In response to requests of adult students for foreign language instruction for their kindergarten and elementary school aged children, and after researching the availability of such instruction in the area, Tarrant County Junior College developed a series of nonsequential courses of 12 lessons each on common topics such as parts of the body, the…

Through a review of recent studies on the subject, it becomes clear that the focus of innovation in language teaching has been largely concerned with technological change rather than adoption of new pedagogical procedures. Furthermore, the assumptions behind innovation efforts need to be challenged to determine whose interests are being served.…

This guide attempts to help local planners develop and implement curricula which will provide each student in Connecticut with equal opportunity for a suitable program in foreign language instruction. With a focus on K-12 programs, the guide provides an overview of current philosophies, objectives, methods, and materials in the foreign language…

The report details developments in three areas of United States foreign language instruction, each reflecting major changes in the way foreign language educators think about their role and the way in which they structure the learning process for students. The first section describes the adoption of a voluntary national standard for testing…

This bulletin on the teaching of foreign languages in the elementary school (FLES) is a comprehensive guide to curriculum planning. Major chapters include a discussion of FLES program initiation, teaching techniques and related materials, reading in FLES, correlation of FLES with other areas of the elementary curriculum, teacher preparation,…

Reflecting the mood of educational planners of the early 1960's toward the establishment of language courses in public elementary schools, this leaflet considers factors vital to the success of proposed FLES programs. Discussion centers on: (1) school readiness for the program, (2) justification for the proposed program, (3) scheduling, (4) choice…

A SUMMER PROGRAM FOR TESTING AND EVALUATING MATERIALS DEVELOPED AT THE HAWAII CURRICULUM CENTER WAS CARRIED OUT IN JUNE AND JULY, 1967, AT THE UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL IN HONOLULU. THE PRIMARY GRADES LANGUAGE CLASS, USING FIRST-YEAR LANGUAGE MATERIALS WHICH STRESSED AURAL-ORAL SKILLS, READING, AND WRITING, ALSO TRIED OUT NEW METHODS IN…

A discussion of foreign languages in elementary schools (FLES) includes both historical and current overviews of FLES in the United States and makes recommendations for development of FLES programs. The historical review looks at program design and methods during the 1950s and 1960s and the successes and failures of program types and approaches.…

WITH A 1962 GRANT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF A COORDINATED 10-YEAR PROJECT DESIGNED TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN THE STATE, THE INDIANA LANGUAGE PROGRAM (ILP) PROPOSED, WITH THE COOPERATION OF OTHER STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS, TO UPDATE PROGRAM METHODS AND OBJECTIVES IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND…

This volume on foreign language teaching and learning concerns the following topics: lifelong learning, small-group learning, the minicourse, student attitudes toward foreign languages, problems in secondary schools, humanistic education, curricula in uncommonly taught languages, foreign languages in elementary and adolescent-centered education,…