Spanish/English bilingual 5 to 11-year-old children were interviewed in both languages to assess the reliability of their language background self-ratings. (CM)

Discusses the comparative strength of language use as measured by languages used in transnational radio broadcasting. Findings indicate that politics and Christian evangelism are the two major concerns dominating broadcasting and that language selection policy influences political, social, and cultural change. (JMF)

Presents a unit on slang to help cultivate in students some positive attitudes toward their language use and to help students respect language differences. (TJ)

A recent study indicates that there is still a great amount of language-stereotyping in our books. (Editor)

Examines the dialogue communication behavior of a group of chronic, male schizophrenics and demonstrates a relation between these same indices of communication behavior and types of anxiety expression. (Editor/RK)

A pilot study was undertaken at the State University of New York at Stony Brook to determine what information "graffiti" might reveal. Some of the results, especially revealing student concern with sex, homosexuality and race, are briefly discussed. (EJT)

Briefly discusses the clash between student needs and teaching methods witnessed in the Irish branch of the Alliance Francaise, and acts as an introduction to a discussion of three specific methods. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

How to deal with profanity and other unacceptable language in the classroom is a subject all of us deal with daily. And, if the problem isn't handled sensitively, it can be explosive. Presents a few practices that seem to reduce the incidence of profane language in the classroom. (Author/RK)

Suggests that language and culture are crucial factors in the transmission of emotion--even on the nonverbal vocal level. (Author)

Discusses hypotheses and conclusions of an investigation carried out in the Paris area concerning language needs in the mother tongue as they relate to social stratification and social interaction. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Types of answers to "yes/no" questions are categorized according to their use of "yes" or "no," use of verbs in the question, use of additional information, and use of affirmative or negative expressions. EFL textbook exercises seldom correspond to real conversation; suggestions are made for improvements. (CHK)

Discusses the problem of the lack of French terminology for computer science personnel, and provides a list of such terminology. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

A comparative study of students' scores in mechanics and usage on standardized tests and ratings of actual writing samples. (DD)

This paper supports the contention of a previous paper that child language cannot be analyzed as if it were adult language. Meanings and interpretations of child language can be mistaken if observed from the adult viewpoint. Assumptions of child meaning based on the situation or action will be most accurate. (CHK)