Describes an activity for use in the conversational English-as-a-foreign-language classroom. The activity involves having each student say one or two sentences that continues a story being made up as the activity goes along. Students were positive about the activity, because saying only one or two sentences helped them not to feel pressured or…

Reasons for Indonesian students' reluctance to practice English are discussed, including absence of classroom follow-up activities. Some teaching/learning principles are noted, followed by some conversation teaching techniques (e.g., using humor, rhymes/songs, and interviews). (Contains 10 references.) (LB)

This article discusses the advantages and ways of using the Monopoly game in Russian language conversation courses in American schools. Procedures for developing a Russian language version of the game are outlined. (CLK)

Selected papers from the 1982 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages are presented. The theme of the conference was the establishment of communication and cooperation between foreign language and English as second language (ESL) teachers. The papers focus on methods for developing language skills and curriculum frameworks.…

These German culture packets are designed to accompany A-LM Level II and include a statement of the rationale behind the unit, the objectives of the packet, the activities themselves, and a brief evaluation by the student. The activities involve the use of the basic text, the student workbook, corresponding tapes, and fellow students as partners…

These five lists form an annotated bibliography of instructional materials for use in teaching French, classified according to the age and level of instruction for which they were intended. Each list treats a separate category of materials. There is a title index, as well as an index of authors, editors, compilers, and adaptors, with each list.…