This research is an analysis of the French and Spanish phonological, phonetic, and graphemic systems. A contrastive analysis is used to show the differences that can create problems to the Spanish speaker learning French. For the benefit of Spanish speakers, all of the materials included have been prepared in Spanish. The first chapter defines the…

INFORMATION ON THE AUDITORY SKILLS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS WAS OBTAINED AND A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THOSE SKILLS TO EASE OF MASTERY OF FRENCH AND SPANISH. THIS RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE CURRENT TREND IN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUDIOLINGUAL SKILLS BY PREDOMINANTLY AURAL…

There are four demonstrative adjectives in Spanish: "este,""ese,""aquel," and "el" (which is the same as the definite article). When "este", "ese," and "aquel" do not modify a noun, they have an accent mark (except in the neuter forms) and have the function of pronouns. The singular and plural articles in Spanish are derived from the Latin…

A LIST OF 26 FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IS PRESENTED. THE LIST INCLUDES SUCH INFORMATION AS PRICE, COMPLETION TIME, STUDENT LEVEL AND FORMAT OF EACH PROGRAM AND AN "ATOMY" INDEX. "ATOMY" IS DEFINED AS THE NUMBER OF FRAMES PER HOUR AND THE INDEX IS USED TO PROVIDE SOME INDICATION OF THE DEGREE OF FRACTIONATION OR ATOMIZATION OF…

Designed to serve as a resource for teachers, students, department chairmen, guidance personnel, and curriculum planners, this curriculum guide is divided into the following sections: (1) basic language plan, (2) first year French, (3) French grammar, (4) second year French, (5) third year French, (6) first year Italian, (7) second year Italian,…

Revised version of a paper given at a meeting of the Houston Area Teachers of Foreign Languages, March 1973, Houston, Texas; discusses importance of foreign languages to American businessmen in foreign countries. (RL)

This book consists of eleven papers presented at the 1975 Central States Conference. The principal objective of the conference was to examine the trend for human relations, ethnic studies, and bilingual-bicultural education in American education and the new interest in languages not usually taught in the past. The papers include: (1) "We're All…

Describes experiments in the field of phonetic correction. Several techniques used at the University of Mons for teaching Spanish pronunciation to French-speaking Belgians are explained. (Text is in French.) (PMP)

FOUR TYPES OF VISUAL AIDS ARE DISCUSSED--(1) FILMS, (2) FILMSTRIPS, (3) SLIDES WITH OR WITHOUT NARRATIVE TAPES OR DISCS, AND (4) TAPES AND DISCS WITHOUT VISUAL MATERIALS. LESSONS USING VISUAL AIDS SHOULD BE PLANNED AS CAREFULLY AS ANY OTHER LESSON. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ACQUIRE THE ATTITUDE THAT THEY ARE BEING ENTERTAINED. FOREIGN LANGUAGE MATERIAL…

Eleven West Virginia teachers contributed the games included in this publication. All of the games have been classroom tested for their educational results as well as for their promotion of student interest and are intended for use in a foreign language class. The following games are described in detail: (1) Advanced Verbs, (2) Artists, (3)…

A program is described in which advanced high school language students acted as tutors in Spanish and French in a FLES program. (RM)

THE AIMS, AREAS OF STUDY, SPECIFIC TEACHING PROCEDURES, ASSIGNMENTS, AND METHODS OF EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION IN FRENCH, GERMAN, AND SPANISH IN GRADES 7 THROUGH 12 ARE PRESENTED. THE COURSE OF STUDY MAY BE PRESENTED AS A 6-YEAR SEQUENCE, A 4-YEAR SEQUENCE, AN ALTERNATE PROGRAM, OR AN ADVANCED LEVEL PROGRAM. A SUGGESTED SUMMARY FOR EACH GRADE…

NINETY-TWO WIDELY USED SCHOLARLY JOURNALS OF IMPORTANCE TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF THE MODERN LANGUAGES ARE EXAMINED, EVALUATED, AND CRITICIZED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WHICH SEPARATES THE JOURNALS IN FIVE SECTIONS--(1) GENERAL, (2) MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES, (3) ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES, (4) FRENCH, AND (5) SPANISH. EACH PERIODICAL…

The success of various French immersion programs in Canada and of one Spanish immersion program for English speakers in Culver City, California, has prompted the author to define "successful" and to attempt to identify ingredients desirable in an immersion program. A tentative 14-point checklist for a successful immersion program is provided, both…