The social significance of the familiar and the formal "you" in Lausanne, Switzerland, is a function of age and social class as well as of culture and social solidarity. (MLA)

A Spanish lesson is presented with sections on grammar, vocabulary, and expressions (modismos) with written test exercises and an assigned composition. (Text is in Spanish.) (NCR)

The role of attitude in the extensive underperformance reported among West Indian children in British schools is of critical importance. This includes attitudes of the host community towards West Indians and vice versa. Suggests that there are strong links between attitudes towards a language and attitudes towards speakers of that language.…

The various influences on educational performance, and, in particular, the influence of language are examined in relation to under-achievement of West Indian children in British schools. (Author/RK)

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.…

Comments and suggestions are offered for organizing a class in commercial French. Two subjects must be taught: basic business transactions and procedures applicable to both the U.S. and France and French commercial terminology, stressing the differences between French and American practices. (SW)

"It" as a personal pronoun is used in many expressions without reference to persons or things. Chinese students of English as a second language find the different uses hard to understand. The differing uses of "it" in English and Chinese and errors made by Chinese students are discussed. (SW)

Describes the nature and impact of the Communist movement's revolutionary language which emphasized the particular pro-American Communist discourse which dramatized issues, events, and people. (MH)

Compares discussion in teacherless small group with that in a class lesson. (AA)

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)

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)

Discusses American journalism--specifically the syndicated columns. To show their usefulness for English teaching, Art Buchwald's "Unqualifications" is described and the text interpreted. It is suggested that for humorous aspects and language deviations be stressed; for Grades 11-13 irony, American technology and education. (Text is in…

Presents, in the form of a French-German glossary, material for use by students and teacher in classroom interaction. Included are such items as classroom announcements, reading, blackboard work, calling for answers, marginal notes on papers, and handing back the students' work. (Text is in German and French.) (IFS/WGA)