The Russian language has incorporated many English words into it and these enable the Russian people to understand more about the American culture than we understand of theirs.

States the reasons for introducing the study of foreign languages as early as possible in the scholastic curriculum. (CFM)

A poll of the various West German state Culture Ministries revealed that 24,000 students in Grade 5 were taking French as their first foreign language; 14,000 took French in the primary schools (first four grades). The report is helpful in considering further FL offerings. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The author argues that foreign language instruction in the United States is generally begun too late and that it must be started at the elementary school level. (CFM)

This article describes the first phase of a project designed to introduce the teaching of English and French into a certain number of classes in elementary schools in Turin, Milan, Rome, and Naples, Italy. (CFM)

Numerous experiments in the early introducing of English teaching show this approach to be the most successful. The tendency to drop these projects for economy's sake is lamentable. Introducing English at the primary level would greatly improve English teaching at the junior high school level. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Examines a Swiss experiment in second language learning before the age of ten, which indicates that pre-puberty second language learning can be successful and can improve first language skills, and that the method used is less important than the training of the teacher. (Text is in French.) (AM)

In New York State, the 24 brightest fifth and sixth graders from Avon, Caledonia, and York participated in a project funded by Title IV minigrants, distributed through BOCES. The children were bussed to a central point and permitted to study whatever they wished; Spanish was the first subject selected. (EJS)

The English Language and Concepts Program for Spanish-Speaking Children Assessment System is described from a development and program evaluation perspective. (Author/RM)

Reports on experience with aural comprehension exercises in beginning English. Some children's stories, well known in England, were presented to the students, using three different approaches. At the end of the article, two of the stories are presented. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Suggests six changes in the teaching of foreign languages in the elementary school (FLES), among them increased attention to cultural understanding and the integration of FLES into the language arts program. (DD)

Describes a course in pronunciation produced in Buenos Aires as a supplement to a school textbook in German. The course, available on tape, was tried out in twelve schools, and was found usable beginning with Grade 3. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Discusses the "image," its role in modern society, and its role in a meaningful second language pedagogy for children. (AM)