The use of visual aids in the teaching of second-language literature can add a dimension to learning by clarifying meaning and contexts and by deepening students' understanding of literature as an independent art form. (CB)

A review of the APPLE MACINTOSH-compatible software "Conjugate! Spanish," intended to drill Spanish verb forms, points out its strengths (error feedback, user manual, user interface, and feature control) and its weaknesses (pedagogical approach). (CB)

Analysis of the syntactic properties of Spanish prepositions, postpositions, and substantives supports the argument that a three-way categorical distinction exists among the three elements. (CB)

Analyzes the ways in which second language learners of Spanish and native speakers of Spanish deal with relative and complement clauses in writing. The few differences between beginners' and advanced students' skills raised questions regarding the degree to which foreign language writing instruction focuses on the development of syntactic…

A college faculty member describes how she used a "grammar poem" to sustain students' interest while tackling a difficult Spanish advanced grammar and stylistics course. The poem, which students discussed as they attempted to translate it, incorporated as many different forms of verbs as possible. (CB)

Explores the use of microcomputers in the study of literature, particularly in Hispanic studies. The philosophy and methodology of literary computing, electronic text preparation, note-taking, searching, indexing, tagging, text collating procedures, and poetry and literary analysis are discussed. (CB)

The Problem Oriented Screening Inventory for Teenagers (POSIT) was analyzed in a Hispanic majority school district to determine the test/retest correlation of the English and Spanish versions of the instrument. Data analysis indicated fairly weak agreement between the English and Spanish POSIT version results for this sample of bilingual…

Describes efforts and difficulties encountered by health care professionals who attempted to develop a Spanish-language word recognition test as a quick screening for patients' literacy levels, an effort which was ultimately unsuccessful. Notes that the close phoneme-grapheme correspondence of the spelling system means oral reading may not reflect…

In order to become cognizant of resources within the community and to practice speaking Spanish, the alumni of the University of the District of Columbia took a cultural excursion, using the services of an engraver as their guide. They listened to instructions in Spanish with the necessary pauses so that they could contribute their observations.…

This article proposes an explanation for the use of resumptives in child language based on the feature of the nominal system. A cross-linguistic comparison shows no significant difference in resumptive use between child French, child English, and child Spanish. (50 references) (JL)

This article examines differences in conversational style between British English and Ecuadorian Spanish, which can be the source of communication conflict among speakers of these two languages in telephone conversations, and presumably other types of interaction. (30 references) (JL)

Discusses the Spanish se and el/la/lo within the theoretical framework of a choice-centered grammar, based on a Saussurean conception of language as a system of semantic classifications. It is argued the choice of grammar is more relevant to student learning than the choice of method or technique for teaching grammar. (10 references) (GLR)

This study tested the production of 18 Spanish consonants by 120 Mexican-American preschool children (ages 3-5), to determine the age of acquisition of Spanish consonants. Data are provided on percent of correct production of each sound at six different age levels and are graphically illustrated to compare age of acquisition with another study's…

Describes extracurricular activities assigned to beginning Spanish students to enhance their powers of observation and reflection. These tasks involve speaking, writing, and translating and allow the students to take the language outside the classroom compartment. (Author/CK)

Name agreement in Spanish and English in response to 264 pictures was assessed in monolinguals and bilinguals, who varied in rated skill in the 2 languages. Name agreement decreased as language skill decreased, and agreement was lower when labels were given in Spanish rather than in English. Word frequency and word length were found to be related…