Details a program of intensive language learning at Kenston (Ohio) High School that begins with a two-and-one-half-hour-a-day class and ends with a three-week homestay abroad on school time. The approach involves using foreign language for communicating about matters relevant to the students combined with a no-grade, no-fail system. (Author/EJS)

Summarizes talks of five speakers at Vanderbilt University's symposium on foreign language teaching: "Exploring a Partnership: Computer-Assisted Instruction in Foreign Languages"; "Individualized Foreign-Language Instruction"; "Language Learning: To What Undergraduate Purpose?"; "The Training of Graduate Students as Teachers--A Proposal";…

Proposes a language pedagogy for migrant workers that takes into account the economic, cultural, and social characteristics of the target population, as well as the nature of the target language. (AM)

This report of the 1977-78 Task Force on Institutional Language Policy presents statements and recommendations relating to language programs in education, society, and within the institutional context; and to mechanisms for effecting change. (AM)

Presents four lessons that introduce the use of the passive voice in the context of describing processes. (KM)

Presentation of a methodology for instruction in reading and interpreting graphs and charts in a foreign language class. Illustrated by several demographic charts, the discussion includes an explanation of graphic semiology, several pedagogical approaches, the relationship between written text and graph and a bibliography. (Text is in French.)…

A printed text can be considered a picture on which readers project their own image in order to understand its original meaning. This process is explained via several kinds of original documents. Implications for instruction in reading a foreign language are discussed and several examples are given. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Discusses the policies governing the teaching of Chinese to foreign students in Peking and the methods used. (KM)

An overview of the program in grades 4-6. The objectives, particularly those concerning affective and psycho-motor development and communication, the role of the teacher, the division of time, and the subjects taught in English are discussed. Reasons for this kind of program organization are given. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

A brief description of a one-year immersion program occurring between elementary and secondary schools in the Chateauguay, Quebec, school district. The academic content, objectives, problems and results of the program and a plan for articulation with secondary schools are described. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

A presentation of instructional aids for the French class: visual aids and symbols for teaching French pronouns; materials and procedure for communication situations using authentic documents; a lesson on setting up the first page of a newspaper; and suggestions for activities based on the national lottery. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

The dynamics of a learner's acquisition of foreign language pronunciation and the characteristics of the primary stage of foreign language study are discussed. Teaching procedures are outlined which are designed to promote phonetic expertise in the early months of foreign language instruction. (SW)

This section contains four articles on using French dictionaries: exercises with the Gougenheim dictionary, for example, to increase vocabulary; games and activities to gain facility in using the alphabet; four vocabulary-building games; and a comparison of dictionaries of different centuries using the word "femme" as example. (AMH)

A discussion of specific ways of using these two media in language teaching. Particular attention is given to the use of foreign language programs on radio to develop listening comprehension. The use of educational television is illustrated by discussion of the program, "Les Gammas! Les Gammas!" (AMH)

Discusses how a vast and easily acquired vocabulary of cognates is one element in facilitating the development of listening and speaking skills. (NCR)