Before any conclusions can be drawn about the relative complexity of grammatical items, the items should be thoroughly analyzed. For example, learning to use French gender involves much more than learning to recognize formal characteristics which account for gender in nouns; it also requires that semantic gender features be mastered, so that…

This booklet is designed to provide information about a multimedia self-instructional, first-year college course in French. The booklet consists of excerpts from the Instructor's Manual that: (1) describe the course, the criterion tests and the procedure for working through the videocassettes and tape recordings; and (2) give the overall…

The data collection procedures for a study of a population of 2400 immigrant children in Sweden are described. Means, dispersions and intercorrelations for 22 variables are given. Social and emotional adjustment figures are found to be higher than expected, and correlate only minimally with second language achievement figures. It is concluded that…

This bulletin points out the differences between the sound systems of Vietnamese and English that will be likely to cause difficulties for the Vietnamese student of English, and outlines the most effective ways of helping the student overcome these difficulties. The guide also includes a section on how to adapt existing ESL materials and a listing…

This short description of the sound and spelling systems of the Vietnamese language is intended for the sponsor, teacher or friend (of Vietnamese refugees) who may have difficulty in pronouncing Vietnamese names, reading handwriting, or using a Vietnamese-English dictionary or phrasebook. Focusing primarily on the Southern dialect of Vietnamese,…

Part of the "Land of Enchantment" series of instructional materials, this very detailed teaching manual is designed to help teachers in bilingual programs prepare students to read Spanish. It contains suggestions for developing reading readiness skills and ways to teach a basic 30-word reading vocabulary. The reading program follows five steps:…

This report presents a contrastive analysis of the phonological and grammatical systems of English and Polish. The analysis is intended as a resource in teaching Polish to speakers of English. Consequently, areas of special difficulty for the English-speaking learner are stressed: the phonology of segmental phonemes, the morphology of nouns, noun…

This course is designed to help students improve their oral and written expression as well as their ability to summarize. Stories by Spanish and Spanish American writers are used. Students also have the opportunity to reinforce skills in recognizing the importance of writing as an efficient means of communication, and experience is provided in…

Outlines of suggested classroom activities for use in cross-cultural instruction are presented. The outlines for French, German, and Spanish classes require students to interact as participants in the target culture. Topics focus on greetings in the second language. The goals, activities, procedures, dialogue presentation, and cultural contrasts…

Learning theories proposed by William Glasser in his text, "Schools without Failure," were implemented in an individualized language instruction program in a small high school in northern Ohio. The theory suggests that the success factor is far more significant than the failure factor in developing learning motivation. The belief that individuals…

This paper outlines and discusses the nature of the systems approach to teacher education in foreign languages. The following topics are discussed: (1) purpose of the system, (2) content of the teacher preparation program, (3) development of objectives, (4) academic foundations-objectives, (5) foreign language-culture, (6) systems approach…

Hearings on the reports of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the education of the Spanish-speaking were held on June 8 and 14, 1972. The Civil Rights Commission documented in its reports the effects of educational policies which have simultaneously forced ethnic isolation and Anglo conformity upon Mexican American and Puerto Rican students.…

The bibliography, containing nearly 200 entries, begins with a listing of background materials grouped under the headings (1) linguistics (general, contrastive studies, and English language), (2) reference books for teacher and student, (3) language learning--theory and practice, (4) testing, (5) bibliographies, and (6) periodicals. An occasional…

This manual was written for cooperating teachers who plan to participate in the training of student teachers in foreign languages. It begins with a short questionnaire to be filled out by the cooperating teacher, designed to help the teacher decide how he or she actually feels about working with a student teacher. In the next section of the guide,…

This curriculum guide is designed for a course based on Ovid's poetry. It includes a statement of the broad goals and performance objectives of the course, a summary of course content, suggestions for the expansion of material, sample evaluations, and a list of references. (PMP)