Describes a study on the English language use of native speakers of Arabic and Japanese in three task conditions: completing a written grammar test, participating in an oral interview, and narrating a story. Results support the hypothesis that the utterances of second language learners show systematic variability related to task. (SED)

Examines the syntactic complexity and grammatical transformations used by students of English as a foreign language. Suggests that they use and expand syntactic structures in a manner similar to native speakers. (EL)

Presents a study of the relationship between syntactic complexity and grade level and of the relations of mode and syntax to an English as a foreign language writing sample. Examines the influence of the syntax in each mode of writing on the content of the compositions. (SED)

Using a fictitious text, the article discusses the "sexism" in current spoken English, which discriminates against the female sex consciously and by negligence. Objectionable words are listed. An exercise for Secondary Grade II is offered, with sentences to be written, avoiding the "sexist" element. (IFS/WGA)

This paper demonstrates how attention to developmental skills at every stage of language instruction enhances mastery of specific structural targets. A college German course in which a high degree of reading comprehension is the objective is used; Modified-Adjective Construction is the specific structural target. (CHK)

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)

This book examines how the underlying linguistic competence of second language (L2) learners is constrained by the same universal principals governing natural language. It is assumed that there is an innately given universal grammar (UG) which constrains L1 grammars, limiting the kinds of hypotheses that L1 acquirers entertain about the nature of…

This textbook provides an accessible reference grammar of the Dutch language for English-speaking students of Dutch to help consolidate their knowledge through practical exercises on a whole range of grammatical topics. It is intended both for beginners and intermediate level students. Advanced learners of Dutch wishing to review particular…

Based on experimental plan for semi-programmed instructional course of elementary German, developed pursuant to a contract with the Defense Language Institute, Washington, D.C., and on a paper presented at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, N.Y., 1969. (RS)

Paper presented at sessions of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 24, 1972. (VM)

Special issue devoted to the second conference on structuro-global-audio-visual methodology, at Mons, Belgium, 1971; text of a talk which formed the basis of discussion during the conference. (VM)