Describes some applications of computer assisted learning to language teaching and suggests how the language teaching profession might best profit from them. (EKN)

Discusses the development of a language aptitude test designed to help select students to study German. Four areas of assessment are memory ability, ability to deal with stress and intonation patterns, inductive reasoning ability, and ability to recognize grammatical case. (EKN)

Describes oral tests for different teaching levels that can be used by regular classroom teachers with normal size classes. At the beginning levels, oral assessment is done through role playing or "talk cards," and at the advanced levels, an oral interview is the major part of a mixed skill task. (EKN)

Discusses the importance of paying attention to the psychological and emotional needs of students as learners in a group in order to promote more effective second-language learning. (EKN)