The guidelines presented here consider important questions of English language proficiency for foreign students entering colleges and universities in the United States. Several problems are discussed: admissions, measurement of proficiency, responsibility of the institution, administration of the English-as-a-second-language (ESL) program, ESL and…

The present report on courses in English for speakers of other languages lists 301 academic-year offerings at 299 institutions and 125 summer offerings including separate orientation programs at 114 institutions. Also listed are degree and certificate programs in English for speakers of other languages offered at 44 institutions and 29 other…

First part of an article to be continued. (VM)

This guide to language courses in polytechics and similar institutions in England is designed to help the student plan his language course in higher education. A suggested way of using the information in the guide is to plan the course with the aid of a flow-chart and then to find out from the index which polytechnics and colleges are offering…

Discusses the developments in theory of applied linguistics and the state of its applications, actual and potential, in second language teaching. Programs in the United Kingdom are briefly summarized. (EJS)

The history of the involvement of linguistics in the teaching of languages is presented in terms of a description of contributing events, a pinpointing of important programs, and a running bibliography. Some remarks on the status of foreign language study in the 20's and 30's preface a discussion of the far-reaching effects of the U.S. Army's…

THIS REPORT OF THE SECOND CONFERENCE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES--(1) "FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS--BORN OR MADE," (2) "ARE LINGUISTICS IMPORTANT," (3) "LANGUAGE LEARNING AND LINGUISTIC INTERFERENCE," (4) "APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC THEORIES TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING," (5) "USE AND MISUSE OF…

This is a report in outline form of the status of teaching English literature in Austria. The schools syllabus prescribes that English literature should be taught after students have studied English for four years, that is, in the 5th form. The short story is the usual prose form selected. In the 5th and 6th forms, one literary work is studied in…

"Language and International Studies" is the theme of the 20 papers which appear in this volume and which were presented at the 24th annual Round Table meeting held in March 1973. In addition, the paper of one absent panelist, Wolfgang Kuhlwein, is included. The first panel, consisting of Kuhlwein, Leopold Engels, James Harris, Terence Langendoen,…

This profile reviews the state of English language teaching in Brazil. In 1968 the Brazilian government launched major university reforms, and the situation is still fluid. Portuguese is the official language of Brazil and English is learned as a foreign language for international communication, occasionally as a medium of instruction, as a tool…

The papers included in this volume constitute the report of a conference on bilingual education that took place in Toronto in March 1971, sponsored by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). An introduction to the book defines terms, presents questions and problems, and provides a summary of the current tasks established in the…

This paper discusses two experiments with autonomous learning strategies for learners studying English as a second language in France, one for non-specialist adults and the other for university students. The first group consisted of 26 adults who were mostly professionals and had opted for autonomy not out of preference but for lack of any other…

Languages for special purposes is the subject of this special issue. Seven articles are provided: "Special Courses in Russian" (Rasio Dunatov); "Learning to Read German: A Search for Relevant Models (Karl Fink); "The Comprehension of English for Science and Technology Arguments and Definitions" (John Lackstrom); "The Teaching of Pronunciation"…