This comprehensive teachers' manual was designed to acquaint New York City school teachers with the philosophy, techniques, and materials of teaching English as a second language to pupils in the middle grades. The contents include; (1) basic considerations of language learning; (2) English structure; (3) samples of oral pattern practice drills; (4) suggestions for instruction of pupils with elementary speaking skills; (5) methods of teaching reading; and (6) structure of the special language lesson. A supplement follows with a scale for rating oral language ability, sound production exercises, comparative analyses of English and other languages, and a bibliography. (HW)