An experiment in second language reading comprehension tested the hypothesis that similar surface and deep structures in L1 and L2 imply a similar means of passing from surface to deep structure. Dutch learners of French were the subjects. (CHK)

Several kinds of interference in the transfer of reading skills from the first to the second language are considered, and implications for second language classroom instruction are discussed. (MSE)

Discusses how and when the written word should be introduced in second language teaching and how interference between spelling and pronunciation can be avoided. Describes a technique for presenting the printed text simultaneously with the oral utterance. Notes that students are aware that the text is a source of interference. (SED)

Errors made by the foreign language learner are classified and discussed. (RM)

Tests given at the German Institute of the University of Stockholm to 32 Finnish students studying German revealed that both their native language and their Swedish interfered with their learning German, in about equal degree overall. The mother tongue, Finnish, caused more interference errors in pronunciation. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Discusses problems in second language acquisition caused by linguistic interference and emphasizes the importance of positive attitudes. (RL)

The classroom model Suvag Lingua is intended for collective phonetic correction rather than individual. (DD)

Compares similarities in correcting defective pronunciation in the mother tongue and in a second language. (DD)

Research supported by the Dept. of French, University of Melbourne. (DD)

Paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference, International Linguistics Association, New York, New York, March 13, 1971. (VM)

Paper presented to the Michigan Linguistic Society, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, October 4, 1969. Theorizes that the nature of the brain, not its nurture, inhibits the ability of a person to master the sound patterns of a second language without an accent. (DS)