While not unreservedly recommending translating and the use of the mother tongue in language classes, this article illustrates the extent to which these techniques can be useful. Particular reference is made to the situation in vernacular-medium secondary schools in India. (FB)

A basic issue in second language (L2) teaching is whether the learner's first language (L1) should be used in the process. Differing views of language teaching authorities and various experiments carried out to test the use of translation in foreign language teaching are presented briefly. The author's experiment, involving teaching two groups of…

Recommends a teaching approach to promote the internalization of rules as an extension of the grammar-translation method. Activities include imitation, interpretation, question and answer, normal foreign language conversation, independent speaking of sentences and using the "sentence making machine." (MLA)

Discusses the usefulness of overt grammar teaching by explanation in language teaching, its role in a teaching course, and principles of presentation which might maximize its usefulness. (AM)

English-Russian translation at the beginning level is defended if both languages are presented and used realistically and idiomatically. Students using this method attained a good knowledge of Russian and a respect for both languages. (CHK)

Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, March 1971, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (DS)

This article aims to outline the major development of psychological and linguistic theory, focusing upon those underlying features which have particular relevance in foreign-language instruction, and to suggest the direction which emerging strategies will take." (FB)

Part I reviews foreign language teaching methodologies and suggests extracting the most effective aspects of each to be synthesized into the Cognitive-Active-Situational (CAS) Method. Part II presents results of an experiment done to find the best way of achieving optimum balance between thinking and doing within the CAS Method. See FL 507 969 for…

This paper describes and explains a classroom exercise in French translation, with a view to promoting translation as an integral part of language instruction, particularly at the third-year college level when the student can be expected to have acquired an advanced knowledge of the parts of speech, of the grammatical distribution and their…

This Middlebury College summer 1974 commencement address is an informal presentation of the author's experiences as a language learner. The effectiveness of such pedagogical methods as the grammar-translation, audio-lingual, and "balanced" approaches, and of language learning with the aid of an informant, is discussed. It is concluded that, given…

Discusses basic models of the processes of translation, second language teaching and learning, and semantization. A judicious use of many procedures is urged, because translation is present in the semantization process regardless of method used. It is noted that considerable research is still needed. (AMH)

Abridged version of an article which appeared in Langue Francaise", n8 Dec 1970. (DS)