A student questionnaire at Augsburg University revealed that students overwhelmingly favored continuing to study foreign languages begun in school, but also beginning Italian, Spanish or Russian. Speaking and auditory understanding were rated higher than reading and writing. Over two-thirds favored English as a common European language. (Text is…

All modern Romance languages except Rumanian have a class of causative + infinitive construction in which the infinitive subject surfaces as an agentive. This article investigates the question of how agentivization of the infinitive subject is to be handled in these languages. (DS)

An historical account of the use of the acute accent mark in written Spanish discusses the effects of Greek, Latin, Italian, and French precursors on the early use of the accent and on its current modern use. (CB)

Using examples in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, the article suggests various activities to promote the learning of descriptive adjectives and to expand students' active vocabulary. These activities include describing oneself or a friend, finding a person who possesses certain characteristics, choosing an ideal companion, and…

A discussion of techniques for assisting native English-speaking students in understanding the concept of gender in such languages as French, German, Italian, and Spanish considers three issues: (1) What is gender? (2) What is a good way to learn the gender of nouns? and (3) How did the concept of gender develop and how can the concept help one to…

This catalogue, written in German and French, lists 24 tape recordings of German, French, Italian, English, and Spanish instructional tapes. The contents of the tapes include exercises in grammar and phonetics. Bibliographical data includes author, title, level of instruction, length, price, and source of availability. A brief description of each…

The author discusses the preparation of a test of reading comprehension in Italian as a Second Language for Spanish university students and analyzes the results of the test. The article includes the reading passage and the test. (CFM)

Highlights one elementary school's experiences with foreign languages. The school joined a student exchange program with Italy, introducing Italian lessons into some classes. Spanish classes were soon added. Italian and American students communicated as pen pals and visited each other's countries. This successful foreign-language program has…

This paper describes learner response, as indicated by questionnaires, to a package of tape-based listening materials in French, Spanish and Italian. The learners were in "community classes" (2 hours per week) at a wide variety of levels. Their response was, in general, cautiously favorable, and indicates the general acceptability of such…

This is the evaluation of the final year of a five year bilingual education program funded under Title VII and carried out in elementary schools of Community School District 30, Queens, New York. The program is described as (1) involving content instruction and materials development in Spanish and Greek, as well as an English as a Second Language…

This annotated bibliography of pidgin and creole languages is divided into seventeen major sections. They are: bibliographies; collective works; general and miscellaneous works; works concerning pidgins and creoles that are Italian-based, Portuguese-based, Brazilian Portuguese-based, Spanish-based, French-based, Dutch-based, English-based,…

This text focuses on the nature of language learning in the light of modern linguistic analysis. Common linguistic problems encountered by students of eight major languages are examined--Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, and Russian. The text discusses the nature of language, building new language habits, overcoming…

THIS WAS A COMPILATION OF ABSTRACTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES WHICH WERE EITHER TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY PROGRAMED. THESE COURSES HAD ENGLISH EITHER AS THE TARGET OR AS THE STUDENT LANGUAGE. IN ADDITION TO PROGRAMS THAT WERE AVAILABLE, INFORMATION ABOUT CERTAIN PROGRAMS WHICH MIGHT LATER BE AVAILABLE WAS ALSO INCLUDED. THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF…

This collection of papers tells the story of how languages other than English have contributed to making New York City a culturally vibrant and linguistically diverse city. Part 1, "Introduction to the Multilingual Apple," features "New York's Multilingualism: World Languages and Their Role in a U.S. City" (Ofelia Garcia). Part…

This report is a quantitatively-based but ultimately purely descriptive study of foreign language modules designed to teach Irish students French, German, Italian, or Spanish in preparation for study, travel, and/or work experience abroad in order to enhance their academic qualifications, vocational prospects, and potential for future mobility. It…