The need for substantial courses in culture and civilization has become crucial in the teaching of foreign literatures. The attempt to explain culture by means of organized courses raises a series of questions which may be grouped under two general headings, the form of the course and the relationship between literature and culture. A course in…

Trends in foreign language study in American colleges since 1955 are outlined, and the role of foreign language study in its present context is described. (RM)

This paper traces some of the historical background of Asian studies programs in American universities and outlines various ways that Asian studies has functioned up to the present. It sketches a new role for Asian studies and suggests how language departments can help develop this role. (Author/CFM)

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)

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)

A plea for a revision of methods used in graduate language programs, particularly Spanish, this article opposes admitting students to graduate programs for the purpose of obtaining teachers or filling up upper-level classes. Highly structured programs should be substituted with individualized, flexible ones. Testing should be revised. (SC)

MA and DML degrees offered by Middlebury College can be earned by spending a year abroad and a summer at Middlebury or three or four summers in Vermont. The programs are separate. The DML combines academic and professional training. The types of courses offered, language, literature, etc., are mentioned. (SC)

Career-related courses in German have focused on scientific German and German for business, and emphasis has been on the training of management-level personnel. Suggestions for instructional programs in German are offered. (SW)

A brief description of language requirements and course offerings at the University of Texas. The variety of cultural courses and other components are an attempt to relate legitimate course content and objectives to students' lives and community needs. The impetus given by the National Endowment for the Humanities to language instruction and…

The National Endowment for the Humanities supports a University of Michigan-Flint effort to develop multimedia curriculum materials to teach French as an international and multicultural language. The project concentrates on non-European French-speaking areas. Filmstrips, reading materials and tapes record characteristic life, music, speech and…

Speech delivered at the Annual Meeting, Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL), December 26, 1969, in Denver, Colorado. (DS)

It is argued that Australian university language departments should develop area studies of foreign culture and civilization to cater to the broader interests and career needs of the students and academic community. In this proposed model language and literature would be components of the studies, not the total program. (JMD)

Offers suggestions for shaping an institutional curriculum or program of international studies. They include: (1) comments on strategies for building an international studies program and (2) suggestions on how to work a foreign language department into an existing international studies curriculum. (CHK)

Language departments can become less insular and attract more students by seeking unity within the department and with other language and literature departments. Admissions offices may provide information on students to help structure courses. Departmental personnel and program reviews can unify faculty. (CHK)

Reviews the history of the relationship between foreign language departments, foreign language instruction and the various socio-economic factors that have determined their fate over the past 20 years. The changes that need to be made to ensure the position of foreign language instruction in the present socio-economic picture are outlined. (CLK)