Expresses scepticism of "bandwagon" movements in foreign language instruction but still hopeful of the promise implicit in individualized instruction. (RL)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WHO STRESS THE AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH, ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NEED TO BE AWARE OF CURRENT PROBLEMS, PRACTICES, AND PHILOSOPHIES. USE OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM MUST NEITHER OVERRIDE STUDENT COMPREHENSION OR PERMIT NEGLECT OF ANY OF THE FOUR BASIC SKILLS. CONTINUOUS INSERVICE TRAINING CAN DEVELOP MORE…

PARENTS' OBJECTIONS TO AUDIOLINGUAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING CAN BE OFFSET BY--(1) INITIAL COMMUNITY DISCUSSION OF THE LANGUAGE TO BE TAUGHT, (2) A PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAM PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT GOALS AND ENCOURAGING PARENTAL INTEREST IN SCHOOL AND LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES, (3) CAREFUL SELECTION OF TEACHERS WITH SUFFICIENT LANGUAGE TRAINING, AND…

A mock trial weighs the pros and cons of the pattern drill as it is commonly used in audiolingual methods. (RL)

Paper delivered at the November 1969 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages in New Orleans, Louisiana; reprinted from Pingry Review," p13-15, Oct 1970. (DS)

Critical remarks are directed toward recent articles on foreign language instruction in American journals. (RL)

Compares the audiolingual method and the cognitive-code learning theory in two elementary college French courses. (DS)

Language teaching methodology is defined and three representative instructional approaches are described. Definition of language teaching methods is attempted through comparison with approach and technique. The essentials of the translation, direct, and audiolingual methods of language instruction are outlined (with emphasis on the latter), and…

A KNOWLEDGE OF LINGUISTIC PRINCIPLES HELPS THE TEACHER USING THE AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD TO TEACH THE BASIC SKILLS IN THE NECESSARY ORDER OF SEQUENCE--COMPREHENSION, SPEAKING, READING, AND WRITING--WITHOUT NEGLECTING ANY OF THEM. LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE MAKES REALIZABLE (1) AUTOMATION OF DIFFICULT LANGUAGE ITEMS, (2) MAJOR VOCABULARY EXPANSION IN…

Descriptions of courses, materials, and future developments in English further education programs are presented; paper presented at a meeting of the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research EPC Joint Consultative Group, March 16, 1973. (RL)

Disparages the mentalist view of language (generative and transformational grammar theories) and those people who represent it. (DS)