Describes part of in-service program for Dutch teachers in which they interview native English speakers to collect material to be used in the classroom. Teachers were able to use their non-native status to elicit as much or as little language as they wanted and to build clarification devices into the interviews. (BK)

Radio would make a valuable tool for developing listening comprehension and speaking skills. A wide range of accents are available over commercial radio. Extensive listening would be done for pleasure; intensive listening would have a goal in mind, such as the use of a particular syntactic pattern. (PJM)

Describes a course in listening comprehension methodology given to teachers of English as a Foreign Language. The course includes: (1) sub-group and total group discussions of what is meant by listening comprehension, (2) listing of listening comprehension difficulties, and (3) a discussion of students' individually prepared listening…

Reading aloud can be an effective tool in the teaching of English as a second language. (LG)

Describes a method of teaching listening comprehension to advanced ESL students. The method involves the use of taped lectures to train students to take notes and understand lecturers. (LG)

Principles for constructing listening comprehension exercises for ESL classes are discussed. (RM)

Describes and gives example of use of national radio broadcast to administer English as a second language test in Israel. Purpose of program is to test listening as distinct from speaking. Results have been encouraging. (BK)

Describes five uses of the overhead projector in English as a second language classes including crosswork puzzles, giving directions, dictation, spots as a way to consolidate the comparative and superlative using different sized examples, and other geometric shapes. (BK)

Previous methods of evaluating listening comprehension have been faulty in that they also tested reading ability and memory, which interfered with the assessment of listening comprehension. A method is proposed which tests students' reactions to statements made in the everyday language of the target language. Results of the method in the…

Describes various methods for using the newspaper for reading and listening comprehension. Headlines are cut out and arranged on a sheet of paper and the students must expand on these headlines. Articles can be read and discussed. Certain words in a horoscope can be blacked out for the student to fill in. (PJM)

Advocates the use of dictation in teaching English as a second language. The steps in preparation, administering and correcting classroom dictation are outlined, and a method of organizing material on a language laboratory tape is suggested. In this procedure, students administer the dictation and correct it themselves. (CHK)

Discusses the advantages of and procedures for the dicto-comp exercises in the English as a Foreign Language classroom. The exercise consists of a passage which is read several times to students, who follow an outline of the reading. After the final reading, students are asked to reproduce the passage in writing. (Author/PJM)

Offers suggestions for the use of a land map in the English as a foreign language classroom. The information available has usually already been learned by the student in his native language. Maps can be used to teach, for example, comparative and superlative, the passive (is located), comprehension, and advanced grammatical work. (PJM)

Presents an exercise in listening comprehension that relates to a situation students are familiar with: listening to simulated flight announcements. While answering questions based on the announcements, students are asked to do some useful tasks which combine aural and visual processing. (Author/PJM)

Dictation is a form of practice for teaching spelling, pronunciation, and the unstressed function words. Disadvantages such as unnaturalness can be avoided by selective dictation, where a text is chosen based on the level of the class. In addition, structures that might be problems for the class should be included therein. (PJM)