If foreign language acquisition is disconnected from the cultural life of the foreign speech community, the learning yield is low. Integration of affective learning, cultural learning, and foreign language learning are essential to a successful cross-cultural experience. (MSE)

Reports on an investigation into the patterns of the learning of French grammar in French primary schools. Specifically the learning of form classes (verb, adjective, noun), syntax, and morphological markers was studied. (AM)

Examines the constraints on adult second language learners in a bilingual country, their characteristics, and the teaching methods and programs at their disposal. (AM)

Describes a certificate program in German popular universities, designed for adult students of French and based on communication needs and linguistic objectives. (AM)

Discusses the learning of the language of the travel and hotel business in French, and presents some pertinent exercises. (AM)

Discusses a research project carried out in Germany to compare the English proficiency of secondary students who had begun studying English in the third form (eight years old) with those who had begun in the fifth form (10-11 years old). (CFM)

Reviews three publications, by Larousse, with content relevant to French culture and civilization and suitable for use with students of French. (AM)

Discusses the value of language study with respect to international relations. (AM)

Reviews publications dealing with the teaching of French to adult workers for whom French is either a second language or native language. (AM)

Three activities used with first-year French students are described: (1) drawing pictures by following directions which demonstrates knowledge of subjects and prepositions, (2) reading a poem in French and rewriting it in French prose, and (3) learning numbers through role-plays involving money. (PMJ)

Presents an annotated guide to humorous materials in French, including cartoons, poems, brief texts, and comic books, which may be used to introduce humor in the French classroom. References to other articles on this subject appearing in this journal are also included. (AM)

The association between an attitudinal/motivational factor and the acquisition of French oral proficiency is discussed. Eighty-nine Canadian students were satisfied with the intensive French language program while the 65 Americans were not. The sociocultural background of the student plays a major role in the development of attitudes. (PMJ)

This report states the belief of the Task Force that study of the less commonly taught languages is in the national interest and that the study of any foreign language is valuable. Recommendations are given for improving and increasing the study of "strategic" or "critical" languages. (CFM)

This paper discusses the relative importance of formal language correctness in the hierarchy of the teacher's values, objectives, and criteria of evaluation. (Author/CFM)

Describes methods used to teach mathematical French in various institutions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (AM)