This teacher's guide for use in a fourth-grade French course concentrates on the development of basic audiolingual skills. Twelve lessons, each containing an exposition, dialogue, teaching procedures, and dialogue adaptation, emphasize the use of French during classroom instruction. Lessons include: (1) a review unit, (2) "La chemise neuve," (3)…

This teacher's guide for use in a third-grade French course concentrates on the development of audiolingual skills. Ten lessons, each containing an exposition, dialogue, teaching procedures, and dialogue adaptation, emphasize the use of French during classroom instruction. Lessons include: (1) greetings, identifications, and farewells, (2) some…

This is the third volume in a series of texts in a conversational Spanish course for elementary school children. Nine basic units present introductory linguistic patterns and cultural insights into the lives of the Spanish people. They include: (1) Review Unit 1, ("Cristobal Colon"), (2) Review Unit 2, (3) "Un Accidente,""La Navidad," and…

This is the second volume in a series of texts in a conversational Spanish course for elementary school children. Fourteen basic units present introductory linguistic patterns and cultural insights into the lives of the Spanish people. They include: (1) Review Unit 1, (2) Review Unit 2, (3) Special Unit A--"Cristobal Colon," (4) Review Unit 3, (5)…

Discusses vocational opportunities in which second languages are considered an asset and often a requirement for employment. (RL)

Emphasizes the belief that "career education" will require substantial revision of language programs in view of the fact that foreign language skills are considered secondary to other job skills. (RL)

Discusses the merits of a practice examination modeled after the final examination administered in German classes at the University of Nebraska. (RL)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WHO STRESS THE AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH, ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NEED TO BE AWARE OF CURRENT PROBLEMS, PRACTICES, AND PHILOSOPHIES. USE OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM MUST NEITHER OVERRIDE STUDENT COMPREHENSION OR PERMIT NEGLECT OF ANY OF THE FOUR BASIC SKILLS. CONTINUOUS INSERVICE TRAINING CAN DEVELOP MORE…

VOICE TRAINING SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PREPARATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, IF THEY ARE TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF APPROXIMATION OF NATIVE SPEECH. SINCE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER'S MOST VALUABLE TOOL IS HIS OWN VOICE, A CULTURED VOICE IS DESIRABLE, IN BOTH THE NATIVE AND THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT MANY TEACHER TRAINEES DO…

TWO HUNDRED QUESTIONNAIRES WERE CIRCULATED IN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE IN ORDER TO GATHER OPINIONS ON THE CURRENT PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TESTING. QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY ARE RELATED TO THE PREPARATION OF A FINAL EXAMINATION FOR STUDENTS WITH A FLES BACKGROUND WHO ARE COMPLETING THEIR FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH.…

PROBLEMS DEALING WITH LEVELS OF SPEECH AND LEVELS OF ANALYSIS IN CONNECTION WITH MODERN GREEK LEXICOGRAPHICAL STUDY WERE DISCUSSED. CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMPETENT BILINGUAL DICTIONARY, THE INVESTIGATORS SUGGESTED THAT THE VARIOUS STRUCTURES (NAMELY, PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, AND SYNTAX) BE TIED TOGETHER TO INVOLVE (1) LISTING IN…

Authors and editors faced with the problem of rendering Russian names or words into English are forced to transliterate the Cyrillic alphabet according to the needs of their readers. This manual presents four systems, ranging from one for works intended for a broad public to one which may be consistently applied in publications requiring…

VOLUME 1 OF A 4-VOLUME WORK ON BEGINNING INDONESIAN CONTAINS THE FIRST 6 LESSONS OF A TOTAL OF 24. THESE SIX LESSONS PROVIDE DRILLS IN BASIC INDONESIAN SENTENCE PATTERNS INVOLVING THE USE OF TERMS OF ADDRESS, POLITE FORMULAS AND RESPONSES, AUXILIARIES, COMMANDS, AND ABSOLUTE EXPRESSIONS. RELATED REPORTS ARE ED 010 456 THROUGH ED 010 459. (GD)…