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Sommer, Bruce – English in Australia, 1974
Two facts need to be recognized before the problem of Aboriginal Nonstandard English can be resolved: Aboriginal Nonstandard English has failed to respond to conventional remedial techniques and some incentive must be relevant to Aboriginal Nonstandard English speakers before their learning the standard dialect is relieved of being a pointless…
Descriptors: English, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Rossi, P. Carlo – French Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Charts, French, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Chong, Dong Sar – Russkij Yazyk za Rubezhom, 1973
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Schleyer, Walter – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1974
Describes, adducting many examples, the external relative clause, discussing it from the pedagogical standpoint. This type of clause, belonging to normal speech, and not being merely a stylistic matter, belongs in the basic course. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Phrase Structure
Darbelnet, Jean – Francais dans le monde, 1975
A discussion of the use of the imperfect tense in French, aimed primarily at speakers of English and German. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Idioms, Language Instruction
Steiner, Roger J.
This paper describes the "euphemistic lexicographical technique," which is recommended for use by lexicographers for the frank recording of vulgar speech. This is a monodirectional technique to be used in bilingual dictionaries prepared for speakers of only one of the two languages. The vulgar words will not appear in the source language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dictionaries, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Sachs, Sabine – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1972
Descriptors: Grammar, Instructional Design, Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Gannon, Roger – English Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: English, English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Instruction
Pinchon, Jacqueline – Francais dans le Monde, 1976
Explores the use of reflexive pronouns in French. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Schafer, Hans-Wilhelm – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1970
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Expressive Language, Language Classification, Language Instruction
Trocme, Helene – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1976
This article discusses the role of phonetics in second language teaching, and stresses the importance of considering the whole speech event in adapting phonetics to instruction. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Nicol, Joseph – 1968
This is a Mandinka-French glossary designed for students of Mandinka. In addition to the French translation, sample sentences and their translations are provided, and notes on grammar and usage are given for some entries. (CLK)
Descriptors: African Languages, French, Glossaries, Instructional Materials

Perkins, C. R. B. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1978
The tasks of the translation teacher--the elicitation of correct translations and the prevention of incorrect translations--are discussed. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Cannings, Peter L.; Moody, Marvin D. – Modern Language Journal, 1978
A general guideline is offered as a reference point to choosing the appropriate preposition (a or par) for French causative sentences with faire. Full noun phrase complements of infinitives are treated. (SW)
Descriptors: French, Function Words, Grammar, Language Instruction
Nagara, Susumu – Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1976
The Japanese Keigo system is the whole of the grammatical rules related to expressions of respectful or pejorative feelings concerning all persons involved in speech acts. This article proposes a new approach to the problem of teaching this system at the elementary level. (CLK)
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Skills