Three types of instructional games (learning, practice, and creative) are distinguished and discussed, and their place in the second language classroom is considered. It is emphasized that instructional games should complement, not repeat, classroom instruction. (MSE)

Recommends some deformalization of instruction, without rendering it simplistic, by cultivation of students' discrimination of the appropriateness of grammatical elements, at a level where the student has already accumulated examples of structures and situations in the language. Substantial examples are provided. (Text is in French.) (MSE)

This article consists of a description of activities and topics to be used in foreign language teaching, including vocabulary development and spelling, geography, important dates and cultural events, and the use of actual publications, such as magazines and newspapers, as reading materials. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This section contains four articles on using French dictionaries: exercises with the Gougenheim dictionary, for example, to increase vocabulary; games and activities to gain facility in using the alphabet; four vocabulary-building games; and a comparison of dictionaries of different centuries using the word "femme" as example. (AMH)

This article consists of suggestions for activities for French instruction, and specifically discusses the use of philately as teaching material, songs, the development of communicative competence, and understanding French cultural identity. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Discusses dramatic activities and techniques useful in the teaching of foreign languages. A distinction is made between theater and other dramatic activities; the latter ranges from reading theater to skits learned by memory. Two examples of activities are suggested for the teacher. (AMH)