This study examined the relationship between external language behavior in the form of intensity of verbal interaction between the learner and his language environment and the effects of this interaction on language abilities as measured by language tests. The subjects were adult learners of English as a second language. (CFM)

Analyzes the intonation patterns used in the oral presentation of the news. The aim is to use this analysis to make students more aware of the significance of what they are listening to and to teach them how to make use of such intonation patterns themselves. (Text is in French.) (TL)

This article focuses on interpersonal communication anxiety, its effects on students, and ways that a teacher may help to overcome this difficulty. (JD)

A self-guided, audio-tape, desensitization treatment procedure, using standard cassette recorders in a counseling service office, is an effective means for modifying self-report of speech anxiety. (MB)

Reviews 15 publications on teaching French (1972-1975). Encluded are books on: spoken vs. written French, linguistic grammar and teaching grammar, minimum French grammar, error linguistics, text collections for Secondary Grade 2, a stylistic exercise book, a collection for dictation, and literature. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This article discusses the relationship in language instruction between the verbo-tonal system of phonetic correction and a structuro-global audio-visual method which takes the communication aspects of language learning into account. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article discusses the linguistic aspects of silence, and its role in communicative competence. The need for teaching the use of silence in second languages is stressed. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Suggests twelve listening exercises and their applications to writing, speaking, language and literature. (DD)

Investigated the communicative interactions of dyads of 4- to 5-year olds during pretend play involving routine, or scripted, events as a function of the children's knowledge of the scripts. The study utilized measures of the quantity and quality of interaction and the strategies employed by the children to establish mutual knowledge. (37…

Finds that two strategies led to significantly higher scores on a final exam in a communication course: reviewing the concepts delineated on the study guide, and silent reading of class notes. Finds in a second study that student motivation was positively related to public-speaking competence, but not to the demonstration of communication…

Reviews recent research into the qualitative and quantitative aspects of fluency to more clearly define the word as a performance descriptor for oral assessment of foreign language learners and as an indicator of progress in language learning. The concept of fluency is confused and multilayered when used in the assessment of oral performance. (22…

Examines a sociolinguistic thesis on language attrition illustrating first-language (L1) loss in a second-language (L2) environment via interviews conducted with two control groups and L1 German speakers living in Australia. Findings reveal that after 10 to 20 years in the L2 environment, the extent of L1 attrition was such that none of the…

Explores how tendencies to dichotomize women's and men's behavior according to expected roles, and modes of researching gendered communication, have led to linking and privileging men's modes of communication in the professional arena and women's modes of communication in intimate relationships. Discusses challenges and responsibilities…