The following aspects of using the overhead projector in the advanced reading class are discussed: (1) control of focus by pointing, underlining, or circling; (2) control of how much text the students read at one time; (3) use of overlays to isolate different aspects of the text; and (4) progressive processing of the text. (SW)

Different types of stress, rhythm, and intonation used by Nigerian speakers of English are analyzed, and lexical differences are discussed. Problems with vowels, consonants, and syllable structure are also covered. (SW)

Proposes a method to be used in the language laboratory to develop audiolingual skills and at the same time give the student an active role in the use of the laboratory. (AM)

Describes how the use of stamps from francophone and other countries may be an adjunct to the teaching of French language and culture. (AM)

Ten colleges and universities and the Educational Testing Service participated in a project that involved testing the Foreign Service Institute's French and Spanish oral proficiency test for possible academic applicability. (AM)

Discusses the utilization of songs to improve the pronunciation, listening comprehension, and grammar of second language learners. (CFM)

Reports on a testing experiment (at the university level) dealing with the construction and validation of a university entrance test in Romance languages. Discusses the subtest "vocabulary," as to problems of validation--specifically, a self-rating test and an association-speed test. (IFS/WGA)

Discusses the Lozanov Method of teaching foreign languages developed by Lozanov in Bulgaria. This method (also known as Suggestopedia) uses various techniques such as physical relaxation exercises, mental concentration, classical music, and ego-enhancing suggestions. (CFM)

Discusses communicative competence as a learning objective in the second language classroom, and provides examples of some exercises for developing this skill. (AM)

Three text examples from a newspaper are given, and teaching procedures, aimed at developing communicative skills, are described in detail. Short dialogues are used, based on series of slide pictures. Students' real-life needs are kept in mind as the overall teaching goal. (IFS/WGA)

Presents a German test for English students. Errors in the placing of "nicht" are examined and categorized. Criticism of the objectivity of the findings are examined. The tests are seen as a measure of oral skills. Study is recommended of how to present most economically the various items. (IFS/WGA)

Proposes a method for teaching listening comprehension skills to students of French in Canada by incorporating Quebec phonetics in a standard French phonological component. (AM)

Describes a program designed to improve English skills in university students learning English as a second language through a Canadian literature and history component. Reading lists are appended. (AM)

Describes a device or "game" using 3x5 cards to divide sentences in such a way as to guide the language learner to anticipate grammatical structures; to make him aware that grammar, as well as vocabulary, conveys meaning. (EJS)

Exploring the school's possibilities and limits in promoting multiculturalism through bilingualism, the article describes and discusses various bilingual education programs developed in Canada and the U.S.A. in the last decade, giving special consideration to the student populations involved, and discusses the implications of the bilingual…