Urges the broadening of language study by looking beyond an exclusively literary training. (Author/LG)

American KFL (Korean as a foreign language) students' communicative success depends to a large extent on their ability to express interpersonal meanings with target-language resources. However, information regarding how KFL students acquire, or fail to learn linguistic politeness through classroom learning is scarce. The nature of this study is…

Suggests exercises to increase fluency with numbers for use primarily with children and teenagers learning English as a second language. (KM)

Discusses the goals of the learner with respect to foreign language instruction and ways in which teachers can help in the achievement of these goals. (PM)

Presents the merits of teaching English as a second language to employees at work via the telephone, and describes the teaching techniques involved. (KM)

Briefly outlines the rationale for a transactional approach to language teaching. (PM)

Outlines the basic concepts and goals of the "Integrated System" approach for teaching second languages to children and summarizes its two-year application to children learning Hebrew in Boston. (PM)

Urges the combination of grammatical instruction with pragmatic spoken usage in the teaching of language. (LG)

An experiment was carried out at the University of Wyoming with a group of beginning students of Russian. The group consisted of about 30 students at the beginning of the experiment, but by the second semester, the number had been reduced to 15. The method used in this experiment was based on the assumption that true learning occurs when students…

Reviews eight articles (1972-74) on teaching grammar, dealing with, e.g., the manner of presenting new structures, ranking of grammatical rules, development of a practical theory of grammar, and the effectiveness of traditional grammar teaching. Special teaching examples deal with English second conditional and question formation. (Text is in…

Reports on experiences covering two years of use of a Russian television course for Grade 9. The course is seen as particularly useful in reinforcing knowledge of vocabulary of past lessons. Several practical hints to the teacher, e.g., preparation for the television lesson, are offered. (Text is in German.) (IfS/WGA)

Discusses the various uses of visual and audiovisual aids in language instruction. (Text is in French.) (AM)