This regional dossier aims at providing a concise description of and basic statistics on minority language education in a specific region of Europe--the Isle of Man. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative…

A three-stage program is described that a secondary school teacher can follow to establish and maintain contact with a nearby college language department. The program would facilitate articulation between secondary school and college. (Author/AMH)

Discusses implementation of a FLEX program called Beginning Foreign Language at Mooresville High School, including administrative scheduling, room assignments, budget, general and specific objectives of course, materials, testing, and grading. Concludes positive aspects outweigh unresolved problems. (BK)

Describes a high school Spanish business course which heightens sensitivity to the value of second languages in the working world, while at the same time helps students acquire specific language skills applicable to business. (EKN)

Discusses survey undertaken by Ohio State University of school foreign language teachers to determine uses of a foreign language outreach program. (BK)

An overview of administrative policies toward language education in New South Wales notes the impact of policy changes, many of which reinforced elitism and seemed to cause a decline in the number of students studying languages. (24 references) (CP)

Gifted students share a number of common characteristics, including verbal proficiency, awareness and power of observation, curiosity and inquisitiveness, independence, friendliness, lack of discipline, competitiveness, self-criticism and criticism of others, opinionatedness, and dislike for routine and drill. These characteristics present a…

Claims traditional study abroad programs are impractical for today's student; suggests creating more short-term academic programs abroad in 1980s. Suggests factors to consider: reasons for particular groups' interest in short-term programs, home institutions that are more receptive to shorter programs, ways to gain colleges' acceptance of…

Describes modifications to the four original requirements of the foreign language program at the International School of the Americas, an experimental school located 150 miles from the Mexican border. (SR)

Through its nonformal program for teacher education, the Peace Corps has been able to provide central and eastern European countries with more than 600 English teachers in recent years. The paper describes how the Peace Corps trains its volunteers to effectively teach English as a Foreign Language. (SM)

Paper responds to an article on a nonformal Peace Corps teacher education program that prepares teachers to teach English as a Foreign Language in central and eastern European countries, discussing various aspects of the program as important models for accomplishing the more diverse, larger, and problematic preservice education in America. (SM)

The formative evaluation of a new Malaysian secondary school language curriculum is described. Reasons for choosing formative over summative evaluation are examined, and implementation of the evaluation to date is detailed. In the first two phases, state education officials were trained in principles and procedures of program evaluation, including…

Describes the experience of two high school French teachers who developed a curriculum for the nine French courses, according to school and departmental goals. The curriculum was developed according to the ACTFL/ETS proficiency guidelines. Examples are given of the format for Level One units. (SED)

Describes the second total immersion weekend for students of German sponsored by the New Jersey chapter of the AATG. (EKN)

In response to requests from students for information about the role of women in target-language cultures, a curriculum was developed by the Minneapolis public schools for women's studies in the high school foreign language classroom. The focus was on women in French, German, and Spanish-speaking countries. The role of women in these cultures has…