Two different approaches to the use of French television as an instructional medium in French language (for teaching grammar and vocabulary and for examining its presentation of the French culture) are examined, and their use for teaching two different populations is discussed. An ethnographic approach is taken. (68 references) (Author/MSE)

This paper describes the rationale behind and the development and utilization of a bibliographic instruction course which incorporates formal abstract reasoning skills. The limitations of the search strategy technique of bibliographic instruction are discussed as well as the fact that many college students have not developed sophisticated…