This feature consists of sample instructional materials and ideas for teaching French, including problems in orthography, using the phonetic alphabet, uses for cartoons in language instruction, and teaching students interview techniques. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Discusses the use of language laboratories for the teaching of French in Denmark. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

A foreign language (FL) teachers' congress held at Mainz in 1976 dealt especially with the level Secondary Grade 1, stressing such topics as course content, research on FL teaching, curriculum building, minimum goals for various target language, orientation courses and honors courses. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This article outlines the bases of the verbo-tonal method of correcting phonetic errors in second language learning, a method based on awareness of the phonological system of the learner's native language and its influence on the phonological system of the target language. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article presents an outline for a seminar in English intonation for language teachers. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers should aim at teaching communicative competence. Inviting native speakers is a way to stimulate conversation. Cue cards and rubber stamp pictures are useful overhead projector is a versatile and dynamic aid. (CFM)

This study inquired into the effect of testing on foreign language learning. The main question was: Do tests of communicative proficiency, when administered in lieu of currently prevailing discrete-point item tests, further the student's spontaneous communicative ability? Discussion of results indicates uses for both types of tests. (CHK)

Teaching Russian to scientific students calls for the minimum of studying to yield the maximum reading ability. Optimization of learning can be accomplished with attention to procedures outlined here. Problems of syntax, morphology and lexicon in technical Russian are discussed. (CHK)

Linguists have classified analysis of the "ba" construction into three approaches: structural, semantic and communicative. This paper outlines treatment of "ba" in several major Chinese textbooks and suggests an approach to teaching the construction. Students must be taught linguistic information in logical steps for best command of the language.…

The seminar is a useful teaching method as it divides the work of presenting and discussing material, giving students freedom under the guidance of the instructor. Length of student report and type of discussion are flexible according to class and subject. Two suggestions for improving seminars are made. (CHK)

This "Zielsprache Englisch" Discussion consists of 8 articles on pattern drill. They will be found under the authors' names: Freudenstein, R.; Gutschow, H.; Hill, L. A.; Mugglestone, P.; Piepho, H-E; Raasch, A.; Schmitz, A.; Schrand, H. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The problem of when to begin foreign language instruction is considered. Detailed criticism is made of the conclusions of "Primary French in the Balance." An early start may be favored because of the effect on children's minds, and teaching and school improvements may solve problems of transition to advanced stages. (CHK)

In order to construct a learning system that is capable of responding to very diverse individual requirements, author considered a methodological way of analysing the communicative needs and intentions of all potential foreign language learners. (Author/RK)

Reports on a survey conducted by the Educational Testing Service in the spring and summer of 1975 to determine whether modern language majors without previous experience in business courses could succeed in an M.B.A. program. Prerequisite courses are discussed as are American and Canadian colleges and universities offering strong programs in…

English-Russian translation at the beginning level is defended if both languages are presented and used realistically and idiomatically. Students using this method attained a good knowledge of Russian and a respect for both languages. (CHK)