Suggests methods for helping children develop and maintain the art of conversation. (RB)

Points out that, although Japanese students of English may be taught proper sound and word stress, sentence stress and intonation are usually neglected. A system of teaching these features is outlined. (CHK)

By evaluating current practices and resources available to language instructors, with emphasis on oral skills, the article underlines the need for a comprehensive program for realistic conversation stimulus and offers modules as a solution. The educational, practical and economic advantages of modules and ways of making them available are…

Some general views on language teaching and language programs are expressed. Listening and reading comprehension, the receptive skills, and speaking and writing, the productive skills, are discussed. (SC)

Language teachers listed qualities necessary in a language teacher that can be developed in training. Prime requisites are sound knowledge of the language structure and fluency; ability to communicate, organize and present material; ability to recognize student difficulties; and ability to use many materials and situations in language instruction.…

This article discusses the reality and benefits of language study programs in the Soviet Union for American students as compared to the expectations of teachers and students. Specific problems concern the areas of phonetics, grammar and conversation. (CLK)

Discusses the development of the ability to speak independently through the use of exercises which progress gradually from direct external guidance through indirect external guidance to self-directed utterance. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Discusses the strategies of good language learning and names ten features that mark the good language learner. (KM)

This paper presents the results of an evaluation of a bilingual education program for English-speaking pupils, grades 1-4, in Ontario. It is a partial French immersion program, with instruction in French or English half of each day. Evaluative tests are described, and English and French language skills examined. (CHK)

Language educators need to consider whether the goal for learning English as a foreign language is to be bookish "correctness" or something approaching the competence and performance of at least moderately well-educated native speakers. Grammatical usages and pronunciations are considered and comparisons with other languages are made. (SW)

A survey of 360 "Positions Available" advertisements in "The Wall Street Journal" shows that there is a demand in the business and commercial world for persons with business, technical, or scientific training who can speak one or more foreign languages. (Author/SW)

Language instructors at one college devised a program to increase oral proficiency in language students. An oral proficiency test was developed to measure student performance. Results show that since the proficiency test has been required, students make more efforts to increase these skills through study, conversation and language laboratory use.…