This intermediate reader containing 15 stories has been designed for the adult learner of Marathi with an elementary knowledge of the language. It is intended to increase the students' reading skills and introduce them to some main themes in Maharashtrian life and literature. A brief introduction in English precedes some of the stories. The second…

This advanced reader, containing ten stories, is designed for adult students of Marathi with an intermediate knowledge of the language. It is intended to increase the students' reading skills and introduce them to some main themes in Maharashtrian life and literature. The selections deal primarily with women and marriage, and religion. It is felt…

This study is one of a series of documents resulting from the Survey of Second Language Teaching, which investigated second language learning as a factor in national development in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The aspect discussed here concerns professional evaluations, opinions and recommendations of individuals and organizations involved in…

This booklet contains instructional materials and suggestions for ESL teachers. Fourteen objectives in speaking, reading and writing are described; suggested materials are briefly noted for some of these. A brief play with eight characters entitled "Charlie Brown" and scenes in dialogue form from two works, "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and "Mice…

Suggests having foreign language students write business letters to stimulate interest in developing writing skills. This project gives the students the opportunity of travelling abroad vicariously and to collect souvenirs while improving their communication skills in the foreign language. (CFM)

A lack of interest in language study and cultural diversity is evident throughout American Society. This task force report presents 25 recommendations designed to promote public awareness of the importance of studying foreign languages and cultures. (CFM)

Evaluation of university teachers is generally left to students, but the first and most important evaluation must be made at the departmental level. (CFM)

Notes that effective second language teaching and learning depend on needs assessment, or understanding what language skills the student needs to learn and what language functions the student wants to produce after taking the course. Considers the mutual interaction of teacher, student, and materials of great importance to successful second…

Describes an inductive approach to teaching the general characteristics of a literary movement or period. Without prior discussion, students are asked to identify similarities among various art forms of a given period; this procedure stimulates further study, exploration, and disscussion of the subject. (EJS)

Contrastive analysis of Spanish and English reveals the importance of giving as much attention to suprasegmentals as to segmentals in the teaching of pronunciation. (CFM)

Discusses three possible sources of nonrandom but extraneous variance in self-reported attitude data, and demonstrates that these data may be surreptitious measures of verbal intelligence and language proficiency. (Author/AM)

Describes a study designed to measure several variables and their effect on the language achievement of native Mexican children learning Spanish as a second language. (AM)

A description of an exchange between an American high school German class and one in West Germany to explore and compare the interests of German and American teenagers. Items of interest to teenagers were exchanged. Various ways in which student motivation was increased are noted. (Author/AMH)

Types of errors Arabs make with definiteness are classified and the rate of occurrence of errors are counted. Sixteen three-hour college-level American history final examinations written by Arabic speakers were examined. (SW)

Reports on the independent classroom experiences of a teacher of English as a foreign language in Germany who used videotaped broadcasts of BBC's "News of the Week" and a teacher of English as a second language in the U.S. who used two-minute news capsules from a radio station in Los Angeles. (CFM)