THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PUBLISHED PROGRESS REPORT TWO WHICH CONTAINS 22 COMPLETED STUDIES AND A LISTING OF 25 STUDIES IN PROGRESS. ALL STUDIES WERE PUBLISHED OR LISTED IN THE REPORT UNDER THE FOLLOWING GROUP HEADINGS--(1) LANGUAGE PROCESSES, (2) LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, (3) LANGUAGE…

Outlines the potential of the mother tongue as a foreign language instructional resource, including suggestions for classroom use such as eliciting language, giving instructions, checking comprehension, and testing. Dangers of overuse are also pointed out. (CB)

The concepts of language acquisition and interlanguage as they relate to second language teaching methods are discussed. The aim of such teaching should be error-free communicative competence. Formal teaching is not enough to ensure a high level of proficiency. (CB)

Describes a college-level French course which uses video film, sound cassettes, and authentic written texts focusing on life in Lyon, France, to teach the necessary language skills. (CB)

Provides an annotated book list for use by elementary school teachers. Emphasizes children's involvement in word play and word games as a means to strengthen the language arts program. Specific areas covered include word play and word games, riddles, jokes, rhymes and verse, sounds and words, and word histories. (DST)

Describes two writing assignments that elicit investigations of language and generate topics for which students are knowledgeable authorities. The first requires students to write an extended definition of a familiar slang term, while the second assignment requires them to write a final report after participating on a language usage panel. (HTH)

Urges teachers, in helping children acquire language power, to provide opportunities for the students to enlarge their experiences and then help them find appropriate words to clarify and organize thinking about that experience. (MM)

Teachers, through raising their eyes from textbooks and looking at living language as it influences the lives of individual people and the course of human events, can help children preserve their early zest for language. (Author)

The variable opportunities for the use and development of language" was the best predictor of verbal ability for the pooled sample, with it accounting for 51 percent of the variance. (Author/MB)

Anti-intellectualism, apathy, demand for practical and instantly relevant materials and discussions, and demand for democratic process in areas where it was never meant to apply are some of the problems faced by this twelfth-grade English teacher. Suggests possible plans for coping with these and other problems. (RB)

Concerned with the student that uses the non-standard language of his family and friends, and suggests ways and techniques the teacher can use to teach language to these students. (RB)

Describes how the outdated language lab at Houston Baptist University was renovated and updated. Discusses the university's language internship program which grew out of the renovation. (EKN)

Describes the use of 10 word picture books to enrich the language experience of young children and to motivate their reading. (HOD)