Urges community colleges to provide the instruction necessary for foreign students to develop proficiency in English, focusing on program options (intensive, semi-intensive, support services), staffing, international students advisers, placement examinations, program evaluation, and possibilities for technical assistance. (AYC)

Projects of second-year university students enrolled in French classes are described. Instead of regular classes, projects on similar subjects were grouped and presented to the class as a whole. Student reactions obtained through a questionnaire are also reported. (SW)

Describes the teaching methods of the Yazigi Institutes of Brazil, which offer Portuguese instruction to foreigners. (JB)

This annual report of the FLES-Bilingual Education Committee of the American Association of Teachers of French begins with a list of National FLES Committee publications. In the first article, C. K. Knop describes ways to publicize FLES and bilingual programs. E. Rainey discusses student produced television programming in her article "Rue Raisin -…

Details a program of intensive language learning at Kenston (Ohio) High School that begins with a two-and-one-half-hour-a-day class and ends with a three-week homestay abroad on school time. The approach involves using foreign language for communicating about matters relevant to the students combined with a no-grade, no-fail system. (Author/EJS)

Describes a French language program based on the concept of language for survival. Students took trips to Quebec and were asked to carry out tasks, such as asking for directions and buying items in a store, exclusively in French. (AM)

This report describes the first year of a two-year experimental, transitional kindergarten program for children whose mother tongue is Italian. Begun in Toronto, Canada as the result of pressure from both the ethnic community and from educators, the program is designed to run for the two years of kindergarten (junior and senior). The bilingual…

Describes a program in commercial French offered at the Institut Francais de Dusseldorf, and discusses the preparation of teachers involved in this type of program. (AM)

An evaluation of one school district's bilingual-bicultural program indicated, overall, that the Spanish-based students are receiving greater benefit than the English-based pupils. This might be remedied if more bilingual instruction were given. The program operates in two elementary schools, grades K-6; the report includes materials stating…

Outlines a second language program that, over a period of three years, exposes the student to three languages and several teachers and stresses communicative competence. (AM)

Describes the initial five hours of instruction in a course on geological French conducted for ten Sudanese geologists as part of their professional training. (AM)

Describes a program of French for engineering students that makes extensive use of audiovisual laboratory equipment and cultural materials. (AM)

The teaching of foreign languages in the elementary school (FLES) as an integral part of the elementary curriculum has met with varied success in the U.S., despite increasing evidence that young children are capable of learning to speak a foreign language with less effort and more success than any other age group. The earliest FLES programs date…

This report describes the approach to teaching German used at Rose Hill Junior High School in Redmond, Washington. The program provides for individualized instruction, and no major emphasis is put on any basic textbook. The program's development is summarized, followed by detailed discussion of the following: (1) the first phase of implementation,…

Presents an overview of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies and the MLA/ACLS Task Force reports. The annual report of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language includes: its organization, publications; annual meeting and preconference workshops, and projects. (EJS)