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Leon, Pierre L. – French Review, 1973
Paper presented at the Linguistic Section of ACFAS in Ottawa, Canada, October 13, 1972. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Idioms, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Rossi, P. Carlo – French Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Charts, French, Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Erk, Heinrich – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1970
See FL 502 583 for the first part of this article. (RS)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, German, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Beym, Richard – Yelmo, 1972
Discusses rules governing the use in Spanish of demonstrative adjectives in regard to the physical location of speaker and listener. (DS)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Charts, Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction
Hoffer, Bates – Journal-Newsletter of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1970
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diagrams, English, Generative Grammar
Grucza, B.; And Others – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1971
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories, Language Patterns
van der Westhuijzen, Leo – Deutschunterricht in Sudafrika, 1972
This article makes two points about foreign language: (1) proper pronunciation is indispensable to initial accuracy and comprehension, as well as to later study of literature and culture; and (2) the best approach to pronunciation is based on the native language as a contrastive model. Taking as an example the learning of German by…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, German, Interference (Language), 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
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

Kreidler, Charles W. – TESOL Quarterly, 1972
Paper prepared under contract with the English Language Branch--Defense Language Institute, Lackland Air Force Base, Lackland, Texas, and delivered in 1971 to staff members of the Branch. (VM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Environmental Influences, Graphemes, Language Instruction
Planchon, Felicien – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1976
This article presents an outline for a seminar in English intonation for language teachers. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Intonation, Language Instruction
Schoonbroodt, Jean – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1975
This article discusses the use of gestures in foreign language instruction, particularly in the teaching of intonation, stress, and consonant and vowel sounds. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Body Language, Intonation, Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Graham, Rosemary – Hispania, 1978
Despite a survey carried out on the teaching of Spanish language in British and Irish universities that showed one-third of the respondents considered the teaching of Spanish intonation unimportant, examples are presented to show that it is necessary in Spanish language instruction. (HP)
Descriptors: English, Higher Education, Intonation, Language Instruction

Lantolf, James P. – Modern Language Journal, 1976
Reviews significant endeavors in the teaching of intonation, and outlines a specific technique of the instruction of suprasegmentals. (CLK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation, Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Fichtner, Edward G. – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
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)
Descriptors: English, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Morphology (Languages)