02–786 Breugnot, Jacqueline (Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany; Email: Breugnot@uni-landau. de). L'institution scolaire en France et en Allemagne: différences et proximités. ‘The school system in France and Germany: Differences and convergences.’ Les Langues Modernes (Paris, France), 3 (2001), 13–20.

02–207 Brohy, Claudine (Institut de Recherche et Documentation Pédagogique (IRDP), Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Email: [email protected]). Generic and/or specific advantages of bilingualism in a dynamic plurilingual situation: the case of French as official L3 in the School of Samedan (Switzerland). International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Clevedon, UK), 4, 1 (2001), 38–49.

02–770 Borg, Serge (Alliances françaises de São Paolo, Brazil). Progression d'enseignement – progrès d'apprentissage: projet d'un Portfolio pour l'évaluation en didactique des langues. ‘Teaching progression, learning progress: The role of a Portfolio in foreign language assessment.’ Dialogues et cultures (Brussels, Belgium) 44, (2001), 29–35.

02–517 Brindley, Geoff (Macquarie U., New South Wales, Australia; Email: [email protected]). Outcomes-based assessment in practice: Some examples and emerging insights. Language Testing (London, UK), 18, 4 (2001), 393–407.

02–535 Burnaby, Barbara and Mackenzie, Marguerite (Memorial U. of Newfoundland, Canada; Emails: [email protected]; [email protected]). Cree decision making concerning language: A case study. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (Clevedon, UK), 22, 3 (2001), 191–209.

02–145 Acuña, Teresa (Université Nationale du Comahue Argentine, Argentina; Email: [email protected]). Le passage des processus de bas niveau aux processus de haut niveau dans l'élaboration d'une représentation du texte. [The interaction between low- and high-level processes in building a text representation.] Aile (Paris, France), 13 (2000), 41–66.

Brown, James Dean and Thom Hudson

Criterion-referenced testing. Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi+320 pp. ISBN 0 521 00083 1, £19.95, pb.

Courses

In giro per l'Italia: A brief introduction to Italian. This new beginners' Italian text is a shortened version of Prego!, providing a communicative introduction to Italian language and culture centred round the four skills. Featuring communicative activities together with vocabulary and grammar presentation, the student's book is organised around a four-part chapter structure including a new mid-chapter colourful and informative cultural spread. Ancillary materials include an interactive CD-ROM, and a text-specific website and video; and the student's book is accom-panied by an audio-CD. G. Lazzarino, M. C. Peccianti, J. M.Aski & A. Dini. McGraw-Hill, 2002. Student's book, ISBN 0 07 241551 7, hb. Audio CD, ISBN 0 07 248990 1.

Prego!: An invitation to Italian (5th edn.). The leading introductory Italian programme in North America since it first appeared in 1980, this fifth edition of Prego! has been revised to include more communicative activities, revised vocabularies and dialogues, new readings in authentic and contemporary Italian, and new cultural notes. Ancillary materials include an interactive CD-ROM, and a text-specific website and video; and the student's book is accompanied by an audio-CD. G. Lazzarino, J. M. Aski, A. Dini & M.C. Peccianti. McGraw-Hill, 2000. Student's book, ISBN 0 07 365513 9, hb. Audiocassette, ISBN 0 07 231032 4.

Short annotations of recent publications, which aim to be informative and objective but not critical, together with a list of books and materials received.

Gimson's Pronunciation of English (6th edn.): a comprehensive description of the language, for students and teachers of English pronunciation and intonation; substantially revised and updated. Alan Cruttenden. Arnold, 2001. ISBN 0 340 75978 X, £18.99, pb.

The following periodicals are regularly scanned in compiling the abstracts, although it should be noted that not every issue of a periodical that is scanned will be represented in every volume of Language Teaching. The majority of the periodicals are held in the CiLT (Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research) Library in London, UK (see address on inside front cover), together with additional publications such as newsletters and bulletins which are scanned but rarely contain abstractable articles. A complete list may be obtained from the CiLT Librarian; or is available on the web at:

http://www.cilt.org.uk/irs/periodic.htm

The editor is very pleased to have new (or neglected!) periodicals brought to her attention.

An Empirical Grammar of the English Verb System: this volume complements the author's previous (1995) grammar on modal verbs, the two books together aiming to present a new and comprehensive account of the English verb system. Dieter Mindt. Cornelsen, 2000. ISBN 3 464 37110 7, pb.

All Things Considered: Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese: a modern Chinese language textbook designed to bridge the gap between intermediate and advanced Chinese; one section comprises 12 dialogues, the other a selection of recent newspaper articles about contemporary Chinese society. Chih-p'ing Chou, Yan Xia & Meow Hui Goh (eds.). Princeton University Press, 2001. ISBN 0 691 09048 3, US$39.50, pb.