Article to be continued. (RL)

Discusses the problem of choosing among many linguistic theories for second language instruction. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, December 29, 1968, in New York, New York. (DS)

Discusses the relation between the linguistic and the FL-teaching aspects of grammatical problems, using as an example "parler a quelqu'un" vs. "penser a quelqu'un." Recent attempts by linguists to differentiate between the two verb groups are discussed and suggestions are given for teaching. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Continuing series on the problems of teaching Spanish. This first article emphasizes spelling rules. (DS)

Presents a novel approach, relying on linguistic principles of semantics, to teach grammatical usage in Spanish as a second language. (AM)

This article is intended to help teachers of German classes explain gender-number-case inflection. As a nominal is expanded from pronoun to noun phrase, inflections of the noun and adjectives relieve the burden of distinction from the determiner, increase the number of inflectional forms and provide redundancy for easy communication. (CHK)

Develops F. de Saussure's metaphor that likens the study of linguistics to the study of mathematics, because of the complexity of both disciplines. (DS)

Earlier version of the article was read at the Third Annual Conference, Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, held in London, December 30, 1969 to January 2, 1970. (DS)

This paper proposes that theoretical studies of the Chinese resultative construction can make it easier to teach and learn. Several varied linguistic approaches are necessary to the language teacher. Pedagogical analyses of data are valued when based on different relevant theoretical points, elucidating meaning, function, purpose and form of data.…

Advocates the use in language teaching of different but complementary approaches to language description rather than strict adherence to a single theoretical model. Various linguistic descriptions of indirect object structures are given as support for the thesis. (KM)

This article discusses the problem of the relationship between scientific theory and teaching practice, between the linguist and the language teacher. Language instruction attempts more and more to approximate the mother tongue acquisition process, but the two processes remain distinct. However, good second language pedagogy will lead to…

Recent theories and experiementation running the gamut from the absolute necessity of grammar to its uselessness in teaching a language form the basis of this article. Topics covered are: a typology of the grammar exercise; explicit grammar and linguistic competence; grammar exercises responding to real needs. (Text is in French.) (AMH)