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The papers included in this publication were delivered at a conference initiated by the Centre for Information on Language Teaching in April 1971. Each of the four papers represents a distinct but related interest. The first, "The Language Barrier to Education" by B. Spolsky, examines sociological effects of differences between the language required in school and that used by pupils at home. By contrast, E.A. Peel's article, "Adolescent Concept Formation: Generalizing and Abstracting Processes," reports original research on the role of language in the growth of ability to generalize and abstract among adolescents during their education. D. Crystal defines the scope and value of stylistics as a branch of linguistic science in his "Stylistics, Fluency, and Language Teaching." The final paper, "Describing the Language Learner's Language," by S.P. Corder, defines what constitutes "error" in a learner's use of a second language. Commentaries on three of the papers are included. (RL)

The three major parts of this directory are (1) the alphabetical list of palaeontologists, (2) the indices of specialization, and (3) the regional list of institutions employing paleontologists. Listed under Part 1 are name and business address, major and minor regional specializations, disciplinary specializations, and major and minor systematic specialization with respective geological ages. Part 2 (Indices) usually include major specializations only. The Index of Selected Disciplines were restricted to a few less common fields such as polymorphism and sexual dimorphism, functional morphology, fossilization, techniques, and biometry. The Index of Regional Specializations is subdivided by geologic eras and periods. The Index of Systematic Specializations is usually limited to ordinal levels and subdivided by geologic ages. The list of Institutions Employing Palaeontologists is in alphabetical order according to city and country. The names of employed paleontologists are listed under their employing institution. (RS)

This report presents six articles related to the general conference theme. The topics studied include: (1) aims and purposes in modern language teaching, (2) examinations and tests as controls in language learning, (3) specifying the linguistic and behavioral content of language skills, (4) the contribution of particular techniques to specific aims, (5) areas of methodology where useful comparisons can be made, and (6) techniques for comparative assessment. The appendixes contain a select bibliography, abstracts of current research, and a list of members of the conference. (RL)