10 articles in this issue
Bernard Spolsky
The author discusses some psycho linguistic conditions for second language learning basedon a preference rr ode! in linguistics. The outcome of second language learning dependson a number of conditions. Second language learning takes place in a social con... see more
Lynn Dhority
A crucial factor preventing students from tapping their full learning potential is their mindset, consisting of subconscious conditioned beliefs, attitudes and self-images. Teacherscan learn to work consciously and purposefully to evoke positive responses... see more
W. Jane Bancroft
Recently researchers and teachers have noticed that more and more students have troublelearning. The causes for poor student learning are many and varied. To remedy thesituation, programmes have been implemented in many educational institutions to reduces... see more
Robert W. Blair
This paper proposes that in the midst of all our theories on language teaching andlanguage learning, we might have overlooked an age-old tool that has always been at thedisposal of mankind; the telling of stories. Attention is drawn to how some have found... see more
Udo O.H. Jung
During the last fifteen years new methods of teaching have been introduced to the foreignlanguage teacher who was raised on an audio lingual diet. These teachers prefer teachingto learning, because teaching a subject in accordance with acknowledged tricks... see more
Syed Habibul Haq Nadvi
This paper gives an overview of the development of Arabic and Urdu in South Africa up to1984 when Indian languages as a school subject were introduced from standards two toten. It sketches the state of Indian languages at ·the various universities in the ... see more
R. Bodenstein
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D.S. Gxilishe
Johan J. Swartz
Elaine Ridge