To what extent and in what specific ways ethnic background, particularly blingualism, relate to linguistic development is a matter of concern with respect to curriculum development and instruction. (Authors/MB)

Tests on children between five and nine led to the conclusion that children's ability to recognize synonymous structures is progressively developed over a period of years and that there is a scale of difficulty involved. Paper presented at the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs Annual Conference, May 1969. (FWB)

Examines and analyzes occurrences of the English prepositions "at, "to, "on, and "in. Concludes that these prepositions are logically connected and their functions and meanings are comprehensible from the psycho-physiological experiences of man in space. (DS)

Suggests that the cognitive theory of language within the field of psycholinguistics, rather than a theory of linguistic description, should underlie language teaching materials. (DS)

Based on surveys conducted by institutions such as the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, the National Council of Teachers of English and the Center for Applied Linguistics, this article attempts to present a composite picture of the EFL (English Foreign Language) program as it has developed in the 1950's and up to the present. (FWB)

Compares the linguist's treatment of the speech of Negro children with that of educational psychologists such as Bereiter and Engelmann, and demonstrates the deficiencies of the latter. (FB)

Paper prepared under contract with the English Language Branch--Defense Language Institute, Lackland Air Force Base, Lackland, Texas, and delivered in 1971 to staff members of the Branch. (VM)

Examines research dealing with methods of teaching punctuation that go as far back as 1900. Believes findings explain why English teachers are not in agreement on any one specific method of teaching this skill. (RB)