The use of "a,""de," or nothing preceding complement infinitives in French is addressed from the perspective of the deeper grammatical relations involved, and possible instructional strategies are suggested. Examples and comparisons are made in English. Unlike the traditional approach, it is assumed that a preposition is…

Presents a set of rules for learning grammatical gender in French. (AM)

A brief explanation of how the Garden Path second-language correction technique induces students to make errors that teachers can immediately correct precedes an exploration of why the strategy works, its usefulness in teaching grammatical structures, and its compatibility with an interactive approach to foreign language teaching. (25 references)…