Discusses the value of classifying the errors adult language learners make and of comparing them to errors made by children. It is suggested that teachers correct student errors in the same way parents correct children's errors in order to encourage successful learning. (CFM)

This article gives many suggestions for using drama in the foreign language classroom. (CFM)

This article presents a method for teaching the meaning of the word "hope" to students of English as a second/foreign language. (CFM)

Suggests that books written for English-speaking children can be used effectively in the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classroom. The teacher may choose one particular text to use effectively in many different ways. (CFM)

The gap between the language that foreign language teachers present to their students in the classroom and the language of real-life situations is discussed. The use of dialogues in the classroom and oral comprehension as a learning activity are covered. (SW)

Spoken and written transmission in learning English as a second language is discussed at the levels of pronunciation and spelling, with reference to the East African learner. Fundamental physical differences between communication in speech and writing that impose different constraints upon the receiver are addressed. (SW)

A list is presented of special factors pertaining to English as a foreign language class in England that provide strong arguments for organizing them along resource-based learning situations. Students can be in control of their studies, engaging in independent, individual work. (SW)

A systematic procedure is described that the teacher of a remedial English-language program at the university preparatory level can follow to identify what learning attitudes, habits, and skills need to be remedied and/or developed. A set of learning objectives are developed to correct these deficits. (SW)

Examples are presented of schwa elisions from the sequence /r/-plus-consonant that are typical of contemporary general British pronunciation of English. This occurs often in lexical pronunciations and very often in syllables in proclitic or enclitic prosodic situations. (SW)

Suggestions are offered for teaching a foreign language to children. The teacher needs to use materials in the foreign language, first spoken and then written ones. Arousing the children's curiosity to make them want to understand the language is an important motivating technique. (SW)

An instructional technique for foreign language communicative learning involving incomplete visuals is discussed. Exercises using visual materials that require students to communicate to seek and obtain information that they do not already posses are illustrated. (SW)

The role of instructional games in foreign language learning at the intermediate and advanced levels is discussed. Games can provide a framework for correct usage of language and can generate conversation. A classroom game involving conversation for shopping using the words "any" and "some" is described. (SW)

A list is presented of various types of contextual aids in vocabulary development particularly appropriate for learning English as a second language (ESL), and a program is outlined to teach ESL students word building skills and to teach them to guess word meanings from context clues. (SW)

The following aspects of using the overhead projector in the advanced reading class are discussed: (1) control of focus by pointing, underlining, or circling; (2) control of how much text the students read at one time; (3) use of overlays to isolate different aspects of the text; and (4) progressive processing of the text. (SW)

Different types of stress, rhythm, and intonation used by Nigerian speakers of English are analyzed, and lexical differences are discussed. Problems with vowels, consonants, and syllable structure are also covered. (SW)