Reviews French vocabulary lists and bilingual dictionaries and evaluates their usefulness for the preparation of materials for the language laboratory as well as for any programed approach to vocabulary teaching. (FB)

The results of the work described here were taken as evidence of the feasibility of developing effective totally self-instructional materials for spoken language training. The author is Director of the Psycholinguistics Program at the Center for Applied Linguistics. This article comprises Supplement 24 to "The Linguistic Reporter. (FWB)

TO ENCOURAGE UTILIZATION OF THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY AS A TEACHING TECHNIQUE, THIS BULLETIN DESCRIBES SUCH POSSIBLE USES OF THE LABORATORY AS PROGRAMING LESSONS, RECORDING, AND TESTING LANGUAGE SKILL DEVELOPMENT. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF THE LABORATORY IS THE PATTERN DRILL, DESCRIBED HERE FOR FRENCH, GERMAN, AND SPANISH. EXAMPLES ARE…

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…

The documents listed in this annotated bibliography on programmed instruction in foreign languages were announced in the monthly ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) publication "Research in Education" during the period from 1967 through March 1971. The selection, which is selective rather than comprehensive, comprises reports on…

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…