Highlights the literature of the past 60 years on parliamentary procedure courses in higher education. Presents a rhetorical communication view of such courses and a brief format for their teaching. Available from Parliamentary Journal, Institute of Parliamentarians, Suite 206, Liberty Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50309; sc $1.00. (JMF)

A study of the organization of modern language curricula in Council of Europe member countries includes a discussion of theoretical aspects and problem areas in syllabus design, an analysis of syllabuses for school use, and a statement of the principles of syllabus construction. The discussion of syllabus design problems looks at the concept of…

This work is one in a series that focuses on nine languages representing the bulk of the second language learning effort in Australian education (Arabic, Modern Standard Chinese, French, German, Modern Greek, Indonesian/Malay, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish). These languages were categorized as the Languages of Wider Teaching. Overviews of Arabic…