Describes the difficulties of Japanese script (for both the Japanese and foreigners) and argues for the teaching of the reading skill. (PMP)

THE WRITING AND READING SYSTEM OF ARABIC IS PRESENTED IN A TEXT DEVELOPED ON THE BASIS OF LINGUISTIC THEORY AND THE PEDAGOGY OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES. ARABIC WRITING IS RELATED TO ARABIC SOUNDS IN GRADED STEPS. THE ARABIC SOUNDS REPRESENT BOTH MODERN LITERARY ARABIC AND COLLOGUIAL ARABIC, IN THIS CASE THE CAIRENE ARABIC OF EDUCATED EGYPTIANS…

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL OF THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM ARE PRESENTED TO TEACH THE STUDENTS (1) HOW CHARACTERS ARE PUT TOGETHER, (2) HOW TO TELL ONE CHARACTER FROM ANOTHER, AND (3) HOW TO ANALYZE NEW CHARACTERS INTO APPROPRIATE CONSTITUENTS FOR PURPOSES OF DICTIONARY SEARCH. THE MATERIALS ARE BASED ON AN IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENT…

A FIRST-LEVEL READER IS PRESENTED, PRIMARILY FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE A SPEAKING KNOWLEDGE OF PANJABI AND SOME KNOWLEDGE OF PANJABI GRAMMAR. THIS VOLUME CAN BE USED IN A GENERAL PANJABI LANGUAGE COURSE AS A SUPPLEMENT TO CONVERSATIONAL MATERIALS, OR BY ITSELF IN A COURSE ON THE WRITTEN LANGUAGE. A GLOSSARY AND A BRIEF GRAMMATICAL APPENDIX HAVE…

Report on an experiment at the University of Maryland. (DD)

INTENDED FOR INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL STUDENTS, "PART 1" OF THIS SECOND VOLUME IN THE "CONTEMPORARY ARABIC READERS" SERIES PRESENTS A COLLECTION OF 20 ESSAYS WRITTEN BY OUTSTANDING ARAB LITERARY FIGURES. SUBJECTS RANGE FROM POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY IN THE ARAB WORLD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REFORMS IN AGRICULTURE AND THE WRITING SYSTEM. THE…

THIS TWO-PART VOLUME IS THE FINAL IN A SERIES OF INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL READERS--"VOLUME I-NEWSPAPER ARABIC,""VOLUME II-ARABIC ESSAYS,""VOLUME III-FORMAL ARABIC," AND "VOLUME IV-SHORT STORIES"--DESIGNED FOR USE AS A SERIES OR INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER. THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS BOOK ("POETRY, PART 1") OUTLINES TRENDS IN ARABIC POETRY, INCLUDING THE…

A TEXTBOOK IS PRESENTED FOR A SECOND-LEVEL COURSE IN THE ARABIC LANGUAGE. THE BOOK CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF EXERCISES FOR LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND AND WRITE ARABIC SCRIPT. (JH)

Because of the diversity of Arabic dialects (Lebanese, Iraqi, Syrian, Algerian, Moroccan, Libyan, Sudanese, Saudi Arabian, Palestinian, and Egyptian), and the fact that Arabic writing allows for a wide range of different pronunciations, the question faced by students is where to begin. It is instructive to consider how this problem is dealt with…

Discusses the role of written French both in traditional and contemporary teaching methods. (AM)

Presents a method for teaching grammar through an understanding of the content of a written text, using a three-fold approach: sociolinguistic, linguistic, and logico-syntactical. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Special issue devoted to teaching Level II French. (DS)

Presents a series of rules to account for an underlying root (CVCVC) in irregular verbs in literary Arabic. These rules are not intended as a full description of the phenomenon but rather as a pedagogical tool. (Text is in French.) (AM)