Second part of a continued article. (SK)

See FL 502 583 for the first part of this article. (RS)

Determining the gender of German nouns is an awesome task for the beginning student of German. This article lists rules which might facilitate this task. The gender can sometimes be inferred from the ending of a word, sometimes by the meaning, but sometimes only through memorization. (Author/TL)

Compares consonant mutations in English and Russian, and proposes a method for teaching these mutations to students of Russian as a second language. (CHK)

Describes and advocates a different approach to teaching the Russian verbal system based on determination of a "full or basic stem" for each verb. Relates verb conjugation system and morphological classification of verbs to basic stem. (Text is in Russian.) (DH)

Continuing series on French grammar. (DS)

Revised version of an address presented at the Deutscher Neuphilologentag on April 2, 1970 in Munster, West Germany. (WB)

It is demonstrated that the phonemes represented by the diagraph "ng" can, with few exceptions, be predicted when the structure of the word in which it appears is taken into account. The regularity of English spelling is discussed, and suggestions are made for use of the findings in classroom situations. (Author/RM)

Due to the educational reforms in Swedish schools following the Second World War, Latin became an elective course at the secondary level. Although it was agreed that a disproportionate amount of time was being spent on Latin, it was felt that a knowledge of Latin principles of word formation could still be useful. This paper describes a course…

The essence of translation lies in the preservation of semantic, pragmatic and textual meaning across two languages. The model proposed considers the following: situational dimensions; dimensional errors; the distinction between overt and covert translation; application of cultural filters; social role relationships; and the purpose for the…

Pleads for proper consideration, in teaching French, of the continuing process of evolution of the language. Discusses, as an example of language change, the past participle construction in respect to distribution, morphology, and syntax. (IFS/WGA)