Reasons are given for restoring grammatical study to a more central place in second language study. One reason given is the limitations inherent in the objectives of an audiolingual approach; another is the indirect impact of the enormous advances being made in modern linguistics. (RM)

A teaching experiment conducted in France among American university students and French workers to provide the students with practical experience in utilizing French. (DS)

Reports on a pilot project which used an imaginary tour of an Italian city as the basis for conversation exercises. (AM)

Techniques for teaching in the English-as-a-Second/Foreign-Language classroom are included. They focus on planning a conversation class, teaching writing, a lesson plan based on a multiliteracy text, and how a pile of pictures can be used in different ways. (Author/VWL)

Conversation Rebuilding (CR) help students formulate acceptable utterances in a foreign language by starting with rough approximations, using words students know, and zeroing in on utterances a native speaker might produce. This article examines how this technique can be implemented in intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) and describes a prototype…

Showcases how several English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instructors at a large, Midwestern university dealt with computer assisted language learning and successfully incorporated hands-on, student-directed Hyperstudio computer activities in their ESL conversation courses. (Author/VWL)

Presents and compares findings from both teaching and learning diaries from French conversation courses, assembling and evaluating the perspectives of teacher, student, and researcher. (Author/VWL)

This article describes the authors' experience of teaching conversational English to students in Baotou in Inner Mongolia. Teaching in Baotou confirmed that students do not need to be entertained through the use of computers or theatrics. Intrinsic motivation, particularly that which comes from understanding the value of an education in changing…

This reader is designed for adult learners of Marathi at the intermediate level. Many of the passages are in the form of conversations. They concern topics pertinent to Maharashtra culture and the everyday life of the people, such as recreational outings, professional life, marriage and the family, education, entertainment, weather and seasons,…

The German weekly newspaper "Die Zeit" contains a very rich variety of topics and is therefore an inexhaustable source for an exciting conversation class. This article outlines and lists the advantages of a German conversation course organized around this newspaper. (Text is in German.) (TL)

Advocates the establishment of short preparatory courses for the English language assistants going overseas, especially to France and Germany. (AM)