Seven principal reasons for having a language laboratory are illustrated with cartoon figures in this article. This simplified discussion comments on pertinent historical developments in language instruction, optimal teaching and learning techniques, and the nature of language. (RL)

A replication of the first study of Sweden's GUME/Adults Project (Methods of Teaching English to Adults, Gothenburg School of Education) was conducted in 1971. Both experiments were designed to determine which of two language learning theories, "audiolingual habit" or "cognitive code-learning," provides a better basis for teaching foreign language…

Addressed primarily to the prospective as well as the working, speech and hearing clinician, the study investigated the current practices and status of public school speech and hearing programs in Mississippi. A questionnaire was forwarded to 49 speech and hearing clinicians to determine professional title and relationships, screening and…

This course in Czech, consisting of 162 lessons in 19 volumes, is designed to train native English Speakers to a level 3 proficiency in comprehension and speaking and level 3 proficiency in reading and writing Czech. The texts are intended for classroom use in the Defense Language Institute's intensive programs employing the audiolingual…

This study discusses methods for integrating aural-oral instruction in grammar and usage within the total program of junior and senior high school English. The fundamental purpose of this method is to teach students speaking nonstandard English dialects the why, how, and when of using a second dialect. The study discusses (1) a definition of…

A description of a method of designing pattern drills for use in the laboratory which will not only keep students alert but will also provide meaningful contexts. The use of drill-oriented drawings and multiple operation exercises is analyzed. (AMH)

Describes the use of language lab materials supplied by the pedagogical journal "Russkij Jazyk Za Rubezom" in an advanced Russian-language class. Each week students were given a relevant picture and vocabulary list prior to listening to a taped story. The story was used as the basis for conversation. (LMO)

Rejects the assumptions which underlie the audiolingual method and offers two alternative propositions: (1) successful use of language requires the acquisition of communicative as well as linguistic competence and (2) first and second language learning are analogous processes. (Author/FB)

Discusses foreign language methodologies since World War Two and critiques their objective, of forming near-native speakers. Some less restrictive alternatives are suggested favoring acceptance of diversity and encouraging the social development of the learners. (AMH)

The audiolingual method and the counseling-learning approach (CL) to foreign language learning were compared in a study involving 29 students in a beginning Japanese course. The study was undertaken to learn whether an adaptation of CL would bring about significant changes in students' communicative and linguistic competence. (32 references) (CB)

The history of instructional material development for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction in the United States is chronicled through five different instructional approaches: the audiolingual approach (late 1940s to early 1960s); transformational grammar (early 1960s to the present); Total Physical Response (late 1970s to the present);…

The American Graduate School of International Management (AGSIM) in Glendale, Arizona, founded in 1946, has a tripartite curriculum incorporating modern language instruction, international studies, and world business. All students at AGSIM are required to achieve conversational proficiency in at least one of the eight languages taught there.…