Conversation between Spanish Journalist J. Saez-Angulo and Robert Lado, Dean of the School of Languages and Linguistics at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (DS)

Paper presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association meeting, November 17, 1973, Atlanta, Georgia. (RL)

Report commissioned in 1970 by the Executive Council of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. (DS)

Describes a survey of student interest in Spanish in the Houston, Texas, area and suggests a variety of practical courses to improve student motivation. (RL)

Spanish foreign language teaching should aim at the following: 1) adequate reading-comprehension ability; 2) fluency in spoken and written Spanish; and 3) ability to recognize linguistic characteristics in literature, which would serve as a basis for further graduate stylistic research. (Text is in Spanish.) (Author/DS)

A discussion of university-level FL instruction in Canada. (RM)

Concluding portion of a continued article. (DS)

American students enrolled in a beginning Spanish program in Mexico were tested to see whether they benefitted from the foreign study; this premise has been questioned in the past. Results indicate that the group learned three semesters of Spanish in 3 1/2 months. The need to communicate forced students to learn. (CHK)

Describes a technique for involving students in the selection of course materials and presentations in a beginning language course. (CK)

Discusses a dual track'' approach to language learning providing emphases on reading and on multiple linguistic skills. (DD)