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Thompson, R. W. – Engl Australia, 1970
Discusses problems Australian students face in learning to speak Spanish and recommends a detailed study of the varieties of languages taught in Australia. (SW)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bilingualism, Dialects, English

Smith, Herb – English Quarterly, 1984
A survey of university faculty responses to questionable usage by their students reveals a wide variation in expectations with regard to usage among the group. Suggests the need to devise strategies that take into account the wide gap between the ideal of proper grammar and the reality of an infinity of standards. (RBW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Research, English, Grammar