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Download full textBrod, Richard I. – 1974
This report is based on a questionnaire survey of all two-year and four-year colleges in the United States listed in the 1972-73 "Education Directory" (Part 3, Higher Education). Registrars at 2,614 institutions replied to the questionnaire; 2,419 reported registrations in one or more foreign languages. The fall 1972 survey shows a…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, French
James, C. Vaughn; Rouve, Sonia – 1973
This survey is a result of the decision of the British Department of Education and Science to provide a long-term forecast of national needs in modern languages. The overall aims of the project were to describe levels of teaching and standards of achievement in French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish in terms of (1) what is required for…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Curriculum Evaluation, Language Instruction, Language Programs
1979
This is a report on foreign language enrollment in qrades 9-12 in Indiana for the year 1978-1979. The tables qive the following information: (1) a ten year review of foreign language enrollments in Indiana, grades 9-12; (2) the total enrollments for the years 1976-1979 in all foreign languages; (3) the enrollment patterns by levels for the same…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, French
Brod, Richard I. – Modern Language Association, 1978
This report is based on a questionnaire survey sent to the registrars of all two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Replies were received from 2,637 institutions, of which 2,374 reported registrations in one or more foreign languages. The fall 1977 survey shows a decline of 1.4% in total foreign language…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, College Language Programs, Colleges, Declining Enrollment
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). Education, Science, and Culture Div. – 1979
This publication provides information on programs of study in Canada under the following headings: (1) the language of the minority group (French in nine of the provinces, English in Quebec) as a subject of study, showing grade enrollments and participation rates; (2) the language of the minority qroup as a first language (designed for French…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
PDF pending restorationModern Language Association of America, New York, NY. – 1975
The statistical data provided here were collected for the survey of foreign language registrations in institutions of higher education, fall 1974. The data were keypunched in 1975, and for this reason each page of the printout bears the heading "Language Survey 1975." However, all figures refer to language registrations reported for the…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Colleges, Directories, Enrollment Rate
Herslow, Nina Greer; Dershem, James F. – Modern Language Association, 1966
The eighth in a series of statistical surveys conducted by the Modern Language Association, this 1965 study of 2,100 institutions of higher learning (junior and 4-year colleges as well as universities) presents, for the first time, enrollment data for all foreign languages. To provide background for the 1965 enrollment figures, data from previous…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Directories
Peer reviewedMorrison, Scott E. – ADFL Bulletin, 1978
This report gives the results of a 1977 survey of foreign language registrations in colleges and universitites in the United States carried out by the Modern Language Association. (CFM)
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Language Enrollment
PDF pending restorationModern Language Association of America, New York, NY. – 1975
The statistical data provided here were collected for the survey of foreign language registrations in institutions of higher education, fall 1974. the data were keypunched in 1975, and for this reason each page of the printout bears the heading "Language Survey 1975." However, all figures refer to language registrations reported for the…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Community Colleges, Directories, Enrollment Rate
Brod, Richard I. – Modern Language Association, 1972
This study, the tenth in a series, presents college language registration and student contact hour data for all modern and classical language programs in the United States. The body of the report consists of 24 tables summarizing the data, and a directory of the 2,353 institutions that reported registrations in one or more foreign languages.…
Descriptors: French, German, Italian, Language Enrollment
Stoker, W. M. Fred – 1978
Attitudes toward foreign language study of 200 high school students in the Panhandle (northwest) section of Texas were surveyed. In this rural and agricultural area, the percentage of Mexican Americans and Blacks is quite low. Forty-eight percent of the students believed foreign language study was more difficult than other areas, and 57 percent…
Descriptors: High School Students, Language Attitudes, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Waggoner, Dorothy – 1979
Findings are presented from the Teachers Language Skills Survey, the first national survey undertaken to estimate how many teachers currently employed in public schools have the backgrounds, experience, education, and skills needed to teach students with limited-English proficiency. Information was gathered on teachers teaching in the 1976-77…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Teachers
BELL, BARBARA B.; CHILDERS, J. WESLEY – Modern Language Association, 1961
A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF 609 ACCREDITED JUNIOR COLLEGES ON SEVERAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE TEACHING. LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS TOTALLED 44,809 IN 1959 AND 51,570 IN 1960. THE ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF DATA COVERED SUCH AREAS AS (1) TOTAL SUMMARY BY STATES, (2) ENROLLMENTS IN FRENCH BY STATES, (3) ENROLLMENTS IN GERMAN, (4) ENROLLMENTS IN…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Language Instruction, Modern Languages, National Surveys
VAMOS, MARA; AND OTHERS – Modern Language Association, 1961
SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE TEACHING AND STUDY OF MODERN LANGUAGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION WERE SURVEYED, SUCH AS (1) DEGREES AWARDED IN 1958-59, (2) MAJORS ENROLLED IN THE FALL OF 1959, (3) AVAILABILITY AND USE OF LANGUAGE LABORATORIES, RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, AND PROGRAMS ABROAD, AND (4) CURRICULUMS AND STAFFING TRENDS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE ADDRESSED TO…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Language Instruction, Modern Languages, National Surveys
Altmann, Anneliese – 1977
This reverse dictionary of contemporary standard German is based on 174,170 words from 10 running texts of various genres. It is intended to close the gap in source and study aids for linguistic studies relating to advanced German language courses. The dictionary is arranged in reverse order, i.e., it is read backwards starting on the last page. A…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, German, Language Instruction, Morphology (Languages)
