Authors offer guidelines which may prove useful in bringing the excitement and beauty of language to students. (Authors/CB)

Argues that philology, the study of language, can be taught to students only after they have examined the languages of other nations and cues. (RB)

In both linguistics and pedagogy, the question of language norm must be faced. A definition of norm is offered. The place of language norm in foreign language teaching is discussed, specifically in the teaching of French (secondary stage). (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Correct English usage is impossible to define. The language is continuously changing, and more than one criterion may be used to arrive at uniform standards of speech. (CK)

Traditional methods have hitherto neglected the situation in foreign language teaching. The situation - a means of tying closely together the use of language (expression) with the conditions for the use of this language (situation) - represents only a substitute, indeed, for the real situation, but does fill a significant place in language…

The various uses (and the forms) of Subjunctive 2 are shown, with a large number of German sentences as examples. Suggestions are given for teaching the various uses and forms of Subjunctive 2 to foreign students of German. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Discusses, for the benefit of English-speaking students, the use of the article with personal titles in Spanish. (RM)

Concerns the use of "will-would" after "if." The article gathers together the many scattered individual contributions on the subject, thus enabling the teacher to form a judgment and at the same time providing him with solid support for making corrections. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

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…

A critical evaluation of three recent books dealing with poetry from a linguistic point of view. Maintains that poetic quality is not a characteristic of the language of composition, but is determined by the way in which it is received. There is no "correct" interpretation. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Part (1) appeared in "Russisch" 1974/4. Discusses the uses of the prepositions "na" and "v," using many examples taken from current texts for teaching Russian. (Text is in German.) (WGA)

For the purpose of supplying information on actual contemporary Russian usage, this article excerpts sections on noun usage and variations of the genitive ending in the masculine singular from "Stilistik der russischen Sprache" (Russian Language Style) by D. Rosental and M. Telenkowa. (Text is in German.) (FB)

Presents twelve Russian idioms in context with their German equivalents. (Text is in German.) (FB)