Describes the use of the pieces and movements of chess to teach French vocabulary of direction and motion. (CHK)

Special issue devoted to the second conference on structuro-global-audio-visual methodology, at Mons, Belgium, 1971; text of a talk which formed the basis of discussion during the conference. (VM)

Examines the use of dramatic techniques as tools for learning in the second language classroom. Discusses different ways to use improvisation. (EKN)

Proposes the use of the song "Deportees," by Woody Guthrie and Martin Hoffmann in the English as a Second Language classroom. (IFS/WGA)

Discusses how linguistic comparisons can be incorporate into foreign language classroom activities. draws on Slobin's (1996) experimental study, which demonstrated the existence of "the thinking for speaking" form of thought and argues that teaching foreign language entails teaching novel "thinking for speaking operations. (Author/VWL)

Discusses how the use of folders and kits provides effective ways of promoting conversational practice within small groups in beginning Spanish classes. The types of tasks used simulate the circumstances found in most language learning outside the classroom. (one reference) (Author/CK)

This article questions the presentation of rules in the classroom and explores some of the different senses of the term "rule." After making some basic distinctions, the article considers implications for the classroom and suggests there is no single approach to the presentation of grammar rules, and that learners should be encouraged to…

Advent calendars designed by high school German students and displayed at a local mall for Christmas are described. (Author/LB)

Discusses the use of synchronous computer-mediated communication (commonly known as "chatting") in the foreign language classroom. Examines both pedagogical and technological factors that can affect the language productivity of second-language learners who engage in chatting activities. (SR)

Demonstrates how students' metacognitive skill may be enhanced through writing learning statements. Uses a framework of multiple intelligences and learning style theories to describe how teachers can guide students through reflective writing exercises to help them understand how they learn. (SR)

Makes the case for the reintegration of literature within language learning. Suggests that its appeal to imagination and creativity, its links with emotional intelligence and to real-world uses of language make it eminently suitable as a component of language teaching. Offers two practical examples of activities used in the…

Argues in response to Nassaji (1999) that although the article contains useful suggestions for communicative activities, it is vulnerable to serious criticism in terms of an incoherent theoretical justification, a failure to provide a promised discussion of relevant empirical evidence, and an unmotivated restriction on the nature of the tasks…

Responds to comments made by Ronald Sheen about an earlier article titled, "Towards Integrating Forum-Focused Instruction and Communicative Interaction in the Second Language Classroom." (Author/VWL)

Discusses classroom activities that increase reading speed. The activities are designed to increase second language learners' reading rates to a satisfactory level, so students are successful in academic reading tasks. (Author/VWL)

Discusses the observation web, a technique used to reflect on activities that are used in the English-as-foreign-language classroom. The observation web is divided into 8 sections, each of which corresponds to a certain feature of an activity used in the lesson: linguistic, cognitive, progressive, informative, teacher-centered, student-centered,…