Discusses the benefits of using slide presentations as "cultural unit" teaching tools in the foreign language or foreign culture classroom. By giving students a realistic, visual exposure to the cultural context being studied, their understanding, as well as their motivation to learn, is greatly enhanced. (SL)

Examines an integrative approach for teaching communicative competence among first-year students learning a second language (Spanish). Results of the study indicate that those students who participated in regularly scheduled individual interviews with the instructors improved their oral communication skills considerably more than those who did…