This Project Drive booklet titled Driving for All Seasons and Reasons is one of eight booklets designed for intermediate-level English-as-a-second-language students and low-level adult basic education/basic reading students. The goal of the booklet is to aid the student in developing the oral and sight vocabulary necessary for a basic driver…

This Project Drive booklet titled Forms, Forms, and More Forms is one of eight booklets designed for intermediate-level English-as-a-second-language students and low-level adult basic education/basic reading students. The goal of the booklet is to aid the student in developing the oral and sight vocabulary necessary for a basic driver training…

Book four, part one, of an intermediate-advanced level German refresher course for college students is presented. The volume consists of 25 lessons of text material and 50 prerecorded tapes. A typical lesson with its two accompanying tapes is made up of interrogation, military terminology drill, and a comprehension test. The materials of the first…

This new method for teaching college English in India is based on prior assumptions but is given a justification and a methodological framework previously lacking. The method, which lies somewhere between the manipulative control and regimentation employed at the school level and the total freedom of the existing college method, is described in…

A Russian Function Catalog and Instructor and Advisor Rolebooks for Russian are presented. The catalog and rolebooks are part of the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. The C/LOBS projects, which is described in 13 volumes…

The first of 20 volumes of lessons designed for use in a full-time, intensive training program in Arabic is presented. In each lesson grammatical patterns and vocabulary are taught through explanations, vocabulary lists, dialogues, audiolingual drills, and question-answer and free oral expression exercises. A review lesson is included after every…

The thirteenth of 20 volumes of lessons designed for use in a full-time, intensive training program in Arabic is presented. Each lesson deals with grammatical patterns and vocabulary through explanations, vocabulary lists, dialogues, audiolingual drills, and question-answer and free oral expression exercises. A review lesson is included after…

This guide is directed toward educators who need information on how to create successful programs and curricula in vocational English as a second language (ESL) for adult non-English speakers living in the United States. The language content of a vocational ESL course is discussed. Various models for program design are presented. A chapter is…

This guide to teaching English as a second language to newly arrived adult immigrants has chapters devoted to the characteristics of the adult learner; the teaching of listening, pronunciation, reading, and writing; vocabulary building; lesson planning, and assessing student performance. Approximately half the book is devoted to a discussion of…

Research shows that a very large percentage of Japanese university students are apprehensive about communicating orally, to the degree that their fear may be debilitating, weakening their effectiveness as oral interactants in social and classroom situations. This uneasiness with speech has been culturally ingrained for centuries. Children are…

This guide presents the philosophy, goals, and objectives, as well as the scope and sequence of Japanese language instruction at the secondary level for the public schools of Hawaii. The guide is intended to aid schools in developing their own instructional program and objectives. The six chapters of the guide treat the following points: (1)…

This study presents a synthesis of major dimensions of the second language teaching-learning process. The first four chapters survey some factors which are considered important in this process and examine what is known and unknown about each one. Subsequent chapters deal with the following problems: (1) language learners' errors, (2)…

The Modern Language Association conducted two special seminars on international education designed especially for the information of state foreign language supervisors and consultants. The seminars were held on September 28-29, 1972, and April 5-6, 1973. This report gives the agendas for both seminars, a list of the participants, and a discussion…

Explains Beloit College's 10-day program, designed to interest entering freshman in study of foreign languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish) and cultures. The program was successful in teaching the basics of the foreign languages and in eliminating anxiety about the study of those…

Describes some features of French business correspondence that contrast sharply with that of the American equivalent. Provides a sample syllabus for a commercial French course and lists sample vocabulary and phrases useful in business correspondence. (LMO)