Suggests that ethnic American literature might help promote FL study through themes also recurrent in the target group literature and through English usages reminiscent of target language features. Sees these shared characteristics as a potential aid to learning, usually obscured by the emphasis placed on contrastive aspects. (MES)

Discusses a study of the mood system in Italian, using the systemic functional model as a theoretical framework. In particular, the study focuses on subject ellipsis and explains the two conditions in which the subject must be explicitly expressed in Italian clauses. (CFM)

In this article, the author concludes a three-part series in which she analyzes verb complements in German and Italian. Parts 1 and 2 of the series appear in volume 18, numbers 2 and 3, respectively. (CFM)

Briefly discusses the concepts of "subject,""complement,""transitivity," and "intransitivity," contrasts the classes of complements in German and Italian based on identical criteria of classification, justifies such a classification for complements, and suggests didactic implications for the theory of…

Reflecting on the important works of Alma Sabatini in the area of sexism, her work and those of other Italians is compared with researchers in other countries, particularly the United States, France, and Germany. The Italian language is analyzed, pointing out instances of sexism. (CFM)

Analysis of Italian speakers' lexical substitutions, including errors and acceptable choices, when expressing spatial reference in English-as-a-second-language indicates that these substitutions do not occur randomly, but are informed by principles of lexical simplification. (CB)

Outlines a project for setting up bilingual schools for Italian children in Switzerland and Germany and discusses the advantages of doing so. (CFM)

Discusses the syntactic differences in expressing wishes or desires in Italian and Russian. (CFM)

This article examines the description of the Italian double consonants and to propose a solution within the structuralist analytical framework by taking into account all available synchronic and diachronic data. The pedagogical implications of the theoretical solution are examined. (CFM)

Describes an experiment to introduce biliteracy development in two Italian-English preschool bilingual children, noting that both children not only learned to read but also improved fluency, production, and receptive language in their weaker language. (CB)

To eliminate confusion caused by diverse spellings in Italian texts of words from languages using the Cyrillic alphabet, the adoption of a common system is urged that would establish correspondence between the letters and sounds of the two languages but keep the form of the original as much as possible. (CFM)

Discusses current research about the teaching of Italian as a foreign language. A form designed for the evaluation of textbooks for Italian as a foreign language is presented, and eight textbooks for the teaching of Italian as a foreign language are evaluated according to this form. (CFM)

Discusses recent analyses of the adjective in Italian and stresses the importance of the position of the Italian adjective for second language learners of Italian and for Italians learning foreign languages. (CFM)

The aim of this paper is to give a systematic account of the cases where there is no straightforward equivalence between an s-genitive and a "di" PP and to assess the relevance of such an analysis for the teaching of Italian as a foreign language in an English-speaking environment. (Author)

Discusses the question of whether to eliminate the longrespected but now disdained dictation from the foreign language classroom. It is concluded that the dictation may be saved if its purpose is changed. (CFM)