In a corpus of the most frequent French words, phonetic rules relating the end of a noun to gender are simplified, and morphological rules governing the gender of suffixed nouns are illustrated. The stratified presentation is offered to teachers for classroom use. (Author/MSE)

A short survey of the classifications of Russian verbs from the fields of linguistics and language teaching is presented, and a classification useful for language teaching based on linguistic principles is developed. The classification is demonstrated using 1,400 verbs and 4,000 frequently used words in language teaching. (SW)

A TEXT IS PRESENTED FOR KITUBA, A TRADE LANGUAGE SPOKEN ALONG THE LOWER CONGO RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. THE COURSE CONSISTS OF A PRIMER AND A FIVE SUBJECT-ORIENTED GROUP OF LESSONS. THE PRIMER INTRODUCES MAJOR GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES, DEVELOPS ADEQUATE PRONUNCIATION, AND PRESENTS USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS. THE LESSON GROUPS…

THE LESSON MATERIAL OF THIS TEXT COMPRISES THE FIRST UNITS, ABOUT ONE-THIRD, OF A NEW COURSE IN ELEMENTARY CHINESE. THE CHIEF AIM OF THE MATERIAL IS TO PROVIDE DRILLS TO ENABLE A STUDENT TO ACQUIRE AN ACTIVE FACILITY IN SPOKEN CHINESE. EACH LESSON UNIT CONTAINS (1) CONVERSATIONAL PHRASES AND DIALOGS, (2) SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY, AND (3)…

THIS PROGRAMED TEXT ON THE LEARNING OF FRENCH CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS - THE SOUND SYSTEM AND READING, AND BASIC VOCABULARY. THE TEXT WAS REVISED FROM AN EARLIER PROGRAM, TITLED AUDIOLINGUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMING (ALLP), INVOLVING THE STUDIES OF SEVERAL LANGUAGES. PART 1 OF THE TEXT (350 FRAMES) PROVIDES EXERCISES IN PRONUNCIATION AND READING AND IS…

Universal trends and individual variations in the language development process of the child are described and their relationships to beginning reading instruction are discussed. Child language begins with single word utterances to name things or to express needs and feelings. With a two-word utterance, the child can describe relationships more…

THE GOAL OF THE BEREITER-ENGELMANN PRESCHOOL PROGRAM IS TO GET DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN READY FOR THE LEARNING TASKS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BY TEACHING A TEACHING LANGUAGE. THIS IS DONE BY MEANS OF A HIGHLY ORGANIZED AND STRUCTURED DIRECT LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION DESIGNED TO TEACH THAT A SENTENCE IS A SEQUENCE OF MEANINGFUL PARTS. THE CHILDREN BEGIN WITH…

CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME ARE THE REVISED TEXTS FOR PARTS THREE AND FOUR OF AN ESSENTIALLY AUTOINSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMING PROJECT ORIGINALLY ENTITLED "SPOKEN FRENCH." REVISIONS WERE MADE TO REMEDY SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL WEAKNESSES DETECTED IN USING THE ORIGINAL RECORDED MATERIALS EXPERIMENTALLY AND TO EXTEND THE AUDIOLINGUAL OBJECTIVES…

A cultural and linguistic textbook on the Tolowa Indians of Northwestern California and Oregon provides a history of the tribe, a Tolowa Unifon chart and pronunciation guide, map of tribal lands with place names in Tolowa and English, stories, prayers, songs, genealogy, commonly-used words grouped topically, explanation in English of cultural…