Supports modification of the "Hochsprache" pronunciation rule "r always consonantal," pointing out that in spoken German (including educated people) r not preceding a vowel becomes a "Murmellaut"--a modified a-vowel, somewhat lower than the schwa (of final e, e.g.). (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Conclusion of an article begun in the December 1972--January 1973 issue. (DS)

Points out certain practices in second language teaching such as choral response which tend to encourage pronunciation errors. (DS)

Extracted from the work of Dr. Angel Rosenblat, Venezuela, whose book on the subject is based on the Academy rules published in 1952. (DS)

Describes experiments in the field of phonetic correction. Several techniques used at the University of Mons for teaching Spanish pronunciation to French-speaking Belgians are explained. (Text is in French.) (PMP)

Shows, by citing entries in dictionaries and vocabularies of teaching texts, that there is no clear concept of how to or whether to pronounce the /d/ in "grandfather" and similar words. It is deemed best to teach that the /d/ should be sounded. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

As an aid to language teaching and learning, this article posits rules that account for the realization of French final consonants in the majority of their occurrences. (Author/KM)