Describes conversation courses offered by the New York branch of the Alliance Francaise to adult native English speakers. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Problems involved with native Spanish-speaking students enrolled in college Spanish courses, and balancing their instruction with non-native speakers are discussed. One solution described established two sections for a fourth-semester reading and discussion course - separating natives and non-natives. (CHK)

Identifies six key approaches to the teaching of English for academic purposes (EAP): inductive learning, process syllabuses, learner autonomy, authenticity, technology, and team teaching. Reasons for the emphasis on these approaches are given. Concludes by arguing that a greater emphasis needs to be placed on methodology in EAP. (VWL)

Departments of Spanish can play a significant role in the multicultural movement by teaching a course on United States Hispanic Cultures. An introductory course is described, including its organization, approaches, materials, and class activities. (Contains 15 references.) (Author/LB)

The teaching of modern literature using film versions of the works studied is examined, and a special course that was organized around this concept is described. Results of the course are discussed, and suggestions are made for how to use film in general literature courses and other contexts. (12 references) (JL)

Recounts one teacher's experience in teaching the concept of childhood and 19th-century German children's books in a fourth semester German course. Outlines the methodology, evaluates the accomplishments of the course, and discusses the problems encountered. The students' familiarity with some of the images, symbols, and experiences shown in the…

Discusses a course and accompanying test for teaching spoken English in India. (Author/VWL)

As schools realize that every international school teacher is an ESL teacher, interest is focusing on helping subject-area specialists cope with their second-language students. Describes a Language Through Learning course designed to help subject teachers facilitate nonnative speakers' access to lessons, develop and improve students' language…

Outlines a 60-hour course in intercultural communication that develops the cognition skills needed to understand life in foreign countries. The initial part of the course is intended to heighten participants' awareness of their own cultures; the latter part focuses on assumptions, values, and behaviors of the target culture. (Author/VWL)

Due to an increase in enrollment in upper-level Spanish classes that posed staffing problems, the Spanish section of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Tennessee decided to combine three sections of Spanish 331, "Introduction to Hispanic Culture," into one large lecture course, which was…

A pilot course in mastery learning in a survey course in English literature at the Beirut University College is described. The course was designed to increase the retention of knowledge and skills of students of another culture, utilizing the lecture-discussion method and the mastery learning concepts. (Author/RM)

The Task-Based Approach (TBA) has gained popularity in the field of language teaching since the last decade of the 20th Century and significant scholars have joined the discussion and increased the amount of analytical studies on the issue. Nevertheless experimental research is poor, and the tendency of some of the scholars is nowadays shifting…

A reciprocal course in French and English is described. English and French students attend for two weeks with alternate days in each language. Administrative details, instruction procedures and materials are outlined. (CHK)

An extra-curricular Russian course in York, England, is outlined. Course materials and texts are described. Intensive oral skills introduction sets the stage for development of other skills; speaking and listening skills at the end of the course are impressive. Reading is done as homework and related to aural-oral development. (CHK)

Examines the initial training of the foreign language teachers in Great Britain and outlines a course for certification in foreign language teaching in the light of changes in the educational service, society at large, and government policy following the establishment in 1984 of the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. (Author/SED)