Examines the relationship between accent in language learning and pitch discrimination in music. Research conducted under a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (DS)

Paper prepared with the support of the Defense Language Institute English Language School, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas under contract F41609-70-C0033, and delivered in 1970 to staff members of the DLIELS. (DS)

Paper prepared with the support of the Defense Language Institute English Language School, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas under contract F41609-70-C0033, and delivered in 1970 to staff members of the DLIELS. (DS)

Describes two experiments to evaluate acquisition of /r/ and /l/ involving native Japanese children and adults residing in the United States. The first required subjects to produce and discriminate English /r/ and /l/ in listening and speaking. Children's performance was better than adults'. In the second, the subject received programed training.…

Describes a study designed to clarify the relationships among young children's age, reasoning ability, ability to add regular and irregular plurals to real and nonsense count nouns and testing methods. Discusses age as a factor employed to indicate how the use of plurals changes over time. (MES)

Presents some classroom games that can be used for review purposes in helping students to memorize vocabulary items. The games are divided into two major categories, one which is intended for help in reviewing characters, and one which is intended to help in reviewing vocabulary and pronunciation. Each game is described. (PJM)