A method of testing student pronunciation involves recording a poem. Students transcribe the words they mispronounced in phonetic script and have it checked by the tutor. The phonetics tutorial is required by first-year students majoring in English who are not native speakers. (SW)

Some features of "persuasion dialogue" are examined, and suggestions are offered for ways in which persuasion might be used as a topic in the language class to stimulate the use of realistic language through appropriate role playing. Three dialogues are presented that illustrate different kinds of persuasion. (SW)

The field of advanced reading instruction, reasons for poor reading, and purposes of advanced reading are discussed. Reading materials, the individualized reading method, and motivating students are covered. (SW)

A second study was conducted in a middle school in England to assess the effects of reading while listening: students read a text while listening to a recording. The value of teacher involvement and use of the technique with remedial students and better readers were studied. (SW)

The multiple choice technique can test written and oral comprehension and linguistic competence at beginning and intermediate levels. Examples of test items concerning sounds, stress, vocabulary, and structures are presented, and brief comments on the items are included. (SW)

The effectiveness of various transcription systems for teaching English as a foreign language was surveyed in German-speaking universities and colleges in West Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, and Austria. Transcription systems, textbooks in use, and criteria for choice of systems are discussed. (SW)

Types of errors Arabs make with definiteness are classified and the rate of occurrence of errors are counted. Sixteen three-hour college-level American history final examinations written by Arabic speakers were examined. (SW)

Language teaching involves many paradoxes and the language teacher has more handicaps than teachers of other subjects. The language teacher's way of overcoming his own problems of personality and psychological balance has a lot to do with the success or failure of his students. (CFM)

There is nothing in the theory of language teaching which prescribes that communication skills need be acquired through any specialised context in order to be used in that context. In the teaching of scientific English, not only scientific topics but a whole range of motivational stimuli can be tapped. (Author/CFM)

The Nordic Test Development Group prepared proficiency tests of English designed to provide reliable information on which to base decisions as to whether a candidate would be able to function in a job as described or whether he could be trained to do so. Two subtests used a modified cloze procedure. (Author/CFM)

The language learner necessarily masters literal reading before literary reading. In order to learn the language of poetry, first-year university students of English as a second language must gain competence with polysemy and association which are fundamental to literary reading. (CFM)

Keeping the pupils' interest up throughout the year in a compulsory language class is a major problem and therefore, language-teaching games are very important. Some new suggestions for games to be used in the elementary school are: (1) The Parrot; (2) The Robot; (3) Ping-Pong; and (4) Telephone. Card games such as Happy Families can be played…

The conventions of TV comedy, particularly in the two-man comedy team, have a role to play in the teaching of English as a foreign language. They offer situations where the normal language is both natural and repetitive, and where emotional states common to interpersonal communication can be exemplified. (Author/CFM)

Comparative language tests in English and French were given to pupils of the Bilingual School, Buea, Republic of Cameroon, to measure the extent of bilingualism. The results showed that although English speakers made greater progress in learning French than vice versa, the system of language teaching has been a qualified success so far.…

The language literature controversy should be irrelevant in an ESL situation. First-year English courses in Nigerian universities should aim at perfecting the student's linguistic competence and performance, with particular attention being paid to the practical uses of the language. The usual practice of immediately introducing the "classics"…