Problems in giving students in large West African classes sufficient drill time to practice regularly listening and speaking are discussed and possible solutions are reviewed. Collective and group speaking are seen as useful aids to oral French learning. (LBH)

This article discusses an abnormal type of speech in the Cocopa language called animal talk, which deals with how humans refer to the communication between humans and animals and between animals themselves. The derivation of animal talk from normal speech and speech of mythical animals is discussed. (NCR)

Discusses language shift in one community from German-Hungarian bilingualism to the exclusive use of German. Young women are further along in this direction than others. The linguistic contrast is shown to represent the social dichotomy between a newly available worker status and traditional peasant status. (Author/RM)

Posits the hypothesis that both black skin and nonstandard speech make employment as a salesperson or supervisor less likely and discusses the research study designed to provide support for this hypothesis. (MH)

The usage of Spanish address terms is investigated to explore the predictability and variability in the behavior of non-Indians and Quechua Indians in Peru. The behavior variations are related to differential "power" and "solidarity" between the two ethnic groups and differential "solidarity" within the Quecha group.…

A teaching model developed at a Canadian university shows that student motivation is increased when action and person-oriented communication dominate. The textbook is not abandoned, but emphasis is on free speaking. Simulation is used in small groups. Teacher participation is minimized. Simple speech samples are given. (Text is in German.)…

Oral reading presentations in a foreign language motivate students and encourage mastery learning. Details include a point-count system for evaluating reading; ways to get nonparticipants involved and learning; and suggestions for engaging the attention and assistance of the rest of the school, the administration, and the community. (Author/SW)

Provides a sample of ERIC documents representative of those in the system focusing on the evaluation of communication instruction programs. (MH)

To explore the relationship of language use and speech adaptation to role and context, the spontaneous speech of a 5-year-old boy was recorded in three different situations: playing alone, playing with a friend of the same age, and playing with his mother. (Author/SW)

Describes a course presented to increase the effective reporting and writing skills of geology students. (SL)

A study of variants in the form of stylistically differentiated or full-fledged doublets in contemporary standard Russian. It is concluded that distribution of variants depends upon the speakers' social characteristics. Quantitative differences in the distribution of variants correspond to social differences. Other parameters determine the…

A study of code-switching, the use of two or more linguistic varieties in the same interaction. Code-switching as interpreted in this study is a meta-interactional cue which is activated to signal a change in direction of the interaction. Such a response to the interaction process is considered significant. (AMH)

Replicates an earlier research attempt to determine the methods used to teach English in British secondary schools. (MH)

Introduces a technique for the presentation of new vocabulary in a situation which incorporates communicative use of language. (Author/DB)

A description of a study whose object was to analyze the oral language used in class by nine-year-olds from varied socioeconomic backgrounds. The procedure, results and the linguistic characteristics according to situation are described. Several statistical tables are provided. (Text is in French.) (AMH)