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Whitton, Kenneth S. – Modern Languages, 1974
Discusses statistical indication of decrease in students studying a second foreign language. Responses to a questionnaire sent out in 1973 to German teachers in the county of Yorkshire in an attempt to discover reasons for these statistics are analyzed and discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, German, Higher Education, Language Enrollment
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1976
This is a summary in outline form of the English language teaching situation in Israel. In considering the situation of English in Israel, it is essential to also consider the unique linguistic and cultural situation of the country. The population of Israel comprises people of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and includes native…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature, English (Second Language)
Hieke, Adolf E. – 1977
Language laboratories are especially neglected at the intermediate and advanced levels of foreign language learning. Teachers fail to avail themselves of an important teaching tool at a critical point, when the more mechanical aspects of assimilating the target language should give way to gaining an actual communicative competence in it. At the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, College Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1976
This is a summary in outline form of the English literature teaching situation in Pakistan. As a legacy of British rule, officially all instruction is in English, but a great deal is carried on in Urdu or provincial languages. Attachment to English language and literature is still strong among the educated elite. This contrasts with the attitudes…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature, English (Second Language)
Gorman, T. P., Ed. – 1974
This is the eighth volume in a continuing series of papers on the teaching of English as a second language. The 14 papers included here represent work in progress and cover a wide range of topics. In the first paper, E. Hatch summarizes recent studies in language switching and mixing. Specific ESL teaching techniques are suggested in articles by…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Developing Nations, Educational Policy
Pane, Remigio U. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1978
Enrollment trends in Italian courses at the college and secondary level are presented. The largest Italian department is at Rutgers College in New Brunswick. The history of this program is presented. (SW)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Italian, Language Enrollment
Warriner, Helen P. – 1977
The perennial problem of articulation of foreign language programs between the high schools and the colleges is readdressed in this paper. Six factors are identified as primary in contributing to the problem: (1) instruction is paced too fast, thus encouraging superficial learning and creating a disparity of coverage practices among the many…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs
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Finocchiaro, Mary – English Language Teaching Journal, 1978
Skills and attitudes needed by language teachers, characteristics of a well-designed curriculum, and other aspects of teaching and learning in foreign language and second language programs are outlined. (SW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Harris, J. G., Ed.; White, J. E. G., Ed. – 1978
The aim of the conference discussed in this report was to make a critical appraisal of the achievements of language teaching in the polytechnics and similar institutions, and to attempt to suggest lines for future development. All speakers were encouraged to be critical and provocative in order to stimulate conference discussions on how language…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, College Language Programs, Colleges, Higher Education
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Metford, Deborah Aish – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A detailed description of language laboratory sessions in first- and second-year advanced college French classes. Each session is fifty minutes long and includes a wide variety of carefully planned and integrated exercises. Students and instructors are happy with the program. (AMH)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiotape Recordings, French, Higher Education
Lagarde, Marie L. – 1975
This paper outlines both negative and affirmative approaches to the issue of whether the public should be aware of a foreign language program. The negative approach would consider the diminishing demand for foreign languages for basic communicative needs in the United States and the conviction on the part of the public that it only needs one…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Language Programs, Curriculum, Educational Finance
Kim, T. W. – 1975
This is a summary of a roundtable on Chinese language teaching which focused on the history and present status of Chinese programs at institutions represented by the discussants. Discussion centered around the following points: (1) types of students taking Chinese; (2) methodology; (3) enrollment; and (4) career opportunities. A paper is also…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Chinese, College Language Programs, Higher Education
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Lawall, Gilbert – Classical Outlook, 1978
To reverse the negative attitude toward foreign language study, it is asserted that professional classicists should organize and cooperate with the Modern Language Association/American Council of Learned Societies Task Force II. Emphasis is placed on the importance of the study of Latin and Greco-Roman culture by Americans. (EJS)
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Classical Literature, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Coveney, James – Babel: International Journal of Translation, 1976
Reviews the development over the past ten years of a postgraduate course for translators and interpreters offered by the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bath in England. (CLK)
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, International Organizations, Interpreters
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1978
This profile in outline form of the English language teaching situation in Canada discusses the role of English within Canadian society and within the educational systems in the provinces. The discussion takes place within the context of the Official Languages Act of 1969, which declared English and French official languages for all government…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English Literature
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