Views the American experience of assimilation and acculturation as a unique achievement, but also as the basis for ethnocentric attitudes no longer compatible with current American involvement in world economics and politics. With this premise, assesses the decline of foreign language instruction in the U.S. and its prospects for recovery. (MES)

Echoes the concern expressed in the Report of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, decrying declining enrollments in foreign language programs. Analyzes the causes of this decline by reviewing recent historical events and cultural trends, and suggests that it is matched by a decline in English verbal aptitudes.…

The three papers in this report address the need for the inclusion of a business component in the foreign language curriculum, discussing instructional materials, teaching methods, and course design for the different levels of instruction from elementary school through college. The introductory paper, "The Business Component and FLS" by Louise R.…