Fourteen French courses designed for use in the elementary school are described in this annotated list of instructional materials. A general summary of course contents is followed by reference to specific components, including printed, visual, and recorded materials. Bibliographic information and publishers' addresses are cited. (RL)

Describes a French diction and oral communication course conducted at Franklin and Marshall College. Originally envisioned as a "necessary evil" to train students to write and deliver seminar papers, the course unexpectedly appealed to students as a practical experience while developing increased student interest in French language and literature.…

Describes organization of a one-semester oral/aural skills course which was oriented around the commercially available tape of 25-episode serialized suspense story. The appendix lists examples of support materials that were coordinated with the stories episodes to provide aural, oral, visual, and written reinforcement. (EJS)

A basic French course, intended to stress equally the audio-oral and spelling-reading skills, is described. Intermediate courses, specialized courses (in literature, phonetics, stylistics, civilization, and simultaneous interpretation), and the comprehension of scientific material are also discussed. Descriptions of these courses stress the use…

This audiolingual French course is designed for classes meeting for 100 minutes or more weekly. It provides for a transition from aural-oral skills to those of reading and transcription. A general introduction and an introduction to reading and transcription precede a section on the course of study. Linguistic structures, vocabulary, and…

This guide delineates the scope and sequence of French instruction in grades 7-12 indicating instructional goals in terms of behavioral objectives. Following a review of the Bloomington, Minnesota, school philosophy and a discussion of the design of the foreign language behavioral objectives in the guide, the manual presents a section on French…

Presented in this article is an outline of some of the special interest course work included in the curriculum guidelines being developed in the Atlanta Public Schools System for advanced secondary school French classes. Titles of the audiolingually-oriented courses described are--(1) "Teenagers and Teenage Life in France Today," (2)…

A MULTI-FACETED SCHEME FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION PROPOSES (1) LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS, (2) AUTO-TUTORIAL ACQUISITION OF MOTOR SKILLS, AND (3) TEACHER-GUIDED USE OF LANGUAGE IN A SIMULATED NATURAL CONTEXT. THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN ADJUSTING TO THIS NEW FUNCTION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING WERE STUDIED FOR THREE…