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Politzer, Robert L. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1972
Article stresses the need for the language teacher to fight to restore the foreign language curriculum. (ML)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Curriculum Problems, Language Instruction, Modern Language Curriculum
Beckers, Gerd – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1977
The final (high school graduation) examination in French is uniform throughout West Germany, but the states have autonomy in building their course plans. A comparison of curricula reveals many differences, resulting in a difference in the proficiency of graduates. Their final examination scores are not comparable. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Problems, French, Graduation Requirements, Language Instruction
Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1979
Reports on teacher reaction to a compromise proposal dealinq with the reform of A level and N level language syllabuses. (AM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Problems, Instructional Improvement, Language Instruction
Johnson, Keith – 1976
The notion of a functional syllabus has received widespread attention in recent years, so much so that in many cases it is being used where it is not suitable. One question is to what extent the functional syllabus may provide a framework for learning language structure, as it is difficult to impose any kind of structural organization on a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Problems
BURDETT, BRUCE E. – 1967
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…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems
O'Donnell, John F. – Greater Philadelphia Council of Teachers of English Newsletter, 1968
Traditional English curriculums are giving way to new English programs built on the foundations of research and scholarship. The "new" English, being developed by the Project English Centers throughout the country, attempts to utilize the characteristic structure of the subject to plan sequential and spiral curriculums replacing outdated…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems, Curriculum Research, Curriculum Study Centers
BISHOP, G. REGINALD, JR. – 1965
IN AN ATTEMPT TO FOCUS THE PROFESSION'S ATTENTION ON THE ISSUES OF STUDY ABROAD, BILINGUALISM, AND PROGRAM ARTICULATION, THE 1965 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ASSIGNED THESE TOPICS TO ITS WORKING COMMITTEES WHOSE REPORTS COMPRISE THIS DOCUMENT. DESIGNED TO SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR A PANEL DISCUSSION, A REPRINT OF WILLIAM…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Conference Reports
BIRD, THOMAS E. – 1967
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEW INFORMATION, THE WORKING COMMITTEES OF THE 1967 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES PUBLISHED UPDATED REPORTS ON READING INSTRUCTION, LITERATURE IN THE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM, AND TRENDS IN REQUIREMENTS AND PLACEMENT. IN AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY, DISCUSS, AND PARTIALLY SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS INHERENT…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum Problems, Degree Requirements, Graduation Requirements