An attempt at promoting greater variety and thus better student attitudes toward open languages laboratory attendance involves a set pattern of five specific steps in the preparation of taped exercises. Three basic principles are prescribed and illustrated by examples in German, French, and English as a foreign language. (RL)

This report summarizes the major features of a 1973 summer conference (at the New York State University at Buffalo) on listening as an essential feature of communication and problems relating to students' listening skills. The conference was held because of an awareness that little attention is being paid to listening comprehension in the…

Discusses the abundance of electronic equipment available for use in second-language instruction in contrast to the shortage of courseware available. The lack of courseware is attributed to teacher resistance to and fear of technology and the lack of institutional support for teachers to design courseware. (LMO)

Reports successful outcomes for a Teaching English as a Foreign Language module based on simultaneous oral translation from Arabic into English. Learners worked individually in a traditional language laboratory. Results show that simultaneous interpretation significantly improves learner performance and is an excellent tool for diagnosing learner…

The material in this teacher's guide supplements existing tape materials in the lessons of the basic course in French. The exercises begin with Lesson 13 of the Basic Course and continue through Lesson 63. Each unit in this manual concentrates on a grammatical point and contains the following elements: (1) learning objectives, (2) audiolingual…

THREE UNITED STATES SPECIALISTS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPENT 23 DAYS IN RUSSIA TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT SOVIET SCHOOLS ARE DOING IN THAT FIELD. THEIR REPORT HERE IS BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH 120 SOVIET EDUCATORS AND VISITS TO 29 EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. REFORMS INITIATED BY THE SOVIET MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN 1957 ARE BEING CARRIED…

THE NEED TO PROVIDE COLORADO'S MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WITH A STATE INSERVICE PROGRAM TO HELP THEM RELATE LINGUISTIC THEORIES AND FINDINGS TO CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES RESULTED IN THE PUBLICATION OF THIS STUDY GUIDE FOR SPANISH TEACHERS BY THE COLORADO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. DESIGNED FOR USE BY INDEPENDENT STUDY GROUPS, THE GUIDE STRESSES AN…

The language media laboratory described in this proposal is intended to provide for the implementation of broader instructional objectives than language laboratories of previous years, including the dial access type. The proposal is divided into three main sections: (1) program rationale; (2) programs and services; and (3) design of the language…

THE NEED TO PROVIDE COLORADO MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WITH A STATE INSERVICE PROGRAM TO HELP THEM RELATE LINGUISTIC THEORIES AND FINDINGS TO CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES RESULTED IN THE PUBLICATION OF THIS STUDY GUIDE FOR FRENCH TEACHERS BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. DESIGNED FOR USE BY INDEPENDENT STUDY GROUPS, THE GUIDE STRESSES AN AUDIOLINGUAL…

THE NEED TO PROVIDE COLORADO MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WITH A STATE INSERVICE PROGRAM TO HELP THEM RELATE LINGUISTIC THEORIES AND FINDINGS TO CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES RESULTED IN THE PUBLICATION OF THIS STUDY GUIDE FOR GERMAN TEACHERS BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. DESIGNED FOR USE BY INDEPENDENT STUDY GROUPS, THE GUIDE STRESSES AN AUDIOLINGUAL…

DESIGNED TO HELP LANGUAGE TEACHERS MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE AUDIOLINGUAL AND CULTURALLY INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE TEACHING, THIS BOOK DEALS EXTENSIVELY WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE THEORY, LEARNING, AND INSTRUCTION. A REVISION OF THE FIRST EDITION, THERE IS EXTENDED COVERAGE OF SUCH TOPICS AS PATTERN PRACTICE, TEST CONSTRUCTION, AND THE…

The article proposes to answer the nonspecialist's inquiries into the nature, objectives, and role of the modern language curriculum. Information is made available on career opportunities for those selecting foreign languages as their major study, and some suggestions are given on ways in which language proficiency can contribute to international…

Trends, developments, and special needs in foreign language instruction are discussed in this speech. Priority is given to a definition and evaluation of the language skills, and suggestions are included for mastering listening, speaking, reading, and writing aspects of second languages. Related topics of culture, literature, linguistics, language…

The phonetic transcription ability of 78 college students whose transcription instruction was administered by means of pre-programed Language Master cards was compared with that of 81 students whose instruction was non-automated. Ability was measured by seven weekly tests. There was no significant relationship on any of 29 variables with type of…

This review of the state of foreign language education in the United States notes that early grammar-translation methods gave way to the Army Method during World War II. Students learned both inductively and deductively and acquired primarily oral-aural competence, with reading and writing as secondary goals. Not until the late 1950s did the…