Presents methods for teaching insults, abbreviations, and grammatical agreement of nouns and verbs in French to French language students. Suggests possible uses of catalogs and miscellaneous facts in teaching French. (BK)

Article to be continued. (RL)

In an effort to untangle theories of French verb tense for second language classroom use, an instructional approach that moves the learner progressively through the tenses and their meanings is presented. The system focuses on the relationship of each tense to the present tense. (MSE)

Discusses the teaching of qualitative and quantitative comparison expressions in French, specifically the various notions and functions that must be taken into consideration and the various pedagogical phases that should be followed. (AM)

It is suggested that the methodology for developing communicative competence in a second language is not always in keeping with the principles behind it. Two directions are suggested: use of grammatical sequencing for those students it suits best, and gradual introduction of complexity into the communicative situation. (MSE)

Analyses the nature of aspect in the present, the past ("passe compose"), and imperfect tenses in French, and gives some general guidelines for the teaching of these structures. (AM)

A new approach to learning French verbs based on the stem of the present tense and ignoring traditional classifications by infinitive is proposed. (MSE)

Gives a grammar presentation complemented by a variety of exercises on the use of the subjunctive as opposed to the use of the indicative, on the use of the auxiliaries, on verb aspect, and on the conditional mood. (MES)

Grammatical sequencing is suggested as a valuable teaching technique from the points of view of both communicative competence and linguistic competence. Sequencing techniques and ideas are offered. (MSE)

An interview with Jean-Claude Chevalier in which the advantages and dangers of eclecticism are discussed. Some topics covered are: the role of traditional grammar; recent linguistic research in French; the development of teaching methods; Chomsky's theory of universal grammar. (Text is in French.) (AMH)