Discusses the news programs of "Landesbildstelle Berlin," as providing dialog material useful for the language classroom. The dialogs deal with news, rather than simply providing examples of language structures. Discusses also difficulties of using dialogs in the laboratory. Examples and hints for application are given. (Text is in…

Answering critics of language laboratory effectiveness, this article presents a methodology for laboratory work which includes working in partnership. Necessary technical equipment is described. Learning goals are proposed, and possible further developments in the method are suggested. (IFS/WGA)

Describes a teaching unit, "Unemployment" (4-5 hours), designed for occupation-oriented schools. Discusses the teaching situation, and justification for the topic. A detailed teaching plan is given, involving Xeroxing, texts for overhead projection, and language laboratory exercises (supplied on a recording which is a supplement to this issue of…