Advocates at least some exposure to "New French" at all levels of study. Focuses on modifications most problematic for students and suggests ways to introduce them in the classroom. (Author/VWL)

Examines ways to stimulate sense perceptions and imaginative analysis to make poetry accessible to students learning French as a second language but also an enjoyable subject to teach. (Author/VWL)

Highlights the PACE model for standards-based language learning. Using a Francophone story, illustrates how the model can assist teachers in actualizing the 1996 Standards for Foreign Language Learning. (Author/VWL)

Describes the experience of a teacher involved in a program for teaching beginning French to prison inmates with a high school education. (AM)

The concept of French verb tense as related to the passage of time and the completeness of an action or process is discussed. It is proposed that this concept of inchoativeness be applied in second-language instruction as an aid to students in choosing verb tenses. (MSE)

Discusses how a Vygotskian psycholinguistic approach can be applied to grammar instruction in French as a foreign language. (Author/VWL)

After a brief discussion of language teaching methodology, a re-evaluation of goals and expectations in the teaching of French is proposed. (PMP)

Banned from the classroom by followers of the "direct method," translation has been overlooked as a desirable skill in its own right, and also as a valuable medium of the teaching process. With this skill, the students learn to understand and utilize a dictionary, practice pronunciation, build up vocabulary, perfect writing ability, and…

Provides short descriptions of the major standardized language proficiency tests currently available for English and French as a second language. Contains annotated lists of references on testing global language proficiency and communicative competence and on the testing of individual skill proficiencies. (EKN)

Presents a systematized framework of contexts to help reduce ambiguity and confusion in teaching "falloir" and "pouvoir" in the "passe compose" or "imparfait." (AM)

Proposes a method for teaching vocabulary in the second language classroom, which associates one word (an "identification term") with a string of semantically-related synonyms. (AM)

Recommends the study of "La Symphonie pastorale," a novel by Andre Gide, for moderately advanced students of French as a second language. Presents various activities to be performed before, during and after reading the story, a pastor's journal, to help students understand the ironic aspects and ambiguities of the book. (AS)

Analyzes the conflicting attitudes that inform classic editions, editions of French classics created for use in school classes. Examines the ways in which they modify Voltaire's original text "Henriade." Considers the institutional framework in which these editions were produced and emphasizes the process of "classicization,"…

Presents a working model of steps to take to ensure that a Web-enhanced foreign language course is truly enriched by the Web. Discusses the process and then examines how it applies to various Web pages created for elementary and intermediate French courses. (Author/VWL)