This article aims to outline the major development of psychological and linguistic theory, focusing upon those underlying features which have particular relevance in foreign-language instruction, and to suggest the direction which emerging strategies will take." (FB)

Remedies are suggested for difficulties encountered in Latin to English translations by pupils in the fourth and fifth forms of English Grammar schools. Reading skills proficiency is seen as a prerequisite for effective translation, and stave analysis is suggested as a method of solving the problem of gross error in pupils' translations of complex…