Comments on various teaching techniques found to be helpful in teaching conversational language courses. (RL)

An approach to perfecting French language skills, "Mon francaise, je m'n occupe," is described. (LB)

Reports on a pilot project which used an imaginary tour of an Italian city as the basis for conversation exercises. (AM)

Five directions foreign language departments should explore in the 1980s in order to revitalize their programs include uniting foreign language and international studies, cross-cultural studies, teaching process of communication, career preparation, and language for humanistic studies. (BK)

Presents various techniques for incorporating social awareness into conversational and composition language courses. (AM)

This article compares first and second language acquisition and applies conclusions pertaining to first language acquisition to second language learning, specifically that a command of grammar is essential and this grammar is independent of that associated with the written language. (CLK)

Presents a language teaching method designed to increase communicative competence through an application of speech act theory and the use of dialogs and the source language. (AM)

Offers suggestions toward making the conversational language course more valuable, with particular reference to Spanish. (AM)

Describes an experience in using videotape recordings as an aid to developing conversation skills in a university language class. (AM)

Discusses various approaches to the successful conversational language course at the advanced level. (AM)

Discusses the differences in conversational structures and verbal strategies between languages and cultures and the teaching of such differences. The use of literary texts is advocated. (AM)