Proposes a number of activities designed to acquaint students with the notions, vocabulary, and formulas connected with the use of the telephone. Describes oral and written exercises based on a telephone book and its informational contents, as a preparation for simulated phone conversations. (MES)

Defines the issues involved and surveys the major literature concerning the relationship between listening and reading comprehension. (Author/JT)

The use of taped radio programs is suggested for testing advanced level French comprehension. In the testing technique described less attention is given to program content than to style and language usage. A sample test is presented. (MSE)

Analyzes a segment from the Austrian radio series "Grammar with a Smile," dealing with the future tense. Criticizes the dialog as not true to life and lacking in motivating power. Ends with suggestions for alternatives. (IFS/WGA)

Reports a study which illustrates that a listener can anticipate the score of the opposing team in sports match results from the variation in the announcer's intonation. Investigates how reliable this prediction is and what linguistic features it involves. Relates these findings to general problems in intonation contour interpretation. (PMJ)

The development of children's oral language ability, speaking, and listening, is examined in light of recent research and its implications for language arts teachers. (HTH)

Describes the history and present state of teaching English in Hungary. The status of English is discussed, along with the study done by the International Association of the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. The study, in part, investigated achievement in Hungarian English classes. Educational policy and teacher training are also discussed.…

Discusses the advantages of and procedures for the dicto-comp exercises in the English as a Foreign Language classroom. The exercise consists of a passage which is read several times to students, who follow an outline of the reading. After the final reading, students are asked to reproduce the passage in writing. (Author/PJM)

Offers suggestions for the use of a land map in the English as a foreign language classroom. The information available has usually already been learned by the student in his native language. Maps can be used to teach, for example, comparative and superlative, the passive (is located), comprehension, and advanced grammatical work. (PJM)

Presents an exercise in listening comprehension that relates to a situation students are familiar with: listening to simulated flight announcements. While answering questions based on the announcements, students are asked to do some useful tasks which combine aural and visual processing. (Author/PJM)

Dictation is a form of practice for teaching spelling, pronunciation, and the unstressed function words. Disadvantages such as unnaturalness can be avoided by selective dictation, where a text is chosen based on the level of the class. In addition, structures that might be problems for the class should be included therein. (PJM)

Describes several techniques for implementing commercial radio to improve listening comprehension skills in the foreign language student. Canadian radio, accessible to much of the northern United States, brings news, weather, and sports, in French, to the student of French and provides major components for sharpening comprehension skills. (PJM)

Investigated (1) whether young children can extract a story's main idea, (2) how much they can recall from stories, (3) whether their recall is related to the main theme, (4) whether recall occurs in logical sequence, and (5) from which part of a story more ideas are remembered. (Author/DB)

Concludes that there is a general language comprehension deficit in poor readers. (DD)