Multidisciplinary language courses offer hope for integrating language courses into a university undergraduate curriculum. Such courses use a target language, such as French, to explore problems in another discipline. (Author)

This article discusses a method of teaching French that would depend less on the textbook in the classroom situation, and significantly on an affective approach that enables the teacher to elicit the material to be used as examples from the students themselves. (CLK)

Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), November 28, 1969, in New Orelans, Louisiana. (DS)

This is the first of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice ln the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges…

FORTY-NINE ESSAYS ON CURRENT ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN COLLEGE TEACHING ARE INCLUDED. THE SIX MAJOR TOPIC DIVISIONS ARE THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY, THE ACADEMIC MAN, THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF COLLEGE TEACHERS, TEACHING AND LEARNING, THE EVALUATION OF TEACHING PERFORMANCE, AND CURRICULUM REFORM. THE AUTHORS--ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS, PROFESSORS,…

A study was conducted to build a task list for the clinical experience program for agricultural teacher education programs in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. A modified Delphi technique was used to survey a panel of experts to identify the tasks that should be included in the early field experiences (EFEs) and student teaching…

TO CIRCUMVENT LARGE ENROLLMENTS AND A TEACHER SHORTAGE, UTILIZE MODERN EQUIPMENT, AND STILL RETAIN PERSONAL CONTACT WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, INSTRUCTORS AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE DESIGNED A NEW PROGRAM FOR FRENCH I, II, AND III CLASSES. THE CORE OF THE COURSE WAS A SET OF 39 FILMS WITH SCRIPTS WHICH SERVED AS A BASIS FOR CONVERSATIONS. ALL STUDENTS FROM…

STUDENTS AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE WHO PARTICIPATED IN A NEW PROGRAM IN FRENCH I, II, AND III RECEIVED THIS COURSE SYLLABUS WHICH EXPLAINS THE OBJECTIVES, METHODS, SCHEDULE OF CLASS ACTIVITIES, AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IN READING FOR EACH LEVEL. THE SYLLABUS EMPHASIZES THE UNIQUE ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM WHICH IS THE HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION, EACH…

The number of students studying modern languages has declined, and the number reading classics at British universities has declined dramatically. Classics departments that adapt to changing conditions by offering programs such as Classical Studies, including a high proportion of nonlanguage courses, are able to survive. (JMD)

Paper presented at the ADE/ADFL Joint Forum on Curriculum Change at the Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association, New York, N.Y., December 29, 1972. Discusses professional and institutional reform in foreign language instruction. (DD)

This book examines the impact of the single European market (SEM) on vocational education in the United Kingdom. Part 1 consists of two chapters: "The Single European Market--Its Rationale and Consequences" (Peter Luff) and "The Single European Market--Uncertain Implications and the Vocational Educational Challenge" (Colin…

The development of resources for improved instruction and professional development of University of North Dakota faculty members, which was funded by the Bush Foundation, is reviewed. The primary grant activity was the creation of an Office of Instructional Development and the expansion of existing efforts to enhance the quality of instruction at…

This curriculum guide for training preschool teachers in postsecondary institutions is based on the competency-based program developed by North Carolina's Department of Community Colleges. The curriculum is organized so that the individual can exit either at the completion of four quarters of study with a diploma or at the completion of the total…