This feature consists of exercises in vocabulary, grammar, and language use for the student of Spanish as a second language. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)

(Text is in Russian.)

Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, November 27, 1971, Chicago, Illinois. (DS)

This article consists of instructional materials and ideas for use in French language classes, chiefly in the areas of vocabulary and language usage. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

The Japanese Keigo system is the whole of the grammatical rules related to expressions of respectful or pejorative feelings concerning all persons involved in speech acts. This article proposes a new approach to the problem of teaching this system at the elementary level. (CLK)

Reviews significant endeavors in the teaching of intonation, and outlines a specific technique of the instruction of suprasegmentals. (CLK)

An effective approach to minimizing the difficulties ESL learners have with the English verb phrase is to associate a clear function with each form. Three main contexts for teaching and lines of development are discussed. (Author/ND)

Outlines a unit intended for self-instruction at the beginning level of French. The focus is on particular aspects of French culture. (CLK)

This article describes an approach to second language teaching known as Threshold Level, specifically in its application to French instruction. The approach centers around functional language usage. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This test booklet is designed for use with the workbook for the Introductory Unit of the beginning audiolingual Latin course. The tests review syllable division in Latin, Latin cognates, sentence structure, verbs, adjective agreement, and case. The tests correspond to workbook lessons. For related material, see FL 004 156-60. (DD)

Shows, with examples of application, how pattern drills can be varied to fit various levels of difficulty. Variations in exercise technique according to the difficulty level can be realized quantitatively by changes in the stimulus and/or response, and qualitatively by variation of material (vocabulary and structures). (Text is in German.)…

Discusses contextless drills, pattern exercises in dialog form, exercises with indicated situation, micro-dialogs. The latter three are useful for impressing the material on the memory and for developing competence in dialog. A warning is given against limiting the drill period to pattern practice alone. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE GRAMMATICAL SYSTEM OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE GIVES THE BEGINNING STUDENT A FOUNDATION UPON WHICH THE BASIC SKILLS CAN BE DEVELOPED. THUS, THE TEACHER'S PRESENTATION OF THE TARGET LANGUAGE SHOULD ADHERE TO THE BASICALLY LINGUISTIC PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING, IN ORDER, THE BASIC FORMS, GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES, STRUCTURES WHICH HAVE NO…