Suggests that with the aid of television children can learn to read at home just as they learn to talk. (RB)

THIS STUDY COMPARED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO METHODS OF ACQUISITION OF GRAMMAR BY CHILDREN. SPEECH DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO "EXPANSION" (REPEATING NEAREST COMPLETE SENTENCE APPROPRIATE TO CHILD'S PARTIAL STATEMENT) AND "MODELING" (EXPOSURE TO WELL FORMED SENTENCES) WERE COMPARED TO SPEECH DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WHO…

A rationale for language intervention is outlined according to two basic dimensions (increased output and knowledge of language) and their respective strategies (operant procedures and a psycholinguistic model). Thus, behavior modification and transformational grammar are viewed as complementary for an efficient language intervention program. The…

Shows how comparison and contrast of cultures yields poetry from bilingual elementary students. Provides samples of student poems. (RL)

This document discusses, briefly, the importance of preschool language learning and how such learning can be facilitated. In the main, the document sets out three lists for teachers concerning language instruction to preschoolers. List one presents the "age of articulatory efficiency of 23 consonant sounds." Five ages, from 3 to 7 …

The introductory article in an issue devoted to songs as a teaching device. The article deals with English and American rock, folk and pop music. It makes the point that learning a language is also learning the culture of the people who speak the language. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Changes in language teaching techniques, curriculum enrichment, and inservice teacher education can lead to schools which are more functional in the education of the Mexican-American child. (DM)

This article discusses the advantages of experience in volunteer work camps for second language learning, and describes one such work-study experience in France. (CLK)

The 'Association Linguistique Franco-Europeenne' analyzed 1600 questionnaires completed by French students to find out the motives for choosing the languages they study versus which languages they would like to study. The results are tabulated. The general conclusion is that multilingualism is beneficial to world peace and should be encouraged.…

Primarily a composite of observations and comments made by the 42 participants in a National Defense Education Act Institute for Undergraduates Preparing To Teach German, this article records the information gleaned from the detailed minutes on the events that took place in the four meetings of a demonstration class devoted to the problem of…

This Middlebury College summer 1974 commencement address is an informal presentation of the author's experiences as a language learner. The effectiveness of such pedagogical methods as the grammar-translation, audio-lingual, and "balanced" approaches, and of language learning with the aid of an informant, is discussed. It is concluded that, given…

A report for Preparatory School and Elementary School in German, compiled by the Institute for Course Design and Educational Reports is presented. The contents are: (1) Conceptual and Structural Problems. (2) Social Education and Superintendence of Play. (3) Language and Language Cultivation, and (4) Modeling, Art, Music and Rhythm Education,…

A description of French Nights held in an Australian secondary school. These were educational experiences which enlisted the service and cooperation of other departments in the school, aroused and sustained the enthusiasm of the students and proved to be important in maintaining good public relations. (AMH)

A teacher initiates and successfully develops a new method for increasing the vocabulary of eighth grade students. The new method abandons rote-memory techniques for a method which allows the students to choose the words they will learn while participating in the teaching of the new vocabulary. (LF)