recommends that students be required to write poems in elementary French classes according to prescribed linguistic rules. The recommendation is justified from pedagogical, literary and linguistic perspectives. (MLA)

Detailed sources of information on the various motivations of learners of English help the course planner to develop materials which are directed towards the particular needs of the learners. Studies of language use in Uganda and Jordan are used as examples of source materials for planning language study. (SW)

Role-play is seen as a help toward meeting everyday life situations, especially occupational ones. Methodological steps toward successful use of role-play are described, and a survey is presented of role-play adapted to various achievement levels. (IFS/WGA)

In role-play, the course leader and the participants perform with different degrees of intensity and for different amounts of time. But there should be a common examination and evaluation of the adequacy of the acquired language material for use in actual life situations. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)