A poll of the various West German state Culture Ministries revealed that 24,000 students in Grade 5 were taking French as their first foreign language; 14,000 took French in the primary schools (first four grades). The report is helpful in considering further FL offerings. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

First the author discusses the question of the most propitious age for beginning the learning of a second language. He then describes the experimental FLES curriculum of the State of Baden-Wurttemberg and analyzes its results to date. (Text is in German.) (TL)

This article describes the first phase of a project designed to introduce the teaching of English and French into a certain number of classes in elementary schools in Turin, Milan, Rome, and Naples, Italy. (CFM)

A conference was held in Montreal in November 1975 which focused on research related to the immersion approach to second language teaching. Background information and purposes of the conference are given. (RM)

A program is described in which advanced high school language students acted as tutors in Spanish and French in a FLES program. (RM)

Part I, describing the Pilot Scheme for the teaching of French in primary schools in England and Wales, appeared in the January 1972 issue of Modern Language Journal". (DS)

Presents findings of an evaluation of an English-French bilingual education program using partial instruction in the second language in St. Thomas, Ontario. The evaluation covers grades 1-3. The program operates in unilingual English environment. (RM)

Appeal to the profession to correct the weaknesses of the French language program in Australian secondary schools. (HW)

Report of a one-day conference held at the University of Nottingham on May 8, 1971. (DS)