Describes the advantages of the Cloze procedure for teaching composition where the context is restricted, i.e., in writing business letters and reports. Advantages include: ease of administration, no marking, immediate knowledge of results, feedback to teacher, adaptable scoring system, flexibility, opportunity for student correction, and…

A brief discussion of language-teaching games is provided that includes suggestions for further research and a description of the game "Happy Face." (HP)

Discusses the reasons for the occurrence of spelling errors in the writing of a group of Arab learners of English. (Author/HP)

A description of the usefulness of homework assignments in foreign language study is provided, as well as a typical homework assignment, entitled "Shops and Shopping." (HP)

The efficient use of the telephone by non-native speakers of English is discussed. (HP)

Discusses the problems that confront Iranian English majors in understanding the culture that produced English and American literature. Problem areas include religious concepts, modern educational, political, and social values, modern intellectual ideas, interpersonal relationships of the western world, and mythology. (Author/HP)

The components of newcomer education are explored as they were developed at San Francisco's Chinese Education Center. (Author/HP)

The differences in the meanings of "shall" and "will" are presented, along with examples from various grammars, beginning with the sixteenth century and including contemporary ESL (English as a second language) textbooks. (HP)

The tasks of the translation teacher--the elicitation of correct translations and the prevention of incorrect translations--are discussed. (Author/HP)

Defines the concept of native speaker insight and suggests that, for the purpose of teaching English as a second language, the goal should not be native speaker insight (NSI) but NS Type 1, a reduced, adequate and attainable goal for foreign learners. (CFM)

Research at Queens College involving 116 English as a second language students revealed that proficiency in English, measured by a variety of tests, is more closely related to amount of formal instruction than to years spent in an English-speaking country, although a significant relationship exists between proficiency and each factor. (CFM)

The difference between written and spoken English are analyzed. It is suggested that teachers of English as a second language rely less on specialized techniques of reading aloud written English when teaching oral skills and more on providing opportunities for real communication practice. (CFM)

Suggests five techniques to be used by the teacher of English as a second language to initiate communication in the classroom: (1) the interview; (2) the mutual interview; (3) the class story; (4) the journal; and (5) role-playing and problem-solving. (CFM)

Discusses materials developed in a class of 11-year-old children beginning English at a German high school. The materials are not based on artificial situations, but on real situations in the students' own classroom. (CFM)

This article discusses the purposes for which slides may be used in the foreign language classroom and how they can be displayed. (CFM)