The primary concern of this paper is to point out to the teacher differences between the sound features and the grammatical categories of English and Papago. In addition, some syntactic patterns are also compared, generally from the point of view of the meanings they convey; the lexical structures of the two languages have not been included. The…

Students of French learn to pronounce the syllables of the same rhythmic group with the same stress and the same intonation while lengthening slightly only the last syllable uttered. Several techniques designed to help students acquire correct French rhythm patterns are described here. They include: (1) counting aloud, (2) syllable division, (3)…

THIS PUBLICATION COMPRISES VOLUME 1 OF A TWO-VOLUME INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN THE HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE. THE COURSE IS DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH TAPE RECORDINGS. THOUGH EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON GIVING THE STUDENT SPOKEN COMMAND OF THE LANGUAGE, BOTH THE VOCABULARY AND THE STRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR IMMEDIATE USE OF WRITTEN MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED. EACH LESSON…

Discussed the pronunciation of the phoneme /s/ in Spanish and all the linguistic variations of it, especially in the dialects that have the sibilant articulation. (NCR)

Updates T. Clymer's 1963 phonic generalization study by largely rewriting consonant generalizations. Consonants in 17,211 words from the Stanford Spelling Word List were analyzed and Clymer's 45 rules reduced to three, which predict consonant situations with 99 percent accuracy. (SRT).

Describes an English (FL) cassette from the Hove English Language Centre which has on side 1 a complete lesson in English pronunciation, with explanation, examples, and teacher's comments, and on side 2 intensive exercises. Obtainable, with manuscript, from the English Language Centre, 33 Palmeira Mansion, Hove BN3 2GB. (IFS/WGA)

Handbooks of French phonetics disagree with the findings of phonetic research. Discussed are: differentiating between teaching pronunciation and auditory perception: the difference between acoustic and semantic hearing; and the importance of nasal regressive and progressive assimilation in contemporary spoken French. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 24-25, 1972. (DD)