Reviews findings on auditory discrimination and reports an experimental finding that children discriminate more easily between meaningful words than between nonsense words. Bibliography. (MD)

Test items designed to measure the four language skills and their combinations are presented; various presentations of item types (question, statement, sentence completion, etc.) are illustrated; and the best possible uses are given for each of the different types. The author is Chief of the Measurement Branch, Defense Language Institute, English…

Surveys the scope of reading programs in five Florida junior colleges. Part I of the report may be found in the December 1969 issue of this journal. (RW)

Review based on a report presented at the International Reading Association, Kansas City, 1969. (AP)

An investigation of the relationship of hemispheric dominance (dichotic listening) and divergent thinking (Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking) with 27 preschool children indicates that divergent thinking is associated with right hemispheric dominance in children as young as four years. (Author/PN)

A project linking a microcomputer and videocassette recorder for use in a listening comprehension lesson is described. A brief survey of videotape and videodisc technology and discussion of the rationale for this application are included. (MSE)

Analysis of the literature of second language learning as applied to language laboratory use suggests that the emphasis be placed on listening comprehension prior to and independent of productive oral use of the target language, both to establish comprehension and to sustain student motivation. (MSE)

A study showed that mentally retarded children can be taught rather easily to verbalize instructions, suggesting that past difficulty in such training was due more to inadequate procedures than to inherent difficulties related to children's ability to self-instruct. Correspondence between the children's verbal and nonverbal behavior was also…

Reveals that the reading skills of Black fourth-grade students improved after they had received training in listening. (FL)

Shows how a scale of questions can be used to develop and assess children's ability to comprehend information presented through different modalities and media. The scale's five levels, which indicate increasing difficulty in comprehension, are association, classification, seriation, integration, and extension. (Author/DB)

The author relates his successful experiment with using old time radio programs to enhance listening and writing skills in his classroom. A list of companies that sell Old Time Radio (OTR) programs, and a list of projects which can be used with OTR, conclude the article. (KC)