The framed dialogue method which has been used for improving the teaching of the Chinese language at the University of Wisconsin since 1968 is described, and examples are given. The advantages of this method over pattern drill are discussed. (RM)

Describes a 1978 experiment in which French conversations (among advanced students of French) were transmitted by satellite from Hawaii to other locations in the Pacific. (AM)

Principles, objectives, and techniques that focus on the challenge to and the role of teacher and student in the Italian conversation course, with a view to greater efficacy, are presented. (AM)

Briefly outlines the rationale for a transactional approach to language teaching. (PM)

Describes techniques for achieving emotional involvement and, therefore, better results on the part of his students in an intermediate level Russian conversation course. (Text is in Russian.) (DH)

The author used a movie poster to initiate three weekly exercise sessions. The first concentrated on types of posters and notices, the ways they may be mounted, and how that activity may be described. The second phase was description of the poster's subject. The third concerned the myths and symbols and emotional qualities of the drama portrayed.…

This is one of a series of self-teaching textbooks in more than 30 languages initially prepared and published for the armed forces and later offered to the general public. The method used in this manual requires either that a native speaker of German be on hand during the course or that the recorded voice of a native speaker be used. Records and…

Reasons are given for restoring grammatical study to a more central place in second language study. One reason given is the limitations inherent in the objectives of an audiolingual approach; another is the indirect impact of the enormous advances being made in modern linguistics. (RM)

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

The German weekly newspaper "Die Zeit" contains a very rich variety of topics and is therefore an inexhaustable source for an exciting conversation class. This article outlines and lists the advantages of a German conversation course organized around this newspaper. (Text is in German.) (TL)

A number of devices for use in teaching foreign language conservation courses are described. Among them are hypothetical situations, group discussions, activities for improving oral comprehension, plays and skits, collective stories, dialogues, interviews, speeches, recorded songs, cartoon captions, television games, and card techniques. (RM)

Proposes the use of stenography in the foreign language classroom to improve speaking ability. (AM)

An activity intended to foster authentic conversation in the foreign language classroom--a hypothetical situation involving a choice of people who are to survive--is reported. French, German, and Spanish versions of the material are provided. (RM)

Identifies three types of pausing adn discusses their relevance to language teaching. (FB)