Discusses how writing can be used as a learning tool in language classes where oral production is stressed. (Text is in French.) (PMP)

Classifies idoms from various points of view, e.g., phrasal versus lexical idioms, and according to their grammatical structure. Fraser's frozenness hierarchy is recommended to help students because it groups together idioms with similar peculiarities. (Author/KM)

Analyzes the results of a survey made by the scholarly French magazine Passe-Partout of approximately 9000 language students and instructors in the Netherlands. The questionnaire consisted of sixteen questions designed to measure attitudes toward language learning, the interest, usefulness, and facility of French, German, and English, and toward…

Illustrates the use of stick figures and symbols in presenting the personal pronoun system in French, with the aim of minimizing relationship confusion. (Text is in French.) (MSE)

Some simple word games are suggested to aid in teaching foreign languages at the elementary level. (CK)

Two experimental bilingual classes in French begun in Somerset, Scotland, in September 1973 are described. Included in the course are the study of the language itself and of geography and French civilization through the French language. (RM)

A self-instructional technique for developing listening fluency in foreign language laboratories is reported. (RM)

The points of similarity between the language and music of a given language are discussed as a theoretical justification for the use of songs in language teaching. (Author/RM)

Describes a technique for involving students in the selection of course materials and presentations in a beginning language course. (CK)

Some of the difficulties of developing a student's ability to write in aforeign language are discussed, and specific suggestions are made of ways to teach this skill. (RM)

The JMB, Syllabus B, O level oral examination in French is commented on by an ex-examiner. Mention is made of ways in which candidates lose marks and of the need for teachers to know more about the marking system. (RM)

Discusses the function of a number of test types--aptitude, level/selection, classroom, progress, achievement, and proficiency tests. The use of these tests in course evaluation is also mentioned. (RM)

Assesses the importance and implications of the 'critical period' in second-language learning, which occurs when second-language learning overlaps primary language learning, ages two to thirteen. (LG)