Examined the longitudinal influences of such factors as somatype, biological risk, social risk, sex, race, family problems, home environment, and parental occupations on the vocabulary scores of five-year-olds on the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI). (JMB)

Discusses the value of using the mother tongue in second language learning as a way of communicating meaning. (Author/HP)

The hypothesis explains the early lexical development of children and the predictions of this hypothesis are shown to be consistent with available data on overextension. (Author/NCR)

The glossary present definitions of over 120 political terms, including appropriation bill, budget, contract authorizations, congressional record, minority leader, override a veto, readings of bills, point of order, and adjournment sine die. (DB)

Presents ideas and activities for teaching basic skills including vocabulary building, learning science from the microclimates, using tape recorders to teach reading, and using monsters to teach metrics. (JMB)

Three approaches to vocabulary instruction were developed based on research from the training of verbal elaboration strategies with 107 educable mentally retarded children ages 8-11. (Author/MH)

Available from: Special Education in Canada, Dave Muir, Subscription Manager, 12 Doucett Place, Scarborough, Ontario M1G 3M2. Tape recorded television programs were used to increase reading comprehension and word attack skills of special education students. (CL)

Several studies on vocabulary building in a language course are cited. Questions based on the author's experience as teacher, lexicographer and professor of lexicology are raised regarding exercises based on morphology, semantics, word derivation, and other lexical facts. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Examination of object word learning and use in beginning (vocabulary of less than 50 words) and advanced (vocabulary of more than 50 words) infant speakers indicated that both groups formed concepts, learned, and generalized words for the to-be-learned objects. Advanced speakers learned more words and concepts and engaged in broader generalization…

A study of the extent to which Spanish and French noun cognates in a 15,000-word corpus have the same or different grammatical gender is presented, and a list of about 750 cognates with differing genders is included. (MSE)

A discussion of recent developments in foreign language lexicology instruction precedes suggestions for adopting a Hallidayan functional framework, within which the general interpersonal, ideational, and textual functions of lexis can be distinguished as much more than exemplification of syntactic structure. (CB)

Discusses a study designed to identify reasons for growing dissatisfaction with the dictionary among foreign-language students. Subjects were Italian university students of French who were asked how often they used the dictionary, how they used it, what they expected from it, and why they were dissatisfied with it. (CFM)

Examined the ability of audiovisual aids to facilitate second language acquisition. One group of Spanish students was taught with substantially more audiovisual aids than the control group. The audio-visual aids group performed significantly better on listening comprehension tests. No differences were found in use of structure. (Author/DJD)

Describes a vocabulary/spelling development guessing game in which students must deduce a secret letter by process of elimination, with as few guesses as possible. (HTH)

Presents suggestions for planning a Spanish as a second language program for preschool children. The rationale and means of implementing the program are considered, and guidelines for teaching vocabulary are discussed. A variety of classroom activities are also presented. (TR)