Introduces an activity that simultaneously teaches oral expression and auditory comprehension. Groups in a class listen to an audio text that gives only incomplete information. The gaps are filled in by the group. Students are given worksheets. Presenting topics and work materials provides an integration of aural and oral skills. (IFS/WGA)

Reviews research findings as they relate to the acquisition of reading skills (in the first and second language) by majority-group school children participating in early immersion programs. (Author)

This paper reports on the development of the article system in an adult's interlanguage over a one-year period. It compares the results of a conventional order-of-acquisition analysis with a paradigm model based on Bickerton (1975). (Author/CFM)

Examines the Monitor Model of adult second language acquisition, and presents an alternate model that avoids difficulties inherent in the Monitor Model and that corresponds to contemporary language development theory. (Author/AM)

Reports on recent work in the areas of bilingual-bicultural education, multicultural education, retention of language and culture, and ethnic studies, noting how Canadian and United States educators integrate second language learning within those more general educational programs. (RL)

Examines four ways in which English as a Second Language (ESL) programs can be organized (segregation, immersion, limited ESL assistance, and bilingual) to provide the most effective language learning and orientation opportunities for ESL students. Urges teachers to match the program to the student whenever possible.

Describes a multi-media curriculum kit designed to help in teaching English as a second language, especially with French-speaking children. Provides information on the materials in the kit, its underlying principles, how it was field-tested, and comments made about its multi-media approach, technical arrangements, and situational-functional…

This section discusses ways to teach the use of "ne...que,""seulement," and "seul,"; describes a "find the mistakes" game that can be used to stimulate discussion; suggests the telegram as a pedagogical tool; and provides novel ideas for using commercial advertising for language exercises. (AM)

Describes a language drill that provides for the interplay of sight, sound, and motor activity to allow learners to hear the foreign language utterance through a command, see their instructor act it out, and then participate in the motor activity. The drill assures practice with comprehension. (EJS)

Presents an overview of various bilingual and bicultural education programs in San Diego County. Factors such as funding, language learning theory, and local characteristics of the Mexican-American population are considered. (EJS)

Describes material used in a single (seventh grade) class hour in English. The material consisted of a dialog, based on a previously studied unit and designed to introduce a particular structure. The successive phases of the procedure are described. (IFS/WGA)

Finds that text material in final (end-of-school) French oral examinations in Germany do not correspond with the accomplishment to be expected of the students, in both appropriateness and degree of difficulty. Offers criteria, sample texts, and suggestions regarding reasonable requirements. (IFS/WGA)

Recommends, for teaching English in the upper grades, Malamud's "The Assistant," which deals with the life of a minority group in New York during the Great Depression, and which emphasizes the importance of neighborliness and mutual helpfulness. (IFS/WGA)

A questionnaire given to German university students of English revealed that their recollection of their upper-level high school English reading courses tended to be limited to a few works by a few authors. This is seen as regrettable, considering the wide variety of works available. (IFS/WGA)

Describes the development of teaching materials for the intermediate grades, consisting of six teaching units of various degrees of difficulty, and of four learning programs, each dealing with a particular feature of grammar. (IFS/WGA)