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These proceedings on applied linguistics and language learning contain the following papers: (1) "Audio-visual and Applied Linguistics; The State of the Question," by V. Ferenczi (in French); (2) "Research in Fundamental Language: The State of the Question," by B. Pottier (in French); (3) "Psycholinguistic Insights into Language Learning," by F. Smith; (4) "Applied Linguistics and Language Learning: The Role of Psychology," by W. von Raffler Engel (in French); (5) "Reading and Writing in the Teaching of Second Languages at the Elementary Level," by Mme A. J. Game (in French); (6) "Fundamental Languages: Studies and Applications," by R. LeBlanc (in French); (7) "English Language Teaching to French Speaking Students at a Bilingual University," by M. Massey; (8) "Personality and Foreign Language Learning," by F. Neufeld; (9) "Some Reflexions on Lexical Studies, and their Applications to the Teaching of English as a Second Language," by E. Pressman; (10) "Audio Visual and Second Language Learning at the Secondary Level," by J. J. Van Vlasselaer (in French); (11) "A New Perspective on Listening Comprehension; Reading and Second-Language Comprehension -- A Useful Analogy?" by J. Woodsworth; and (12) "German: Theory and Teaching Practices," by W. Bausenhart (in German). (AMH)

The twenty-eight papers that make up the second part of the proceedings of the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Council on Foreign Languages cover a wide range of topics relating to foreign language teaching and linguistic theory: German culture and civilization; sexism in language; bilingual education; bilingualism and language assessment; French language, history and culture; foreign languages and international education; study abroad; Hispanic culture, history, literature and civilization; English loanwords in the Couxhobor dialect; an interdisciplinary linguistics program; historical development of languages; semantics; teaching culture; use of audio visual aids in vocabulary building; micro-teaching; using the radio; testing techniques; and developing teacher competencies. (AMH)

The following papers on interdisciplinary cooperation in second language instruction are included: (1) "Language Teaching: Possibilities for Interdisciplinary Co-operation," by James E. Alatis; (2) "L'insegnamento della letteratura italiana (The Teaching of Italian Literature)," by Ezio Raimondi; (3) "Objective Evaluation and Transparency," by Rebecca M. Valette; (4) "Comment integrer l'etude de la litterature a l'apprentissage des langues etrangeres (How to Integrate the Study of Literature with the Teaching of Foreign Languages)," by Jean Verrier; (5) "Mediendidaktik: Moeglichkeiten und Perspektiven im Sprachunterricht (Educational Media: Possibilities and Perspectives in Language Instruction)," by Horst G. Weise; and (6) "Nutzbarmachung der in der Muttersprache erworbenen Fertigkeiten beim Erlernen einer Fremdsprache (Utilization of Proficiency Acquired in the Native Language in Learning a Foreign Language)," by Irmhild Wragge-Lange. Each paper except the first is followed by a summary in English of the discussion engendered by the paper. (JB)

The 16 papers presented in this volume are arranged according to three sub-topics of the general theme of second language instruction: individual needs, interdisciplinary cooperation, and multilingualism. The first paper in each section is the main lecture, which is followed by specialized lectures. (JB)

The following papers on the issue of multilingualism in second language instruction are included: (1) "Problemes linguistiques dans les societes plurilingues (Linguistic Problems in Multilingual Societies)," by Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow; (2) "Aim: Multilingualism. The Dismantling of Resistance and Prejudice," by Eva Koberski; (3) "Problemes poses en Susisse par l'enseignement des languages vivantes (Problems Posed in Switzerland by the Teaching of Modern Languages)," by Jean-Bernard Lang; (4) "Lingue in contatto e stratificazione linguistica (Languages in Contact and Linguistic Stratification)," by Ottavio Lurati; and (5) "Planung des Fremdsprachenunterrichts in den Laendern der Europaeischen Gemeinschaft (Planning for Foreign Language Instruction in the Countries of the European Community)," by Franz J. Zapp. Each paper except the first is followed by a summary in English of the discussion engendered by the paper. (JB)

Experts in education from universities and other centers of research, coming from almost 60 countries and meeting in a world congress, studied the factors underlying self realization in education. The essential points presented through the various reports are: (1) All human beings have potentialities which should be developed to an optimum degree. It is the responsibility of society to develop conditions which will enable the individual to achieve self actualization. (2) There is complete agreement that self realization is one of the most important questions throughout the world. (3) Self realization is a very complex problem which involves many conditions and which is affected by very diverse influences. (4) The problems which confront all educators and teachers in the realization of personality are manifold. (5) Educational research in relation to the problem of self actualization has shown itself to be of major importance. This volume contains the papers presented at the conference. Those presentations that are in a foreign language are summarized in English. (CJ)

This collection of 24 articles explores how educational research, programs and policies in several countries are related to the issue of children's rights. Several of the collected articles focus on aspects of children's experience and development. Group membership, children's right to happiness, the development of an optimistic outlook among children, students' responsibilities, growing up at school, socialization, personality development, psychological effects of educational programs on immigrant children, the position of the teacher discussing controversial issues, the orientation of children toward work, child abuse and neglect, the human rights of the juvenile delinquent, and individual differences of children are among the topics discussed. Some of the articles explore social conditions and describe institutional practices. The relationship of class differences and equality of opportunity, educational practices and the rights of infants, education in the German Democratic Republic, sexual differentiation in educational programs, and problems of sanitation, education and society are among the topics discussed. Additionally, several articles examine the nature and methods of educational research and suggest future directions for such research. (Author/RH)

This special issue concerns the content, function, and form of instructional materials dealing with second language instruction. The following articles appear: (1) "Deliberate Semantics--an 'Interventionist' Approach to Second Language Teaching Methodology," by A.P.R. Howatt; (2) "Sprechakte und Sprachunterricht (Speech Acts and Language Research)," by T. Ebneter; (3) "Materiels pedagogiques et/ou materiels heuristiques (Pedagogical Materials and/or Heuristic Materials)," by R. Richterich; (4) "Texte linguistique et representation iconographique (The Linguistic Text and Pictorial Representation)," by E. Arcaini; (5) "A propos de la conception d'une unite didactique dans le cadre du francais, language etrangere (On the Idea of Didactic Unity in the Framework of French, Foreign Language)," by A. Barrera-Vidal; (6) "Accuracy and Fluency as Polarities in Foreign Language Teaching Materials and Methodology," by C. Brumfit; (7) "La linguistique et le reste dans la conception des materiaux pedagogiques pour l'enseignement scolaire des langues secondes (Linguistics, etc. in the Concept of Pedagogical Materials for the Teaching of Second Languages)," by D. Coste; (8) "Lehrwerkanalyse und Lehwerkkritik aus der Sicht der linguistischen Pragmatik (Analysis and Criticism of Instruction from the Point of View of Linguistic Pragmatics)," by M. Pelz; and (9) Reve et Realite (Dream and Reality)," by G. Capelle. A synthesis article concludes the volume. (AMH)

The nine papers in this collection include: "L'expression du feminin dans l'adjectif latin: Genese et extension de *-ih2 comme morpheme de feminin grammatical en indo-europeen" (The Expression of the Feminine in the Latin Adjective: Genesis and Extension of the -ih2' as Grammatical Feminine Morpheme in Indo-European); "Lexikalische Neologismen und Wordbildung in Vergils Aeneis" (Lexical Neologism and Word Formation in Virgil's "Aeneid"); "Creativite lexicale et tabou linguistique (Presentation de faits Indo-Europeens)" (Lexical Creativity and Linguistic Taboo [Presentation of Indo-European Facts]); "Dynamique, fonctionnement et evolution dans la formation des mots" (Dynamic, Function, and Evolution in the Formation of Words); "Zur Konception der Wortbildung in Einer Lexikalistischen Syntax" (On the Conception of Word Formation in A Lexical Syntax); "Semantique et formation des mots" (Semantics and Word Formation); "Aspects enonciatifs et fonctionnels de la neologie lexicale" (Enunciative and Functional Aspects of Lexical Neologism); "Neologismes dans le francais de la Suisse romande (Resume)"; (Neologisms in Swiss French [Resume]); and "La 'neologie' dans Lexikalistischen Syntax" (On Neologisms in Swiss French [Resume]); and son contexte social: Identite et langage dans une bande de jeunes" ("Neologism" in Its Social Context: Identity and Language in a Group of Young People). (MSE)

This report summarizes the meetings of the World Health Organization (WHO) Working Group on Family Planning and Sex Education of Young People, which was attended by advisors representing education, sociology, psychology, pediatrics, demography, obstetrics and gynocology, family planning, and psychological medicine. The advisors were from eight countries, from UNESCO, from the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and WHO staff and consultants. The scope and purpose of the working group and its definitions of adolescence and family planning are given in the introduction. The present situation in Europe and obstacles to sex education and family planning services for young people are reviewed, based on a study by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, which emphasized strategies used in various countries for providing sex education and family planning. Develoment of sex education programs is discussed in the areas of curricula, staff training, and program implementation. Development of family planning services is discussed, focusing on the place of such services in the health service structure, roles and training of staff, and service acceptability. The report concludes with guidelines for educational programs, including content and staff training; guidelines for provision of family planning services, including organization, setting, and staff; and general recommendations. A list of participants, and summaries of the report in French, German, and Russian are included. (JAC)

This selection of the papers presented at a conference includes 6 introductory papers, 32 papers dealing with innovations and experiences in the authors' own countries, and reports from 6 working groups. These working groups addressed the six key topic areas of the conference: (1) relationships between new technologies and labor relations and their impact on the labor market, education, and schooling; (2) new technologies in the learning process; (3) technology's impact on relationships between general education and education for careers; (4) technological demands upon recurrent education, adult education, and non-formal education; (5) technological developments and their impact on education in the Third World; and (6) the impact of technological developments on both initial and inservice teacher education and training. The majority of the papers are in English, although six are in French and one is in German. (RP)

Papers from the linguistics colloquium address a variety of topics in linguistic theory and language research, most in French. Topics include: objectivity and subjectivity in understanding language; focalization in conversational language; the notion of "popular etymology"; serial construction in Malagasy; linguistic competence (in German); measuring the integration of an element in a linguistic system; discourse analysis; phonetic linkages among family names; ambiguity, misunderstanding, and paradiscursive activity; learning to explain; pertinence and conversation; syntax, pragmatics, and stylistics; bilingual discourse; transcription of oral language corpori; neologisms and the press; linguistic identity; cooperation, adjustment, and collaboration in language class; and morphosyntactic analysis of French and computer-assisted instruction. (MSE)

This publication presents 20 conference papers in French and German on aspects of linguistic research. Papers include: "Objectivite et subjectivite dans la connaissance du langage" (Mahmoudian); "Focalisation et antifocus"(Bearth); "Remarques sur la notion d''etymologie populaire'"(Chambon); "Sur la construction serielle en malgache"; (Fugier) "Ein Schichtungsmodell der Kompetenz, als Hilfe fur den Ueberblick uber die gesamte Sprachverwendung"(Glinz); "Une mesure de l'integration d'un element a un systeme" (Jolivet); "La convention X et la structure des unites discursives" (Rubattel); "Codification phonetique de noms de famille" (Vater); "Ambiguite, malentendu et activite paradiscursive" (Berthoud); "Apprendre a expliquer" (de Gaulmyn); "Pertinence et conversation"; (Moeschler);"Syntaxe, pragmatique, stylistique" (Reboul); "Konfirmandenunterricht..tout de meme! Les procedes de transcodage en conversation bilingue et exolingue" (Oesch-Serra); "Corpus oraux et edition: Quelle transcription pour quelle lecture?" (Rittaud-Hutinet); "Malentendu et communication" (Weil); "Aspects pragmatiques de l'emploi des circonstants" (Wuest); "Neocodage et discours de la presse: Le mot compose dans le quotidien suisse-romand 'Le Matin'" (Munch); "A propos de l'identite linguistique" (de Latour); "De la cooperation a l'ajustement collaboratif polylogal dans les cours de langues" (Murphey); and "Analyse morpho-syntaxique du francais et l'enseignement assiste par ordinateur" (Renard). (MSE)

The following papers are included in this volume: "Technological Change: The Future of Training and Work" (Lord Young of Graffham); "L'Education, la Formation et l'Evolution Technologique dans l'Industrie" (Mathias Hinterscheid); "Education, Training, and Technological Change in Industry" (Philippe Meyer); "Technologischer Wandel: Schaffung von Arbeitsplatzen und Innovation in der Arbeitswelt" (Ulrich Gruber); "Formation et Nouvelles Technologies, Strategies pour l'Avenir" (Manuel Marin); "Education and Updating: The Impact of New Technologies" (Kenneth Baker); "New Technology Training and Access to Jobs, Policies for Employment" (Geoffrey Holland); "Information Technology and Investment in Training" (Lord Lucas of Chilworth); "Comment Developper de Nouvelles Qualifications?" (Bertrand Schwartz); and "New Technology Corporate Investment and Job Creation" (Herbert Christie). English language summaries of these papers are provided in volume I. (MN)

The three papers in this collection were presented at the opening of the conference and the plenary session. The first is the "Presidential Address: Brighton, 1987 = Eroffnungsansprache zur IFLA Generalkonferenz Brighton 1987" (Hans-Peter Geh). These remarks by the President of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) address the theme of the conference--"Library and Information Services in a Changing World"--with: (1) special attention to a view of IFLA since its founding in 1927; (2) recognition of the 110th anniversary of the British Library Association and the appropriateness of holding the conference on British soil; (3) the wide-ranging activities in library work in the Third World by IFLA; (4) education of the present-day librarians who must adapt to a rapidly changing social and technological environment; (5) new professional fields presenting new job possibilities; and (6) a summary of discussions concerning closer coordination between the professional work done in the Sections and Core Programs. Also included in this collection are: "Preservation Is Justified by Access" (Alexander Wilson, formerly of the British Library, United Kingdom), and "Is the Library a Source of Information in the Developing Countries? = Bibliotheque, Source d'information dans les pays en developpement?" (K. M. Aithnard, Director General, New African Editions, Togo). Two of the papers are given in both the original language and English. (CGD)