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)

This marketing research project was undertaken to provide the International Institute of the University of Dallas with information regarding the career perception of foreign language majors for its use in recruitment for the International Management Program. Students from Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas were included in the study. Primary…

Describes an apparently very successful study program for Americans, conducted by Michigan State University in Mayen, Rheinland-Pfalz. The small (pop. 22,000) non-university city offered many advantages, including relatively low living costs. All students lived with German families. Various contacts are described, including weekend trips. (Text is…

This article discusses the nature and problems of group interaction among American students participating in overseas study programs, with specific reference to a Junior Year program offered by the University of Connecticut in Rouen, France. (CLK)

An experimental, intensive German language course for graduate students at Washington State University is described. (RL)

The results indicate that students enrolled in the first four courses of a foreign language have learned significantly different amounts of the same material, as measured by the CEEB Foreign Language Placement Tests. The relationships between the test scores and course grades indicated that test scores predict successful student performance almost…

THIS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF REPORTS FROM ANTIOCH COLLEGE ON EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH. IT DESCRIBES THE ANTIOCH EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM, BEGUN IN 1957-58 UNDER A 3-YEAR GRANT (LATER EXTENDED TO FOUR YEARS) FROM THE FUND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AS AN EXPERIMENT IN ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND THE INTERNATIONALLY CHARACTERISTIC…

A collection of reports from various workshops at the 1973 NCTE College Section Unconference. (JH)

APPROXIMATELY 80 AMERICAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND SPECIALISTS OFFERED THEIR OPINIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF WHAT THE STATE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING WOULD BE LIKE IN THE COLLEGES IN THE 1975 TO 1985 PERIOD, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF THE ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE LEVELS, THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY AND ELECTRONICS, AND THE TEACHER.…

Concern is expressed here with college reading programs and with improvements needed to enable them to keep pace with the effects of rapid progress in the communications field on reading habits. Reading, especially critical reading, will be more necessary than ever in interpreting and evaluating all the ideas being gained or received from the…

In the study reported here, an attempt was made to measure the relative achievement of students enrolled in four intermediate-level college Spanish courses, including one of near-immersion design. Course designs differed in methods of teaching and in intensity; it was expected that these differences would be reflected in student achievement.…

This paper describes results of a questionnaire administered to over 700 students registered in lower-division Spanish courses in November 1973 at the University of Texas at Austin. The purpose of the questionnaire was to survey student attitudes and to move toward a means of evaluating beginning and intermediate level courses. On the basis of the…

This handbook was first planned for use by the teacher and students of two experimental introductory Spanish classes of the University of South Carolina, employing the materials "Espanol a lo vivo" during the 1971-72 and 1972-73 academic years. One group followed a traditional approach to instruction having class four times weekly, while the other…

Twenty-one students in their second quarter of Romanian language study at The Ohio State University completed a language background survey, took a perception test and made a tape recording of their pronunciations of a list of Romanian words. The tape used in the perception test consisted of a list of fifteen minimal pairs with initial voiceless or…