Reports on a research study designed to find out more about the successful second language learner. By means of interviews, a list of the learning strategies of good language students was developed. (PMP)

Shows that learning goals in language teaching today fall in the following "catalogs" and lists: 1) Situation catalog, 2) Topic catalog, 3) Speech-intention catalog, 4) Text-type catalog, 5) Vocabulary list, 6) Construction list, 7) List of laws of word-formation. These are found necessary for the exact formulation of course goals. (Text is in…

Teacher accountability should be a means of improving instruction and renewing professionalism. Accountability should alleviate problems of articulation between the various levels of foreign language study. The measurement of achievement would be improved by initiating positive evaluation based on minimal performance objectives. (Author/RM)

Two questions are addressed: (1) Should immersion programs be offered to all children, and (2) should the child who is experiencing difficulties in immersion be switched to the regular English program? It is felt that there is no definite answer to the first question at present and that the answer to the second is "yes." (AMH)

The roles of aptitude, attitude and motivation in language learning are discussed. A questionnaire distributed to college Russian students investigated attitudes toward Russian and reasons for studying the language. Both integrative-intrinsic and instrumental-utilitarian orientations toward Russian correlated positively with success in studying…

Reports on 2 investigations of problems of teaching adults (ages 18-40) vs. teaching pupils 10 and 11 years old. Differences are observed in character, temperament, motivation, work capacity, mental processes. Learning ability increases with degree of education rather than age alone. This fact must be considered in a differentiated methodology.…

This study discusses the effect of early instruction in French in eight elementary schools on subsequent student achievement at the end of grades 7, 8, and 9. The Common Concepts Foreign Language Test in French was the criterion of achievement for the seventh-grade students. Results give averages, differences, and significance of the differences…

Four articles on the topic of grouping by achievement level in the upper grades of the Realschule are discussed. (IFS/WGA)

This paper reports the results of a study of student evaluations of first-semester college Spanish. The study sought to determine how accurately student evaluations of teaching performance reflect teaching success. Results show student evaluation reflect very little of teaching effectiveness as defined by student achievement. (CHK)

A comparison was made of an early French immersion program and an English language elementary program. Major trends resulting from the comparison are summarized. Comments and criticisms are made by three guest analysts. (RM)

Discusses an observation of a class in English as a second language in which the Silent Way method was used. The focus is on some problems not thoroughly explored in the existing literature. (CFM)

Examines the learning strategies successful language learners employ and suggests that teachers can help their less successful students by paying more attention to learner strategies already seen as productive. (PMP)

A report is made of an experimental German program designed to assess the effects of individualized instruction on four stated areas in a continuous program curriculum. (Author/RM)