Study of the utterances of twins, two-and-a-half years old. (VM)

Discusses the role of illustrations used to clarify the meaning of dialogues in instruction in French as a second language. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Reports on an experiment designed to test French secondary students' intuitive understanding of the nuances among six semantic categories of the structure "'etre' plus past participle," and their ability to translate these nuances into a second language (English or Spanish). (AM)

A study of the acquisition of interrogative forms in children of high socioeconomic status reveals that utterances belong more to the colloquial than to the standard range. It is concluded that disadvantaged children would show similar usage, leading to the suggestion that teachers teach language as they use it. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/CLK)

The intermediate competence of adult second language learners is qualitatively different from native speaker competence. Learning strategies are constants in the diachronic modifications of learner competence. A study of the acquisition of interrogatives in French reveals limited strategies and the heterogeneity of linguistic models needed to…

The speech rate of French and American radio broadcasters is compared in order to provide language teachers with an optimum speed. (AM)

Discusses basic language functions emphasizing the importance of spoken language and decrying the fact that linguistics, on the conceptual level, is still chiefly concerned with written language. Stresses the complexity of language and the importance of the situational context, particularly with regard to the semiotics of the media. (MES)

Proposes a study of the various ways in which words and groups of words can be matched with single non-coded pictures as an aid to foreign language instruction, particularly French. (AM)

Proposes an approach to French language instruction for adults which relies on materials of a political nature. (AM)

Proposes research that analyzes differences in the linguistic behavior of individuals and groups, within the context of three conversational situations, in order to determine whether these differences can be ascribed to sociocultural differences. (AM)

Discusses the importance of instructional media, especially audiovisual media, in teaching French to adults in a continuing education program. (AM)

Proposes a language pedagogy for migrant workers that takes into account the economic, cultural, and social characteristics of the target population, as well as the nature of the target language. (AM)

Discusses bilingual bicultural education in the French elementary schools, specifically some results of a pilot project in the Paris area. (AM)

Describes research on decoding and reading strategies involving three six-year-old migrant children learning to read in French. (AM)

Proposes a method for French language instruction that uses an unidentified object, that is, an object constructed in such a way as to represent different things to different students. (AM)