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Peer reviewedMuckle, J. Y.; Partington, J. A. – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1983
Semistructured interviews in 11 schools questioning headteachers about their concerns about modern language teaching policy provided the following: Quality of teaching crucial; continuance of one foreign language rather than another is attributed to ability, industry, and enthusiasm of teacher. Emphasizes that young entrants to the teaching…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedRhodes, Nancy C.; Oxford, Rebecca L. – Foreign Language Annals, 1988
Presents results of a questionnaire, completed by elementary and secondary principals and teachers, concerning foreign language instruction, including information on background demographics, amount of instruction, offerings, curriculum, teacher qualifications and training, and major instructional problems in both public and private schools.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, FLES
Peer reviewedCha, Yun-Kyung – Sociology of Education, 1991
Examines how structural change in the international system during the past 150 years affected the rise and decline of language courses in the curriculum. Data analysis showed rapid decline of classical languages and increased study of national languages and modern foreign languages. Maintains that the rearrangement of hegemonic powers has a strong…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Research
Blass, Rosanne J.; Weber, Barbara – 1977
The purpose of this study was to develop a third-year elementary French curriculum which integrated the oral-aural-visual and individualized approaches to language learning. The curriculum was based on a language arts approach which incorporated listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. It was designed for use: (1) with students of average…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Guntermann, Gail – 1981
Major factors influencing goals and outcomes of foreign language education are reviewed in order to identify a common core of goals. Alternative approaches to specifying outcomes are discussed and sample lists of outcomes for three levels of study are presented. The review of the main influences on the educational scene during the past decade…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Interrelationships
Fryer, T. Bruce – 1975
Curricular changes at all levels of foreign language education provide alternate ways to provide valid learning experiences. There is new freedom for students to explore varying time arrangements, different learning styles, diverse content, and various locations for instruction. A discussion of student learning styles concerns individualization,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Career Education, Classical Languages, College Language Programs
