Study examined relationship between use of grammatical and rhetorical skills in writing and performance in reading for children in grades 1 through 3. Apparently certain linguistic skills are common to both disciplines and these skills become more critical to both writing and reading as the child matures. (DS)

The study involving 56 hearing and 24 deaf children (9-11 years old) sought evidence of language knowledge in deaf children extending beyond formal instruction, and consequently suggestive of a functional generative language system. (Author/SBH)

Proposes the study of Gullah as a means of discovering the African roots of Black English. (AM)

Discusses a sociolinguistic approach to the teaching of French as a native language in the elementary schools. (AM)

Finds significant correlations between scores on vocabulary tests and tests of syntax and morphology, suggesting two major second language learning factors (grammar and vocabulary/phonological ability). Relates these results to hypotheses concerning individual differences in strategies of first and second language learning. (Author/RL)

An adult learner of Spanish presents a diary outlining the process of learning Spanish during her five-week program in South America. (AM)

Offers advice and practical suggestions to teachers of the Latin language. It is argued that if Latin is used in the classroom in interesting activities, the students will learn the language better and more quickly. (CFM)

The clearest writing style is one in which the grammatical structures of a sentence most redundantly support the perceived semantic structure; a textured style is one in which the syntactic complexity invests a sentence with distinctive force. (DD)

Reports on research into the use of the particle "-le" by native speakers of Chinese. (AM)

This section consists of six essays dealing with: (1) current trends in French linguistics; (2) French possessive pronouns; (3) contemporary French novelists; (4) "happiness" in France; (5) the Belgian playwright Michel Ghelderode; and (6) the pedagogical use of popular songs. (AM)

This article discusses some of the recurrent syntactic problems that the foreign learner of English faces when using the English verb-particle construction and attempts to show how a pedagogic dictionary could help the learner to cope with these problems. (Author/CFM)

Offers various resources and ideas to be used in the instruction of French as a second language, ranging from learning to read scientific texts and instruction in indirect discourse to the use of polls and the discussion of political issues in language classes. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Discusses the problem of discrepancies between the pedagogical model of the French language traditionally used in language instruction, and the model of so-called "common French." (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Proposes an organizationally simple teaching procedure, wherein every fourth hour is devoted to individualized instruction. The criteria involved are auditory understanding, speaking skill, and understanding of structure. The procedure is explained, and examples of the teaching of various items are sketched. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The report presents an analysis of the underlying structure of simple stories and examines the implications of such structure for recall. Data comparing recall by children and adults suggest that story schemata differ somewhat at various points in development and that consequently there are qualitative differences in recall. (RC)