Suggestions for implementing learning activity centers for basic business. (HD)

Attempts to stimulate teachers in business education to reexamine their teaching methods or strategies to meet the needs of the slow learner. (SH)

The classical languages program at a boys' grammar school in which the students are prepared for Oxford and Cambridge A-level examinations is described. Individual courses and teaching methods are described. (RM)

Proposes the use of stenography in the foreign language classroom to improve speaking ability. (AM)

This article criticizes the earliest applications of linguistic theory to second language teaching (behaviorism and structuralism, for example), and presents the major linguistic and pedagogical orientation of the new multi-media methods which focus on the actual needs and abilities of students. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/CLK)

The training format for this program included videotaping faculty lectures, providing written feedback, and formal training sessions. Its significance lies not only on its positive impact on the staff but also in its being a pilot of an approach to teacher development using a self-instructional format. (Author/LBH)

Offers an instructional paradigm applicable to any learning situation and considers four instructional strategies specifically appropriate for use in teaching organizational communication. (MH)

Notes the linguistic and cultural advantages of using songs, poems and rhymes as aids in learning French. Some teaching methods, instructional uses and learning exercises are suggested. (Text is in French.) (CHK)

Presents a scheme directed towards Italian language Teaching Assistants teaching subject and object pronouns, and discusses the etymology and diachronic development of these forms. (Text is in Italian.) (AM)

Word puzzles can be useful in FL teaching. They provide motivation. But they should be limited by the learner's linguistic competence, and should be carefully designed, with clear information, so as to create a high probability of successful solution. Method is discussed, using 3 examples. (IFS/WGA)

An activity intended to foster authentic conversation in the foreign language classroom--a hypothetical situation involving a choice of people who are to survive--is reported. French, German, and Spanish versions of the material are provided. (RM)

Language teachers can also provide cultural instruction. Language texts may be adapted for such use by relating language structures to cultural background and providing cultural reading in English and the target language. Basic patterns of living such as work, play, time, religion, economy can be used to organize language teaching. (CHK)

Several reading readiness activities developed in a class on teaching reading are explained in detail. The article shows how these activities can be adapted by the foreign language teacher for use in FLES classes. (CHK)

A methodology for forecasting enrollments at the individual unit level is presented. It can be used to produce detailed enrollment projections (e.g., by class level by semester by year) or more aggregate information (e.g., academic or fiscal year total enrollment), and it does not require the typical institution to obtain new data. (LBH)