Advocates the use of little puppet plays for teaching English as a foreign language to elementary school children. (Available from English Inspectorate, Ministry of Education and Culture, P. O. Box 292, Jerusalem, Israel.) (CHK)

A procedure is described for using a visual aid to elicit from a student a relatively elaborate mental image. In the context of that procedure, certain aspects of what happens inside and between people in a language classroom are explored. (Author/RM)

While faulty articulation can usually be remedied by practice (imitation), faulty sound-perception calls for different teaching techniques, including presentation of correct versus incorrect sounds, minimal and contrastive pairs taken from vocabularies of first-year English textbooks. Drills are suggested, aimed at distinguishing similar sounds…

Discusses the influence of modern linguistic research on foreign language instruction. Shows the role of grammar 1 in the acquisition of grammar 2, and specifically when French is 1 and English is 2. Considers that conscious, systematic knowledge of L2, learned through L1, is positive for second language acquisition. (Text is in French.) (TL)

Reviews the main issues involved in foreign language teaching methodologies. Particularly discusses how the learner may be affected by the metalanguage used in instruction, when it is composed of traditional grammar terminology or modern linguistic terminology or when none is used. (Text is in French.) (TL)

This article explores the use of error analysis in foreign language instruction. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Factors affecting student listening comprehension include those inherent - age, IQ, hearing ability, knowledge of the foreign language, memory - and those relating to material - content, complexity, length, use of visual clues. Suggestions are made for adapting text material to effective listening exercises. (CHK)

Report of a group project in German designed to increase students' aural-oral skills: Borchert's short story "Das Brot" was read and rewritten as a radio play and the results were recorded. Reading and writing skills were employed, extensive oral practice was possible, and tapes were used. (SCC)

Discusses various utterance types calling for "nicht" in German, and suitable exercises for teaching them. It is felt that one should use particularly the receptive-reproductive/receptive-productive sequence. The negation of a sentence in the perfect tense is used for illustration. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Some characteristics affecting learning which vary with the individual are discussed. A rationale for individualized instruction is explained, as is its implementation through use of learning activity packages. (RM)

Discusses the development of the ability to speak independently through the use of exercises which progress gradually from direct external guidance through indirect external guidance to self-directed utterance. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Deals with the provisional grammar known as Learner's Language that foreign language learners develop in the learning process. Data derived from observing Learner's Language have two major implications for foreign language teaching: the reordering of learning sequences, and the need for providing a full communicative context throughout the…

Advertising matter, being oriented to contemporary society, is an interesting object of study. Advertising pictures throw light on the culture of the country. A contest riddle and tapes of spoken advertising are presented. Numerous examples show how a teaching method can be designed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Surveys programs and techniques of language teaching in Europe both in industry and business and in the schools. (CK)

A description of materials developed to supplement an activity-based French program for grade eight. (PMP)