Minimal pairs as at present used in the ESL classroom are uncontextualized bits of language that are of little use to the ESL teacher. An alternative, minimal sentences, is described here. Minimal sentences give context and meaning to the sound contrasts. (RM)

It is asserted that the teacher and learner of a foreign language must learn to direct his attention to the auditory phenomena of the new language. Several auditory exercises in which some of the basic parameters of speech are involved--number, order, duration, pitch, vowel quality--are described. (RM)

This article discusses the importance of the teaching of phonetics to students of English as a Second Language (ESL) and describes the place of phonetics in a course for Iraqi students of English at the University of Mosul, Iraq. (CFM)

Outlines an approach to the teaching of English pure vowels to the Marathi learner, based on the phonetic "similarities" of the two languages. (CFM)

Spoken and written transmission in learning English as a second language is discussed at the levels of pronunciation and spelling, with reference to the East African learner. Fundamental physical differences between communication in speech and writing that impose different constraints upon the receiver are addressed. (SW)