Revised and expanded version of a paper given at the 1971 TESOL Convention in New Orleans. Discusses importance of linguistic encoding and decoding in the language learning process. (RL)

This textbook is intended to be used in a beginning German course. It focuses on material of practical value offered and taught to bring students quickly and surely to the point where they can readily understand and speak the language. [For the "Teacher's Manual for Beginner's German. First Book," see ED623520.]

Argues that the role of a psychological knowledge must be restricted to the understanding of human learning and that more emphasis should be placed on research knowledge about the second language teaching-learning process, of which there currently is very little. (EKN)

A review of Foreign Language Learning: A Psycholinguistic Analysis of the Issues by Leon A. Jacobovits. (DS)

Puts the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies into historical perspective by summarizing major points including such areas of concern as training and research, international exchanges, business interests. Feels the commission was too conservative, and that it emphasized international studies on foreign language.…

Discusses the place of foreign language study in the public school curriculum. Argues that foreign language learning is an important part of education and that states should require high school students to take at least two years' study of a foreign language. Asserts that federal funding is not the answer. (WD)

Presents case in favor of promoting second language study in the United States. Suggests language instruction must be oriented towards the business world. (BK)

This paper comments on four preceeding papers in this volume, presented as part of a panel discussion. The author notes his points of approval and disagreement with the papers. (CHK)

Proposes a content-oriented approach to teaching foreign languages in institution-wide language programs. Asserts that a separation of content and language in a skills-based model of teaching non-specialist language learners is neither university-adequate nor in the interest of successful language learning. The article further proposes that…

Analyzes Mark Twain's 1869 essay "The Awful German Language" in terms of Twain's comments on morphological, syntactical, lexical, and phonological features of German. The topic is presented in the context of Twain's German language learning experience. Relevance of the article for German language instruction today is also described.…

Focuses on the relationship between involuntary verbal rehearsal, Piaget's egocentric speech, Vygotsky's inner speech, and the song stuck in my head phenomena. It is hypothesized that song may act as a Language Acquisition Device (LAD) activator or be a strategy of the LAD in the ontogenetic development of language. (28 references) (Author/VWL)