Various criteria are presented for selecting the first words to be taught to a child with a language disorder. (Author)

Discusses the differences between first language learning and second language learning, examines arguments for and against an early start in second language learning and surveys recent and current practices in second language learning and teaching. (Author)

Presents a technique for improving pupils' language by studying idioms. (RB)

Advocates increased stress on music for preschool children for aid in language learning. (CH)

Too much attention is given to drill on the component skills of language and literacy and too little attention to their significant use. Component skills must be used in contexts that require their integration into some larger act that has a personal purpose that binds the parts into the whole. (Author/IRT)

The nature of paradoxes prevalent in the field of foreign language teaching today are examined. (RM)

Intended for those working with deaf blind children, the document discusses strategies for developing language. Information on objectives, materials, and methods are presented for 10 levels of language development: the nonresponsive child, the child with differentiated crying, the child who demonstrates "stimulus-response" behavior to situational…

The article describes language programing methods (based on linguistic principles) for profoundly mentally retarded children. (CL)

Discusses and defends the innateness hypothesis - that a component of the human mind is a species-specific language learning mechanism--and discusses some implications of that hypothesis. (RM)

This document presents the case for the use of situational reinforcement (SR) as a language teaching method of which all teachers of languages should be made aware. SR is defined as a horizontal approach to language learning, a process of gradual familiarization where students are presented with a mixture of language structures from the outset;…

It is suggested that any second language program for young children be based on the following principles: Children are motivated to learn a second language because of language relationships with others; young children need a total development program within a language program; and children learn by doing. (Author/MS)

Proposes a language instruction process, including a diagrammatical presentation of the language process, for use with disadvantaged children as a means of expanding their use of the linguistic system and their range of linguistic experiences. (RB)

Presents a technique for increasing student's interest in language study. (RB)