Six units of instructional materials in conversational Spanish are presented. The audiolingual course is designed to be completed in 90 to 120 hours and intended to be used with a set of correlated tape recordings which may be purchased from the School for International Training. Lessons contain a variety of structured exercises including (1)…

A 1-YEAR PROGRAMED COURSE IN BEGINNING FRENCH TESTED THE FEASIBILITY OF PROGRAMED LEARNING AND ISOLATED THOSE PROBLEMS PECULIAR TO TEACHING ON THE COLLEGE AND ADULT LEVEL. "THE ALLP PROGRAMED BEGINNING FRENCH COURSE," WHICH SPECIFIED THE ORAL SKILLS ONLY, WAS THE MAIN PEDAGOGICAL DEVICE USED. THE RESULTS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM SUPPORTED…

REVISIONS OF "THE ALLP FRENCH PROGRAM" (A 1-YEAR PROGRAMED COURSE FOR THE COLLEGE AND ADULT LEVEL EMPHASIZING ORAL SKILLS) AND THE RESULTS OF A SECOND TRIAL USE OF THE REVISED PROGRAM WERE REPORTED. THE REVISED FRENCH PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO OVERCOME THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM AND SOUGHT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE, LESS TIME…

New trends in teaching EFL in Europe are compiled and evaluated from various national and international research studies. Proposals for the integration of the semantic syllabus are emphasized. A movement towards rhetoric is found. (MS)

Discusses the place of the language laboratory in the audiolingual, situational, cognitive, and pragmalinguistic approaches to foreign language teaching. Finds that laboratory work can help in achieving some of the goals of "communicative competence," and suggests some criteria for judging such work. (IFS/WGA)

The bilingual method establishes meaning immediately through the mother tongue and, initially, the printed word. The eight steps of the bilingual method can be applied to any text. Teachers must be bilingual and must develop facility in the steps of the method in order to provide rapid cuing. (Author/SW)

A detailed description of language laboratory sessions in first- and second-year advanced college French classes. Each session is fifty minutes long and includes a wide variety of carefully planned and integrated exercises. Students and instructors are happy with the program. (AMH)

Comments from students are given on the teaching of French in British primary and secondary schools where the initial emphasis is on listening and speaking, and where texts and English explanations are not used. (RM)

A discussion of the difficulties one experiences in understanding a foreign language in song. The difficulty comes from the rhyme and rhythm, and from the medium, the form of linguistic expression, itself. (AMH)

Looks at the problems that non-native speaker teachers face in teaching communication in an impoverished educational environment and what happens when attempts are made to change from the structural to the functional syllabus. Defines "minimal communicative methodology" and suggests ways to activate the inert materials in textbooks to…

Discusses two problems encountered when a class is conducted entirely in the target language and is accompanied by a target language text. These are the students' difficulties in comprehending grammatical rules and teachers' difficulties in teaching grammatical concepts that do not exist in English. Suggests judicious use of English. (SED)

Fourth and final part of a continuing article; parts 1-3 appeared in "Deutsch als Fremdsprache" n3 1971, n4 1971, and n5 1973. (DD)

Concentrates on weaknesses inherent in traditional use of the pattern drill and on methods which introduce greater opportunity for introducing natural communication in foreign language instruction. (RL)