This guide for teaching English at the seventh grade level in German comprehensive schools contains the following major headings and subtopics: (1) Fundamentals and Postulates: student grouping problems, recommendations for a plan of instruction and use of materials, and learning goals in secondary education; (2) the Audiolingual Conception: a theme catalogue of learning goals and current minimum requirements; (3) Practical Directions for Instructional Planning: practical grouping possibilities, written and spoken language, the role of textbooks and the use of supplementary materials, language laboratories, educational radio, a course in spoken English, listening comprehension training, pronunciation and intonation exercises, working with language structures, vocabulary study, reading, and homework; and (4) Achievement Evaluation: objective versus subjective measurement, evaluation problems, achievement tests as an objective tool, test administration, and the use of informal teacher-made tests. Several references for drill workbooks are included. (RS)