Presents study undertaken in Brazil on the Portuguese subjunctive and applies results to create a more effective teaching methodology. The five-step pedagogical approach teaches the most frequent uses of the subjunctive first and least common uses at later stages. (Author/BK)

Discusses a general strategy for helping students acquire vocabulary, specifically how to master the vocabulary problem of "ser" and "estar." This is done by showing students, in interesting and recognizable ways, that English is sensitive to many of the same semantic differences of "ser" and "estar." (SED)