TAPED EXERCISES BASED ON LITERATURE CAN BE USED IN THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY OR, IN PART, IN THE CLASSROOM TO MAINTAIN AND ASSURE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS' FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN INTRODUCTORY LITERATURE COURSES. PHONETIC DRILL, PATTERN PRACTICE, WORD-BUILDING EXERCISES, AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PROMOTE COMPREHENSION AND FLUENCY, CAN MAKE STUDENTS AWARE OF THE CLOSE CONNECTION BETWEEN STYLE AND CONTENT, AND CAN FURTHER THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF BASIC CRITICAL VOCABULARY. (THE BULK OF THE ARTICLE CONSISTS OF THREE GERMAN LITERARY TEXTS WITH A VARIETY OF DETAILED EXERCISES BASED ON EACH TO ILLUSTRATE THE AUTHORS' THESIS). THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE "GERMAN QUARTERLY," VOLUME 40, NUMBER 2, MARCH 1967. (GJ)