Conclusion of an article begun in the preceding number. (WB)

"Education and Culture is a publication of the Council for Cultural Co-operation of the Council of Europe. The autumn 1969 issue is a special number devoted to modern languages. (DS)

Brief report on West German linguistic publications, intended especially for American linguists. Explanatory notes and a bibliography are included. (VM)

Supports the theory that phonic units cannot be delimited without reference to conceptual units, and that there must be a mutual dependence of sound and meaning in language. (DS)

Focuses upon the importance of understanding the consequences of the "myth, masking, and mode" in guiding the language development of black disadvantaged children; based upon a paper presented before the Niagara Linguistic Frontier. (RD)

Presents an essentially Bloomfieldian approach to language and language teaching; sees the concept of language as interplay between stimuli and reactions as the basis of a wholly creditable system of teaching, a tremendous number of textbooks, and a large number of language courses." (FB)

To master the subtleties of Chinese takes years, but most Americans can learn some basic spoken and written Chinese in a matter of weeks or months. A new phonic system, Pin Yin Romanizing System, tones, structure, and characters, and a comparison of Japanese and Chinese are discussed. (MLW)

This paper discusses how two contrasting models of language relate respectively to a structural and a functional view of language teaching. The implications for syllabus design are considered when the emphasis shifts from the formal aspects of language structure to a consideration of how language functions in the social context. (CFM)