Questions concerning improvement of the quality of foreign language teaching and training of proletarian personnel specializing in foreign languages are explored. Changes in teaching methods and materials are suggested, based on theories of China's Great Cultural Revolution. (SM)

A teaching program for training worker-peasant-soldier students for the basic mastery of the Russian language is described. The system emphasizes three stages of learning: articulation, study of inflection, and teaching through hearing and speaking. Training methods are described and evaluated. (SM)

Guidelines for the development of teaching materials that reflect the realities of the Three Great Revolutionary Movements are presented. It is recommended that materials be in conformity with the language laws and advantageous to training for the basic mastery of language. (SM)

Describes aspects of language teaching policy in China, including English curricula, teaching materials, and teaching methodology used at various levels of English instruction. Teacher training and the utilization of foreign experts are also discussed. (Author/CFM)

Describes English language texts purchased in China in 1975. (CFM)

Recounts trends and classroom techniques noted in several schools visited by a University of Toronto delegation in 1972. Techniques include use of recordings, role-playing, discussion, songs, and recitation; speaker confidence was noted by the visitors. (MSE)

Discusses the policies governing the teaching of Chinese to foreign students in Peking and the methods used. (KM)

While in the early years of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Russian was emphasized at the expense of English, now the learning of English is encouraged. Students who learn English begin studying in primary school, continue into middle school, with the more talented of the politically qualified getting further study in Chinese institutions of…