Language attitude studies have tended to assume that informants who listen to and evaluate speech stimuli are able to identify with consistent accuracy the varieties of English in question. However, misidentification could reduce the validity of any results obtained, particularly when it involves the evaluations of non-native English-speaking…

These exercises are intended for developing students' ability to recognize cognates commonly used in air technical communications. All exercises are to be conducted orally with emphasis on correct pronunciation. Each lesson is presented in two parts: (1) pronunciation drill, and (2) fill-in exercises (oral drills). Aside from English instructions…

This English-to-Hausa dictionary is designed as a practical reference for the English-speaker seeking information about the modern vocabulary and structure of the Hausa language. An introductory section explains the principles and conventions adopted in compiling the dictionary. The vocabulary includes English words that the average user is likely…

The failure of the phonological approach in establishing native-like speech in the learner is examined in connection with new knowledge derived from articulatory setting theory. This theory is based on the work of Honikman (1964) who demonstrated that there is an intimate relationship between the tongue and teeth in speech production.…

Because of similarities in the pronunciation of "c" and "z" in Spanish America and Andalusia, it has been supposed that there was a great Andalusian migration to the New World. However, this pronunciation was also prevalent in other parts of Spain where "s", "c" and "z" were often confused. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

This article discusses the relationship between intonation and enunciation. The premise is that intonation performs in dependent sentences what allocution and modality perform in independent sentences. (Text is in French.) (AM)

The instability of several elements of the French vocalic system requires that instructors make phonetic distinctions early on about the phonemes, often grouped under an archiphoneme, which may be realized differently in speech. /E/ and /EU/ are given as examples. (Text is in French.) (MSE)

This test, conducted to prove that closed vowels can be heard in fricative utterances as open vowels in explosive utterances, gives further evidence for the closing action of constrictives and the opening action of occlusives. It also reveals a possible articulatory and auditive convergence between consonants and vowels. (Text is in French.)…

Designed to acquaint social workers and other professionals in the mental health field with the basic terms necessary for professional discussions, paper presentations, and international correspondence, the English/Spanish-Spanish/English glossary lists 130 selected mental health terms. The glossary includes two sections: English to Spanish and…

An historical linguistic view of the behavior of the Russian reflexive particle "sja" with verbs in literary usage during the 16th-19th centuries. Texts from Russian "Povesti" provide examples from which changes in usage, orthography, and pronunciation are noted. (Text is in Russian.) (DH)

A computer system developed as a database access facilitator for the blind is found to have application to foreign language instruction, specifically in teaching French to speakers of English. The computer is programmed to translate symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) into appropriate phonemes for whatever language is being…

The purpose of this guide is to provide Americans who are teaching English to the Hmongs with a set of pronunciation lessons. These lessons are geared both to the particular problems Hmong speakers have in learning English, and to the particular pedagogical problems involved in teaching pronunciation to students who are for the most part…

THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE IN COMPILING THIS MANUAL "IS NOT TO DICTATE A TEACHING PROGRAM BUT TO OFFER TESTED EXERCISES WHICH EACH TEACHER MAY USE OR ADAPT IN PLANNING HIS OWN COURSE." COORDINATED WITH THE LESSONS IN THE TEXTBOOK, THE MANUAL INCLUDES ADDITIONAL ORAL DRILLS FOR CLASSWORK OR LABORATORY. THE ENGLISH TO MANDARIN TRANSLATION…

This book covers many practical aspects of language learning. The first section entitled "The 'Whys' of Language Learning" discusses such topics as the following: (1) everyone can learn a language; (2) easier and more difficult elements in a language and classification of languages according to difficulty for speakers of English; (3) length of…

The purpose of this guide is to teach English speakers accurate pronunciation of the Modern Standard Arabic phonemes. Included are discussions concerning attitudes toward language learning in general, basic linguistic concepts, a descriptive survey of the phonemes with detailed instructions for their production, and lists of minimal pairs…