Discusses a technique for teaching the usage of the present perfect tense to students of English as a second language. (CFM)

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

This article discusses an alternative method of teaching literature in a foreign language class using a humanistic approach. (CFM)

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)

Argues that the "interview" is a flexible device for language teaching useful for presenting complicated structures and vocabulary or to allow students to create complex "conversations" on specialized topics. Presents the text of an interview suitable for translation or as a model. (three references) (Author/CK)

Surveys recent trends in language teaching thinking in terms of the distinction between the technological and ecological perspectives on teaching and learning. Attention is given to the strategies involved in the practical realization of an ecological approach to language teaching. (Author/VWL)

Discusses an easily-learned pair of mnemonic devices that have universal applicability for the position of object pronouns in Spanish sentences. (Author/VWL)

Introduces brain-based teaching and learning. Reviews basic biological facts about the human brain and discusses seven principles based on recent research that have practical benefits for English-as-a-Foreign-Language teachers. (Author/VWL)

Suggests a practical proposal for dealing with language learning problems labeled "misconception analysis." Draws on findings from cognitive psychology that emphasize learners and their learning needs. The approach is motivated by the fact that in foreign language learning, formal instruction is the primary source of input and consequently can be…

Explores the opportunities for teaching German for musicians and offers it as an approach to teaching beginning German in general. A short theoretical discussion of the impact of music on foreign language learning precedes the presentation of various teaching tools and ideas that map the territory in which musical foreign language teaching can…

Discusses critical educational studies in foreign language and the issues they illuminate in regard to the image of foreign language education in the United States. Explores how a critical pedagogy of foreign language education can strengthen the endeavor and advocate specific avenues of reform. (Author/VWL)

Considers the rationale for using a focus on form approach to teaching form as opposed to the more traditional focus on forms approach where linguistic features are treated sequentially. Describes methodological options for attending to form in communication. (Author/VWL)

Provides a historical overview of the use of typographical cues, to expose the rationale behind the use of textual enhancement in second language (L2) classrooms and to offer avenues for further research on textual enhancement based on a review of the literature in the field. (Author/VWL)

Shows how the apparently unrelated structuralist and poststructuralist approaches to literature each provide a persuasive justification for the use of literature in the language classroom. Argues persuasively that the characteristic use of deviation in literary writing makes literary texts "noticeable,""comprehensible," and hence suitable as a…

Presents a total Spanish immersion program designed to improve students' spoken Spanish and deepen their cultural awareness under the auspices of a natural and informal environment. Students and their teachers meet in the forest at the end of the week from 40 to 50 hours and converse solely in Spanish. (Author/CK)