Davis, A. L. and Kenneth Croft. Ameriphone Lessons. Washington, D. C., Washington Publications, 1958. Eight tapes and a text including 24 dialogs, $35. Two LP records including first 10 dialogs, $8. Extra texts, $1. Distributed by Language Training Aids, Boyds, Maryland. Dialogs about student life, everyday living, and getting around the United States. Intonations represented by 4 different-sized dots for stress and level of pitch. Davis, Harold E. The H.E.D. Drills. Eight tapes at a speed of 7.5 ips, plus a text. Boyds, Md., Language Training Aids, 1958. Complete set, $35. Extra texts, $2.40. 153 p. A series of lectures on American history. Dixon, Robert J. American Classics Simplified and Adapted. New York, Book 1 Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables. (Vocabulary 750 words) 119 p. Book 2 Melville's Moby Dick. (1,000 words) Book 3 Book 4 123 p. Poe's Murders in Rue Morgue and Gold Bug. (1,200 words) 123 p. Cooper's Pathfinder. (1,400 words) 120 p. Book 5 Harte's Outcasts of Poker Flat and Other Stories. (1,600 words) 118 p. Book 6 Book 7 Eggleston's Hoosier Schoolmaster. (1,800 words) 122 p. A series of American classics rewritten with limited vocabulary and sentence construction; primarily for use in adult-education reading courses in the United States. Exercises appear at the end of each chapter. Practice Exercises in Everyday English for Advanced Foreign Students. New York, Latin American Institute Press, 1958. 208 p. $1.75. Drill book for advanced students of English as a second language. Educational Services. Picture Posters for English as a Second Language. Teacher's Guide. Washington, D. C., Educational Services, 1958. 4 p. $6.50 for set plus $2.50 shipping charge. life. 26 posters, 28" by 32" depicting everyday scenes in United States Finocchiaro, Mary. Teaching English as a Second Language. New York, Harper and Bros., 1958. 335 p. 335 p. $4.75. Material needed by the teacher of English as a second language to guide long-term or daily planning for beginning language learners. Examples of language-culture lesson units and typical tests. Elementary Hayden, Rebecca E. and Dorothy W. Pilgram and Aurora Quiros Haggard. For adults at an intermediate or advanced level in their study of English. Units cover word order, verbs, verbals, articles, prepositions, nouns and pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, and punctuation. King, Harold and Russell N. Campbell. Modern English Primer (All English Edition). Parts I and II. Washington, D. C., Washington Publications, 1956. 89 p. each. $1 each. Kolb, Sylvia and John. A Treasury of Folk Songs. New York, Bantam Books, Inc., 1948. 207 p. 35¢. An anthology of well-known and traditional folk songs for people of all ages. Lado, Robert. Linguistics Across Cultures: Applied Linguistics for Language Teachers. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1957. 141 p. $2.75. The premise of this book is that a comparison of the language and culture to be taught with those native to the learner will result in an effective knowledge of the patterns of the new language and culture. and Charles C. Fries. An Intensive Course in English. 4 vols. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1958. $2.25 each. $9 per set. English Pronunciation. 196 p. English Sentence Patterns. 338 p. For adults on the intermediate level but may be used by beginners. Linguistics and the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language, Report on a Conference held at the University of Michigan, July 28-30, 1957, under the auspices of the Linguistic Institute of the Linguistic Society of America and the Committee on International Exchange of Persons of the Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, with funds provided by the Ford Foundation. Special Issue of Language Learning, June 1958. 136 p. Available gratis from Language Learning, 1522 Rackham Bldg., Ann Arbor, Mich. McIntosh, Lois and others. English As A Second Language with Special Application to Hungarians. New York, Rinehart and Co., 1957. 180 p. $3.50. Contains 6 units of 3 lessons each, designed to teach elementary English to Hungarians. Mitchell, Elizabeth Gillilan. Beginning American English; A Conversational Approach to the Study of English. New York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1957. 264 p. $3.30. Written for newcomers to the United States, but usable by any elementary English student, in class or individually. Each unit contains Paratore, Angela. English Exercises: English As A Foreign Language. Two 96 p. each. $1.25 each. Two hundred sets of repetitive drills intended for the person who has gone beyond the stage of learning the fundamentals of English. Covers 2 or 3 semesters work. Petley, Mary. Introducing America. Washington, D. C., Washington Publications, 1958. 96 p. 96 p. Part I. $1.25. Part II in preparation. A text for English as a foreign language with reading selections, dialogs, and grammar review. Prator, Clifford H. Manual of American English Pronunciation, Revised Edition. New York, Rinehart and Co., 1957. 151 p. $2.75. Accompanying set of two 7-inch LP records, $1.75. Special combination price, $4. For advanced adult students. Based on frequency counts of errors prevalent in the spoken English of foreigners, it concentrates on common difficulties. Rojas, Pauline, and others. Fries American English Series for the Study of 268 p. $1.80. All English, with line drawings coordinated with text. Content deals with information about everyday life in the United States. grades 4-12. For Stevick, Earl W. Helping People Learn English. Nashville, Tenn., Abingdon Press, 1957. 138 p. $2.50. In 3 parts: (1) discussion of fundamental ideas about language and language learning; (2) technical information about the nature of English and the difficulties faced by the foreign student; (3) practical suggestions about teaching techniques. For training of teachers and for presentation to foreign teachers of English. Supplementary Lessons in American English for Advanced Students. Ten lessons providing practice in reading and writing. To be used as a supplement to the text. Trager, Edith Crowell and Sara Cook Henderson. Pronunciation Drills for Pronunciation drills for foreign students. Practice material Wheeler, D. Gonzalez. American English for All the World. New York, Webster countries. Two editions, regular and for Catholic Schools. Wohl, Milton and Ruth C. Metcalf. English is Spoken, Part I. Washington, An intermediate level text in conversational English. Wolfe, Irving and Margaret Fullerton. Together We Sing. Chicago, Follett 268 p. Text $2.64. Albums, $5 each. PUBLISHERS' ADDRESSES Abingdon Press, 201 Eighth Avenue, South, Nashville 2, Tennessee. Columbia University Bookstore, Columbia University, New York 27, New York. Educational Services, 1730 "I" Street, NW., Washington, D. C. English Language Services, Inc., 4801 Wisconsin Avenue, NW., Washington, D. C. Follett Publishing Company, 1010 West Washington Boulevard, Chicago 7, Illinois Harper and Brothers, 49 East 33 Street, New York 16, New York. D. C. Heath and Company, 285 Columbus Avenue, Boston 16, Massachusetts. Language Learning, 1522 Rackham Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Language Training Aids, Boyds, Maryland. Latin American Institute Press, 2 West 45th Street, New York 36, New York. Regents Publishing Company, 45 East 17th Street, New York 3, New York. DEPARTMENT Language arts teachers, supervisors, librarians, and administrators in many school systems and State departments of education throughout America are engaged in the preparation and revision of teaching guides and courses of study. Some of these educators are asking the following questions: "How do we get started?" "What do we need to know about our community?" "How do we discover our students' needs and interests?" "What is known about developmental reading and language growth?" "What items of usage and principles of grammar are functional?" "How can we apply research findings in language arts?" "How can we gain the cooperation of all of the teachers who will use the guide?" "How can we ensure that the guide will not become a force for fixing patterns, but rather a stimulus for encouraging experimentation and the continuous development of better programs?" Answers to many of the above questions are at least suggested in the teaching guides and courses of study included in this bibliography. Each reference contains valuable illustrative material for persons working on the language arts curriculum. Undoubtedly, some excellent teaching guides in language arts have not been included. Persons knowing of such guides, published since 1955, are asked to bring them to the attention of the Specialist for Language Arts, Office of Education. Prices, when known, are stated. A few of the publications listed are out of print; however, most of them can be obtained for examination purposes from |