A classroom technique using information from the mass media as a basis for student-developed dramas and interpretations is explained and described as a series of instructional phases. (MSE)

A recorded interview with a group of teenagers and an article, both concerning Michael Jackson, are used as materials for listening and reading comprehension practice in French. (MSE)

Recent trends in French society are outlined, focusing on the decline of major institutions (the state, political parties, unions, education, and church), the decline of civic consciousness, the cult of money and competition, the cult of the media, evolution of social classes, and changes in the role of the family. (MSE)

A professional conference exercise for teachers of French as a second language is described, in which participants analyzed the cultural content and linguistic form of headlines in adolescent mass literature. Two examples of this kind of analysis are given. (MSE)