Describes a method, used in intermediate French classes on the university level, which uses films to improve listening comprehension skills. (AM)

Describes a method used at Yale University that uses film study to expose the student of French to culturally authentic language. (AM)

In a French course offered in a German university, students were required to develop, structure, write, rehearse, and present brief plays as a group language-learning activity. (MSE)

At the University of Queensland (Australia), second-language instruction techniques involving principles of sensory training are being used experimentally. The method promotes sensory integration of speech events through auditory, visual, and kinesthetic memory. (MSE)

In response to the needs of international businessmen for intercultural negotiation skills, a Dutch university and a Dutch company have launched an initiative with the French embassy promoting cross-cultural communication skills and the understanding of business-related language. (MSE)

A description of a course in French composition at the University of Essex, which is based on "Exercices de style, " by R. Queneau. The course consists of writing variations of a single model story or paragraph. Six variations are presented and discussed to clarify the method. (AMH)

A French writing workshop used at the university level in Japan to enhance French language instruction is described. The exercises, in which students write Haiku and minimalist poetry in French, stress such aspects of language use as associations, connotations, and creative word use. Several exercise types are described. (MSE)

A questionnaire used to elicit from university students their uses for, attitudes about, and problem areas in French vocabulary learning is presented and discussed. In the questionnaire, a series of brief lexical exercises tests understanding of word similarities and commonalities, lexical functions, registers, antonyms, paraphrasing,…

French university faculty experiences in supervising foreign students' doctoral thesis writing are transformed into suggestions for assisting students in foreign language technical writing tasks. These include: noting special needs in the course of the research; drawing on linguistic, rhetorical, and communication theory for help with composition;…