Standard measures and techniques are needed to establish resemblances and differences among languages. A determination of the degree to which one lanquage or dialect differs from another requires the examination of language universals. To study what languages have in common, attention has to be given to the physical, psychological, and social…

Presents a collection of frequent errors, stock phrases teachers misuse that originate from a lack of acquaintance with the foreign land and culture, or from incorrect information. The correct versions are also given. The need is stressed for more attention to classroom English. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

THIS STUDY OF LANGUAGE PRESENTS A SPECIFIC, SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF THE WAYS IN WHICH A SPEAKER ADJUSTS HIS MANNER OF SPEAKING ACCORDING TO THE CONTEXT IN WHICH HE EMPLOYS LANGUAGE. FOUR USAGE-SCALES OF "NATIVE CENTRAL ENGLISH" ARE INTRODUCED--AGE, BREADTH, RESPONSIBILITY, AND STYLE. A KNOWLEDGE OF THESE FOUR DIMENSIONS HOPEFULLY WILL OVERCOME…

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS, ARTICLES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, AND STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS COMPILED BY THE CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS FOR TEACHERS OF READING IS PRESENTED. THE MATERIALS ARE LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY IN THREE GROUPS--PART 1, 1942-66, GENERAL REFERENCES REFLECTING THE THINKING OF LINGUISTS ABOUT LANGUAGE, ITS DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH…

A bulletin consists of two articles on the language development of disadvantaged children. The opposing positions of language teachers on the "correct" approach to teaching standard English are outlined in one of the articles. On one side are those who favor creativity and freedom of expression while on the other side are the "purists" who are…

This paper considers language development among children and discusses the influence of the learning environment in the acquisition of language use as distinct from language structure. The results of the five studies reported here suggest that the child is aided by what he is encouraged to say, not simply by what he hears, and that adults seem to…

Stress in the English language is a key to information distribution in a sentence. This paper gives experimental evidence that, in speech, each word is given stress according to the degree to which that word can be predicted as an item in a sequence of items. (CK)

In language teaching, the speech process must be viewed as a whole. An important element is speech attitude. This changes with the "distance" between the speakers and with the degree of mastery of the language possessed by each speaker. (IFS/WGA)

About "Beyond the Dictionary in Spanish," by A. Bryson Gerrard. (SK)

A CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO PRODUCE A DESCRIPTION OF NEEDED RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF THE INSERVICE RETRAINING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE ALLIED AREAS OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, COMPOSITION, SPEECH, AND READING. FIVE POSITION PAPERS ON EACH AREA WERE READ ON THE 1ST DAY, AND THE LAST 2 DAYS OF THE CONFERENCE WERE SPENT DEVELOPING COMMITTEE…

Discusses the belief that meaning is primary to a child learning language and concludes that teachers should develop language programs in which the use of language would be essential rather than incidental. (RL)

Reasons are given for introducing tapes of spoken English into the classroom. Using a brief example, 5 possible methods of dealing with the spoken language are discussed. The spoken language material may bring background information and may lead to subsequent activities. Some specific course material is mentioned. (IFS/WGA)

In order to gain some insight into the issue of optimum age for second language learning, the experiment described in this report was based on the negative hypothesis that there is no significant difference in the ability of randomly selected subjects, kindergarten through grade six, to imitate critical sounds and sound clusters embedded in words…

Critical review and discussion of John Macnamara's "Nurseries, Streets and Classrooms," Modern Language Journal, v57 n5-6 p250-4 Sep-Oct 1973. (RL)