Reports on the lab's activities as a center for the development of university language lab courses and for research into contemporary oral colloquial French, a part of the applied linguistics research area, and a center for the development of a language lab grammar for Zurich German. (RM)

Describes a college language program in which modern feature films in German are used as the core material in the curriculum. (RL)

Describes an intensive program in elementary German at the University of Texas (Arlington) in 1971, in which undergraduates with no previous experience in German could complete the university's four semester foreign language requirement in a single semester. (DS)

Papers presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of German, Chicago, Illinois, November 25-28, 1971. (DS)

Suggestions are made for the use of the language laboratory in beginning, intermediate, and advanced college German classes. Tape selection, learning goals, integration of tapes with text, laboratory techniques, audiovisual materials, articulation, and the need for laboratory work on different levels are discussed. Certain materials are…

Comparisons are made between two introductory German sections at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, one of which had a conventional language laboratory and the other a computer assisted instruction laboratory. A brief description of the instructional arrangements is followed by descriptions of experimental comparisons, making up the…

TO DETERMINE WHETHER AURAL-VISUAL LEARNING OF VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ONLY VISUAL LEARNING, AND TO CONTRIBUTE STATISTICAL BASIS TO THE ASSUMPTION THAT AURAL FAMILIARITY WITH THE LANGUAGE FACILITATES MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING AND RETENTION OF VOCABULARY, A PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN AT EARLHAM COLLEGE THAT INVOLVED TWO GROUPS OF…

Language laboratory use in the first three semesters of German study is outlined. First semester pattern drills and second and third semester conversation exercises are described. A rationale for the student for laboratory use is included. (AF)

The experimental use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) to replace conventional laboratory sessions for first-year German students at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, is described. Materials used in the program are outlined, including hardware, pre-text program, text program, student manual, and diagnostics. Pedagogical…

An intensive language program in elementary German at the University of Texas in Arlington is described in this article. The program, enabling undergraduates with no previous experience in German to complete the university's four-semester foreign language requirement in a single semester, is discussed in terms of classroom activities, language…

Describes an internship program designed to teach the prospective language teacher how to handle a variety of electronic and audiovisual instructional media. (AM)