This is a current guide to linguistics programs in the United States and Canada. One hundred and sixty-seven institutions are listed which offer five or more courses broadly defined as "linguistics" and which also offer a degree in linguistics or a degree in another area with a major or minor in linguistics. The institutions are listed…

Describes a two-semester General Education course called "Literature and Related Arts in German Culture," taught in German at Harvard University. (PP)

Describes a French diction and oral communication course conducted at Franklin and Marshall College. Originally envisioned as a "necessary evil" to train students to write and deliver seminar papers, the course unexpectedly appealed to students as a practical experience while developing increased student interest in French language and literature.…

Describes organization of a one-semester oral/aural skills course which was oriented around the commercially available tape of 25-episode serialized suspense story. The appendix lists examples of support materials that were coordinated with the stories episodes to provide aural, oral, visual, and written reinforcement. (EJS)

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN POLICY ON PLACEMENT IN COLLEGE GERMAN COURSES IS DISCUSSED WITH RELATION TO ARTICULATION BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WORK. PROFICIENCY TESTING AND AWARDING OF COLLEGE CREDIT FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES ARE OUTLINED BRIEFLY. DESCRIPTIONS OF ELEMENTARY COLLEGE GERMAN COURSES ARE INCLUDED. THIS ARTICLE APPEARED…

This article outlines the classics courses offered at four New Zealand universities and the philosophies directing their progress. Both language courses and courses taught in translation are discussed, along with the question of advanced study and research. (CHK)

The second-year French course at Dalhousie University was divided into two semesters and redesignated as separate, half-credit courses, allowing science students to complete the basic program in less than two years and allowing the others more options for the second semester. (RM)

The Modern Language Association conducted a survey of career-oriented, community-related interdisciplinary, and non-traditional foreign language offerings in US colleges and universities. Informal descriptions are given of seven such courses relating to the teaching of literature. (Author/RM)

Discusses strategies designed to cope with problems encountered at the college level that are caused by students' diversity in background and levels of competency. Alternatives to the lock-step method of instruction, with applicability at both the college and high school level, are described. (EJS)

A successful course at the University of Delaware teaches German literature in translation. Sample paper topics and class projects are noted, and it is argued that translation courses do not weaken a language program, but often stimulate students to study the language itself. (CHK)

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAMED FRENCH PHONETICS COURSE FOR SECOND YEAR STUDENTS IS DESCRIBED BRIEFLY. THE COURSE EMPHASIZES ACTIVE STUDENT PARTICIPATION, IMMEDIATE REINFORCEMENT, AND PROGRESSIVE FRAMES, AND CONSISTS OF A PRINTED TEXTBOOK AND A TAPE. THE STUDENT CHECKS HIS ORAL RESPONSES WITH THE TAPE, AND HIS WRITTEN RESPONSES WITH THE PROGRAMED…

Presented at a panel discussion on the teaching of modern South Asian languages in North America at the Association for Asian Studies annual meeting, 1972. (DD)

Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, November 25, 1972, Atlanta, Georgia. (DS)