Explores methods of developing resistance to persuasion by extending the principles and techniques of attitude change. Implications for future research are noted. (MH)

Proposes abandoning textbook dialogs "manufactured" for teaching grammar, taking instead, as learning goals, communicative functions, for which suitable speech forms are presented. Using the dialog "Hopeless" from the textbook "English for You" (Hueber, Munich), methods are described. The student acquires active communication and transfer ability.…

Two parties of different native languages communicate via a third of which neither is a fluent speaker. Lingua franca talk is discussed under four aspects: entrance considerations, non-comprehension problems, speaker frustration, and increasing entropy. Devices for achieving strategies in multilingual settings are discussed. Available from…

An experiment was conducted to investigate follow-up procedures for ETV programs. The study was conducted in Glasgow with a series designed to teach English to immigrant children. One group received a linguistically-oriented follow-up; another a situationally-oriented follow-up. The latter group performed better in the evaluation. (RM)

Vocabulary grouped according to subject matter is well-adapted to developing speaking competence. Even in the use of blackboard pictures for teaching vocabulary, systematic aspects should be observed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Describes an experiment in which the relationship between verbal utterances and communication structures are examined within a group structure. (Text is in French.) (AM)

The author discusses the history of agonistic structures (primarily the disposition to organize subject matter as a field of combat) and orality in education. (HMD)

A speech act approach to the transition from pre-linguistic to linguistic communication is adopted in order to consider language in relation to behavior and to allow for an emphasis on the use, rather than the form, of language. A pilot study of mothers and infants is discussed. (Author/RM)

An after-school activity offered by the Central Institute of English Language called "Games" is described. The purpose of the activity is to stimulate and increase oral fluency and production. Several games are commented on. (RM)

This textbook is the second volume in a series on reading, written and oral composition, listening, and manuscript development. The authors provide language experiences as a problem to be worked out. Each lesson may very properly be studied somewhat after the following general manner, subject to such modifications as the nature of the lesson or…

Programs for the elderly are rapidly becoming part of adult education programs. Such programs often use the methods and assumptions associated with androgogy (an approach to adult education advocating that instruction of adults should encourage self-directed learning) and use learning objectives related to life experiences and problems. Although…

This study is based on the general finding that the linguistic reality of a bilingual community is complex and that the two languages are not compartmentalized into any particular spheres of social life. It uses this finding to explore a theoretical position that treats facts regarding language functions and usage as if these, in and of…