This article describes a study designed to test the basic notions of the verbo-tonal method of error correction in second language learning, a method based on an awareness of the phonological system of the speaker's native language and its influence on the phonological system of the target language. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

A report on a diagnostic study of the Sicilian way of pronouncing the French /y/. On the basis of this study, a quantitative analysis of verbo-tonal methods of correction is made. Some such methods are based on intonation, rhythm, syllabication and combinatory phonetics. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

This article discusses various definitions and uses of the Spanish verb "to contemplate." (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)

Paper read at the Congress for the Oral Education of the Deaf, Northampton, England, in June 1967. (DS)

The Suvag Lingua is a machine used to facilitate better aural perception by working from and on the basis of a student's error in producing a particualr sound and adapting the model which is to be imitated. (DD)

A collection of five board games for the Spanish language classroom contains gameboards, game markers, and directions for each game. It also contains general instructions for the teacher about the classroom use of board games. The games include: "Uvas," for use in vocabulary development and cultural awareness; "Montana Rusa," for general…

SGAV is the acronym for the Structural-Global-Audio-Visual method. (DD)

Dyslalia refers to a broad spectrum of language pronunciation difficulties; the subjects of this experiment experienced only minor distortions in articulation. (DD)

A study investigated the use of verbo-visual content in geography textbooks of various countries. Secondary school geography textbooks from Australia, Greece, Japan, Sweden, and the United States were examined. For each of the selected books, empirical data about the amount of texts, pictures, maps, and tables was gathered; contents were assessed;…

Conclusion of a two-part article on the verb in English. Reprinted from Belgian journal Equivalences,'' n1 1972. (DS)

Continuing series on English grammar. (DS)

This report focuses on the visual component of verbo-visual literacy, a communications concept involving the production, transmission, and perception of verbal and visual images. Five current problem areas in verbal-visual research are introduced and discussed: (1) communication (communication models, media consumption, new media, the information…

In this study the author uses the techniques of modern descriptive linguistics to analyze various features of the Portuguese verb system. The analysis is based on the colloquial, spontaneous speech of educated natives of Rio de Janeiro and is divided into four chapters: Phonology (pp. 6-29), Morphophonemics (pp. 30-49), Morphology (pp. 50-86), and…