Based on a paper given at the Fourth Annual Conference of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, December 30-January 2, 1971. (DD)

Special issue devoted to teaching Level II French. (DS)

Describes a program that has been a requirement for Hofstra University students majoring or minoring in French for six years. The program offers 20-25 minutes per week of individual conversation sessions with native level speakers. Criteria for selection of personnel and diagnosis of each student's needs are discussed. (MES)

This approach utilizes a communications model, individual and group problem-solving activities and class discussion for mastering communication skills. Understanding communications principles and feeling secure in the classroom are essential. Students also deliver short informative and demonstration talks to prepare them for content area class…

Describes a method which uses popular French songs to stimulate discussion in a high school level conversational course. (AM)

More foreign-language professors are stressing speaking rather than grammar in their courses. They are encouraging their students to talk as much as 90 percent of the time. At the heart of the new approach is the concept of "proficiency"--what the student can do with the language. (MLW)

Describes a third-year course in Spanish composition and conversation, in which students make use of community resources by doing on-site observation of local television, radio, or newspaper production. Students learn how to write in journalistic style and also read texts by well-known authors. (5 references) (Author/CK)

Describes strategy for teaching culture and conversation at the third- and fourth-year undergraduate level using authentic documents as the primary materials. The medium chosen for this course was the French chanson, but similar strategies may be applicable to any modern language using the culturally appropriate materials. (eight references) (LET)