Discusses problems in second language acquisition caused by linguistic interference and emphasizes the importance of positive attitudes. (RL)

Discusses the effect of sentence structure on the reading acquistition process of beginning readers. (RB)

Questions the value of teaching grammar to children on theoretical and practical grounds, and proposes an emphasis on teaching usage in varied communication situations. (RN)

Investigates the effects of two kindergarten programs, social class, and sex upon children's oral syntactic facility. (Author)

Special issued devoted to language and history. (VM)

Special issue devoted to the second conference on structuro-global-audio-visual methodology, at Mons, Belgium, 1971; text of a talk which formed the basis of discussion during the conference. (VM)

Revised version of an article which appeared in the June 71 Bulletin" of the Centre de Recherche de l'Education Specialisee et de l'Adaptation Scolaire. (VM)

A review of recent research findings on how a child develops a vocabulary and acquires the ability to express himself. Bibliography. (RB)

Research conducted at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree. (VM)

Paper presented to the Fifth Rehovot International Conference on Science and Education in Developing States," Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, August 1969. (VM)

States that language teaching materials aimed at producing competence in a language must be based on a knowledge of the rules underlying the language and considers transformational generative grammar as essential in developing such materials. (FB)

Male and female retarded readers (N=80) at two age levels (6.5 to 8.5 years and 10.5 to 12.5 years) did not differ significantly on a number of perceptual, visual-motor, linguistic, and concept formation abilities. (Author)

This article discusses an experiment designed to examine the relationship between the external explanations that learners give for their language behavior, and actual language performance. The subjects who were native and non-native speakers of English were tested on their use of definite articles. (CFM)