Illustrates how a number system in a foreign language can be taught and learned in a cultural context. (PMP)

Older people who must learn a second language and adjust to a new culture may be benefically taught by using proverbs. This technique may help to break down barriers by expressing the same idea in the native and target languages and is suited to the less formally educated student. (SW)

The author offers his observations on how the language learner achieves a full command of a second language in its sociocultural context. (PP)

SOUND MOTION PICTURES, CAREFULLY DEVELOPED AND COORDINATED BY LANGUAGE TEACHERS USING THE INFORMATION FROM SUCH LANGUAGE-RELATED DISCIPLINES AS PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, PSYCHOLOGY, LINGUISTICS, AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, COULD BE USED EFFECTIVELY IN BOTH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND TEACHER EDUCATION. AFTER AN AVERAGE ACADEMIC THREE-YEAR COURSE IN…

Gives an account of an English class hour in an eighth grade. The goal was reactivating language material concerning travel to London and sightseeing there. The course of the class hour is sketched. Various phases of the teaching are discussed, and possible alternatives suggested. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

A SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF AN INFORMAL SURVEY MADE OF STATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE SUPERVISORS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF LANGUAGE CAMPS IN THE UNITED STATES. DATA FROM QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED BY THE SUPERVISORS REVEALED INFORMATION ABOUT THE NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF 12 SUMMER CAMPS, PERTINENT DETAILS OF EACH PROGRAM, SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS, DATES…

This paper describes how role-playing was used in a French culture and civilization class at Eastern Washington State College. The class was conducted entirely in French, and each class member read the same material for each day. L. Wylie's "Les Francais" was used as the class text, and "Comment vivent les Francais" by Girod and Grand-Clement was…

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

The preparation of a tape-slide presentation of life in Lyon, France, for use in French classes is described. The presentation is divided into three parts: "History and Tradition,""Lyon Changes," and "A Walk in the Croix-Rousse." Use of the presentation in the classroom is described. (RM)

Without a large measure of direct equivalence between structures in languages and the contexts in which they are used, language learning and teaching would be impossible. For, although English (as a foreign language) teachers urge their pupils to think in English, the lines along which they think are set for them in their mother tongue. Because of…