A COMMITTEE OF 15 JUNIOR COLLEGE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES FORMULATED GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING OF LANGUAGES IN JUNIOR COLLEGES. TWO OBJECTIVES OF LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION ARE ACQUISITION OF PRACTICAL SKILLS AND THE HUMANISTIC EXPERIENCE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING. THE JUNIOR COLLEGE SHOULD PROVIDE (1)…

A 4-YEAR PROGRAM OF COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WAS UNDERTAKEN BY 10 MIDWEST COLLEGES. THE BASIC OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND CURRICULAR PRACTICES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAJORS AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING MAJORS. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A FULL-TIME COORDINATOR, AN OFFICE FOR THE PROGRAM WAS…

BECAUSE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED IN CRITICIZING OPENLY THE ILLS OF THE PROFESSION, A NUMBER OF CRITICAL PROBLEMS REMAIN UNSOLVED. IF THE NEED FOR UPGRADED SPECIFIC KINDS OF MATERIALS WOULD BE ARTICULATED OPENLY, PERHAPS PUBLISHERS WOULD PRODUCE MORE EFFECTIVE AND APPEALING TEXTBOOKS. IF THE PROFESSION WOULD RECOGNIZE THE…

The 5 most pressing educational needs of children of Mexican American migratory workers in Oklahoma are seen to be in (1) inadequate command of the English language, (2) nutritional deficiencies, (3) social adjustment problems, (4) proper physical hygiene, and (5) curricular planning and bilingual personnel. In an effort to meet these needs, the…

This guide contains a wide variety of material focused on the improvement of the Latin curriculum in secondary schools. Information on evaluation procedures, the language laboratory, audiovisual materials, and materials for professional development is treated in separate sections. Detailed curriculum guides and description of linguistic and…

A prologue to the 1967 ACTFL Bibliography (American Council on the Teaching o f Foreign Languages), this bibliography contains items published between 1920 and 1966 and a few very important documents of earlier date. It is designed for use by researchers, methods teachers, supervisors, and classroom teachers, and includes articles, studies,…

THIS REPORT DISCUSSES IN DETAIL A MINIMAL 4-YEAR, INTERMEDIATE 6-YEAR, AND IDEAL 10-YEAR PROGRAM PROPOSED BY A 1959 CONFERENCE AS THE TYPES OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED LEARNER. BECAUSE THE PREADOLESCENT CAN LEARN EVEN THE MOST UNFAMILIAR SOUNDS BY IMITATION AND PRACTICE, AN IDEAL PROGRAM…

Language instruction techniques are developed through extensive discussion of methodology with sample lesson plans in Spanish, French, and German at the elementary and secondary level. This state curriculum guide also comments on program articulation, selection and use of a language laboratory, evaluation of student achievement, and the place of…

Innovative curricular reforms in language instruction at an inner-city experimental high school are described in this article. The primary concern for flexibility in enrollment procedures, language offerings, planning of learning opportunities, and, in general, the total curriculum, is prompted by the recognition of individual differences and…

A MULTI-FACETED SCHEME FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION PROPOSES (1) LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS, (2) AUTO-TUTORIAL ACQUISITION OF MOTOR SKILLS, AND (3) TEACHER-GUIDED USE OF LANGUAGE IN A SIMULATED NATURAL CONTEXT. THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN ADJUSTING TO THIS NEW FUNCTION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING WERE STUDIED FOR THREE…

This guide for teaching English at the seventh grade level in German comprehensive schools contains the following major headings and subtopics: (1) Fundamentals and Postulates: student grouping problems, recommendations for a plan of instruction and use of materials, and learning goals in secondary education; (2) the Audiolingual Conception: a…

Compiled from a master list of about 300 journals and various book sources, this third annual selective bibliography published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) lists 1,377 items concerned with pedagogy in modern foreign languages, Latin, Greek, English as a second language, and applied linguistics. The 1969…

Compiled from a master list of about 300 journals and various book sources, this second annual selective bibliography published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages lists 1,316 items concerned with pedagogy in modern foreign languages, Latin, Greek, English as a second language, and applied linguistics. The 1968 listing…