The need for mastery of question forms by the English language learner is discussed. A system of techniques for use with a group of intermediate young adult learners familiar with question patterns but lacking oral practice is suggested. (RM)

Ways in which the slide projector can be used to help the student of English with vocabulary acquisition are examined. A teaching technique to enable the language learner to acquire rapidly a basic vocabulary is outlined. (Author/RM)

A questionnaire on reading habits and interests was completed by 177 university students and 171 secondary school students. Results and conclusions are given. (RM)

Discusses the use of language testing in determining the English structure, vocabulary and usage to be taught to immigrant teachers who want to teach in British schools. (RM)

Discusses the objectives, construction and use of crossword puzzles in classes in English as a foreign language. (RM)

Examines these distinct registral features of matrimonial newspaper advertisements in English in India: incongruity, deletion of preposition, miscellaneous deletions, two-word sentence, new abbreviations, registral confusion, stylistic variation. (RM)

Presents a re-evaluation of the data given by Oller in the June 1971 issue of ELT. (RM)

Describes material developed to teach vocabulary in situations where not all students have textbooks, classes are large, absenteeism is high, and there is a wide range of abilities. (RM)

Provides suggestions for a procedure for training EFL teachers to produce visual aid materials during a one- to three-week inservice course. (RM)

A classification of a number of common errors in English pronunciation committed by Bengali learners. (RM)

Grammatical description that relates structure to language use can help the EFL teacher in cases where different interpretations of experience are expressed in English and the students' native language by, for example, clauses that are structurally identical. (Author/RM)

Gives a brief survey of the background and place of English in the Indonesian secondary school system and discusses students' English proficiency level in relation to factors that impede effective teaching. (RM)

Minimal pairs as at present used in the ESL classroom are uncontextualized bits of language that are of little use to the ESL teacher. An alternative, minimal sentences, is described here. Minimal sentences give context and meaning to the sound contrasts. (RM)

Discusses the training of ESL teachers, specifically what the trainee can learn through experience as a student teacher. (RM)

'LAPSE' is an organising acronym for the kinds of courses that should be included in any teacher education programme in English for speakers of other languages. The letters stand for Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, Sociolinguistics, English (and Education). (Author)