Describes a program using translated stories about a familiar folk character, with related exercises, to link comprehension of SE patterns with the principles of selection, presentation, and cohesion in literature. (MSE)

Some of the most frequent and serious learning difficulties encountered by Thai students learning English verbs, which involve the linguistic discrepancies between the Thai and English verbs, are analyzed. (Author/RM)

Presented and discussed are samples of controlled rhetoric frames, similar in appearance to composition frames but dissimilar in that they require very few arbitrary choices. A few of the required choices are strictly grammatical ones, but a great number of boxes contain grammatically, stylistically, and semantically disparate words and phrases…

The effectiveness of various transcription systems for teaching English as a foreign language was surveyed in German-speaking universities and colleges in West Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, and Austria. Transcription systems, textbooks in use, and criteria for choice of systems are discussed. (SW)

Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, December 29, 1968, in New York, New York. (DS)

Examines several specific language blocks to English language acquisition by native speakers of Spanish. (SW)

An experiment was conducted to investigate follow-up procedures for ETV programs. The study was conducted in Glasgow with a series designed to teach English to immigrant children. One group received a linguistically-oriented follow-up; another a situationally-oriented follow-up. The latter group performed better in the evaluation. (RM)

The need for students of English to learn the question pattern "What is X like?" is described, and techniques for teaching this pattern are discussed. (RM)

Various games are described for the teaching of English to adults. The focus of the language and learning games described is on samples of language constructions as for example "may have + infinitive" or the question pattern with "do/does". (IFS/WGA)

The tasks of the translation teacher--the elicitation of correct translations and the prevention of incorrect translations--are discussed. (Author/HP)

Paper prepared under contract with the English Language Branch--Defense Language Institute, Lackland Air Force Base, Lackland, Texas, and delivered in 1971 to staff members of the Branch. (VM)

The author points out the contextualization (the teaching of structures in relation to a context), although desirable in language teaching, may not always be possible, especially in materials for more advanced students. (FWB)

This article presents an outline for a seminar in English intonation for language teachers. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

A HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH SEQUENTIAL PATTERN DRILLS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR TO SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS IS PRESENTED. EACH SECTION CONTAINS TEACHERS' NOTES, STUDENTS' LISTS, AND WORKSHEETS. THE FOUR MAJOR FORM-CLASSES OF WORDS ARE STUDIED--THE NOUN, THE ADJECTIVE, THE VERB, AND THE ADVERB. DRILLS ARE USED TO TEACH WHEN THEY OCCUR, THEIR SIGNAL…