Stressing that advanced foreign learners of English must be exposed to spontaneous speech if they are to develop their powers to speak and comprehend under conversational conditions, the author presents suggestions for preparing tape recordings which will give students the chance to hear natural conversation in the language laboratory. (FB)

This study assessed the effects of the sex of speaker and audience members on the audience members' comprehension and retention of subject matter contained in the speech. (RD)

Indicates that order of presentation determines the amount of attention students pay to questions asked by other students. Attentiveness is increased if the instructor has not previously lectured on similar information. Bibliography. (RW)

Results of the study seem to suggest the presence of general deficits in the auditory receptive and vocal expressive abilities of poor reading disadvantaged children, who learned to read using the initial teaching alphabet series rather than the traditional orthography approach. (Author)

The history of computer assisted language instruction is briefly reviewed, highlighting several major projects. Computer functions compatible with language instruction include information storage and retrieval capacities, ability to analyze input, and interactiveness. Language skills that can be developed by computer include grammar, vocabulary,…