This article provides a description of how computer files can be used to store language materials that teachers commonly use and how they can access that material very simply and use it in a variety of ways. A computer file may be compared to a filing cabinet which has separate drawers and in each drawer separate folders. A drawer might be labeled "Spanish Subjunctive" and would contain separate folders marked "Noun Clauses,""Adjective Clauses,""Commands," etc. Similarly, a computer file, or "drawer," can be established containing drill and examination materials on the subjunctive, with the various subdivisions indicated. The "folders" would be called file elements. The mechanical equipment necessary to the teacher consists of a typewriter-terminal and a connect device. The article is written for teachers who have no familiarity with computers. The discussion of technical details is kept to a minimum in order to make the presentation of the general concepts easier to follow and to keep the attention focused on a few ways that computer files might make teaching more effective and lighten clerical burdens. (Author/CFM)