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Harris, Brian – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
The translation process is discussed from these aspects: (1) Natural translation by bilinguals, explained by a discussion of research in translation skills among bilingual children, (2) the requirements for good professional translation, and (3) a description of the curriculum at the University of Ottawa's translation school. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, College Language Programs, Interpreters

Fancy, Alexander – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
This article outlines ways of helping students to develop informal or expressional features at the non-verbal level of communication. (DB)
Descriptors: Body Language, Expressive Language, French, Kinesthetic Methods

Di Pietro, Robert J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
Discusses the differences in conversational structures and verbal strategies between languages and cultures and the teaching of such differences. The use of literary texts is advocated. (AM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Differences, Language Fluency

Stern, H. H. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
Discusses the strategies of good language learning and names ten features that mark the good language learner. (KM)
Descriptors: Language Ability, Language Fluency, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels

Cummins, James – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A study based on two hypotheses: (1) The cognitive and academic effects of bilingualism are mediated by the levels of competence attained in the first and second languages, and (2) the development of skills in a second language is a function of skills already developed in the first language. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education

Cooke, David A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Urges the combination of explanation and student deduction in the teaching of foreign languages. (LG)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Skills, Language Usage

von Raffler-Engel, Walburga – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1980
Discusses the importance of the nonverbal component in second language learning, and describes research on the role of kinesics in language. (AM)
Descriptors: Body Language, Language Instruction, Language Research, Nonverbal Communication

Jeanes, R. W. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Part of a continuing series. (HW)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Distinctive Features (Language), Form Classes (Languages), French

Titone, Renzo – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1977
This article presents a glossodynamic model for language learning. It takes a humanistic approach involving the desire and ability to communicate and analyzing a speaker's personality and attitudes. Factors and functions of communication are discussed. (CHK)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Humanistic Education, Language Attitudes

Berwald, Jean-Pierre – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Describes a method used to identify and correct errors made by French Canadian learners of English, studying at a total-immersion summer program. (AM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Immersion Programs, Interference (Language)

Ara, Jesus – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
Discusses various approaches to the successful conversational language course at the advanced level. (AM)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Higher Education

Metford, Deborah Aish – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A detailed description of language laboratory sessions in first- and second-year advanced college French classes. Each session is fifty minutes long and includes a wide variety of carefully planned and integrated exercises. Students and instructors are happy with the program. (AMH)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiotape Recordings, French, Higher Education

Holmes, Glyn – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1977
Students of French are now more fluent orally than their counterparts of a few years ago. They are using, however, a more anglicized French. The causes are three: (1) unawareness of the value of words; (2) infrequent use of reference material, specifically the dictionary; (3) lack of adequate knowledge of basic rules. (CFM)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), French, Grammar, Higher Education

Dumelie, Claude – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
Describes a method which uses the language laboratory to help the teacher correct individual students' pronunciation and which assists the student in memorizing dialogues. (AM)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), French, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories

Racle, Gabriel L. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
Language laboratory use has traditionally been limited to structural and phonetic exercises. This article discusses ways to tap more effectively the laboratory's potential, and thus to provide superior language instruction for the student. (Text is in French.) (DB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Conditioning, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories