Factors affecting student listening comprehension include those inherent - age, IQ, hearing ability, knowledge of the foreign language, memory - and those relating to material - content, complexity, length, use of visual clues. Suggestions are made for adapting text material to effective listening exercises. (CHK)

Report of a group project in German designed to increase students' aural-oral skills: Borchert's short story "Das Brot" was read and rewritten as a radio play and the results were recorded. Reading and writing skills were employed, extensive oral practice was possible, and tapes were used. (SCC)

The findings showed (1) laboratory students scored significantly higher in clerical ability and infrequency of absence from school and (2) no significant differences existed between the two groups of students in self-esteem and attitudes toward work. The dropout rate was significantly higher for students attending clerical skills training classes.…

The article describes and illustrates the procedure for developing a job operation sheet for use in agricultural mechanics instruction; the sheet serves as an outline for a student-oriented programed type of learning device, taking the learner through the processes of accomplishing the job in a logical and efficient manner. (Author/AJ)

Discusses various utterance types calling for "nicht" in German, and suitable exercises for teaching them. It is felt that one should use particularly the receptive-reproductive/receptive-productive sequence. The negation of a sentence in the perfect tense is used for illustration. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Some characteristics affecting learning which vary with the individual are discussed. A rationale for individualized instruction is explained, as is its implementation through use of learning activity packages. (RM)

Describes an independent study activity designed for secondary students, in which the students researched the desirability of funding the construction of a sea-level canal through Nicaragua by assuming the roles of the scientific specialists who would be involved in such a project. (MLH)

Cites both advantages and disadvantages of using classroom games as science teaching aids. Includes suggested science games and suggested rules for devising science games. (MLH)

Discusses the development of the ability to speak independently through the use of exercises which progress gradually from direct external guidance through indirect external guidance to self-directed utterance. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Deals with the provisional grammar known as Learner's Language that foreign language learners develop in the learning process. Data derived from observing Learner's Language have two major implications for foreign language teaching: the reordering of learning sequences, and the need for providing a full communicative context throughout the…

Advertising matter, being oriented to contemporary society, is an interesting object of study. Advertising pictures throw light on the culture of the country. A contest riddle and tapes of spoken advertising are presented. Numerous examples show how a teaching method can be designed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

In this article, the effectiveness of field experience versus classroom experience was statistically compared in cognitive learning. Results indicated the need for a program consisting of four phases involving teacher inservice training, classroom development of advanced organization, outdoor experience, and classroom follow-up with further…