French and English versions included. (DS)

THE EXTENT TO WHICH PATTERN PRACTICE TECHNIQUES HELPED NEGRO STUDENTS WHO NEEDED TO MASTER STANDARD ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE WAS INVESTIGATED. MATERIALS AND PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT SUCH TECHNIQUES WERE WORKED OUT. THE SUBJECTS ATTENDED CLAFLIN COLLEGE, AN ALL-NEGRO 4-YEAR COLLEGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 70 FRESHMEN WERE PLACED…

Tapes of the exercises may be purchased from Cornelsen Verlag, Berlin and Bielefeld, West Germany, for 195 Deutsche Marks (6 tapes, complete set); 6.40 DM per tape. (DS)

The procedures used to teach English pronunciation at the University of Sofia are outlined, and samples of drills are presented. (FB)

Examines the strengths and weaknesses of traditional pattern drills while arguing for continued use of the language laboratory. (RL)

The value of the language laboratory of self-instruction is stressed. Methods of using multi-phase drills are given, proceeding from cue repetition to open-ended situations. The presentation of prose texts in the laboratory is examined. (Author/JB)

Describes the history of use of language laboratories in foreign language instruction and argues that both the quality and quantity of such activities fell short of the laboratories' potential. (CB)

Speech presented at the NALLD California-Nevada Chapter meeting, October 31, 1970. (DS)