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Northcott, Kenneth J. – 1974
This paper examines some of the reasons for the present enrollment crisis in foreign languages and some of the steps that can be taken to remedy it and describes in detail the University of Chicago training program for language teachers. The inherent importance of foreign language study is emphasized here. Since many of the language requirements…
Descriptors: Culture, Enrollment, Language Enrollment, Language Instruction
Download full textBrod, Richard I. – 1974
This report is based on a questionnaire survey of all two-year and four-year colleges in the United States listed in the 1972-73 "Education Directory" (Part 3, Higher Education). Registrars at 2,614 institutions replied to the questionnaire; 2,419 reported registrations in one or more foreign languages. The fall 1972 survey shows a…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, French
Reinert, Harry – 1974
In order to make decisions about the continuation or alteration of different segments of a foreign language program, teachers must know what the student feels he needs and what he thinks he wants. The Edmonds, Washington, School District has, in the past several years, gathered this kind of information by means of surveys and studies of enrollment…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Enrollment, Language Enrollment
Illinois State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield. Dept. of Foreign Languages. – 1972
This final report of a state-wide foreign language program survey made in the fall of 1971 presents statistical data based on 1,013 completed questionnaires. Results show a steady increase in foreign language enrollment in Illinois since 1969. Charts include data in these areas: (1) combined totals of foreign language enrollment in public,…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends, Instructional Program Divisions
Friedlander, Jack – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1978
This study sought to: determine foreign language enrollments compared to total humanities and total college enrollments in two-year institutions; examine foreign language course offerings in 1975 and 1977; and determine if institutional size is related to the range of foreign languages offered. (SW)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Community Colleges, Courses, Enrollment
PDF pending restorationHayward, Fred M; Beckett, Paul A. – 1978
Major efforts have been made in the United States during the last 15 years to develop high quality programs for the teaching of African languages. These efforts are encountering increasing difficulties which are largely a function of a variety of special problems affecting the teaching of African languages. All of these problems contribute to…
Descriptors: African Languages, College Language Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Lafayette, Robert C. – Bulletin of the Illinois Foreign Language Teachers Association, 1973
The interrelatedness of job security for language teachers and student enrollment in foreign language courses is discussed. The decline in student interest and enrollment in language programs is traced to several sources including: (1) the "let's-teach-only-the-best-kids" syndrome, (2) the continuity myth, and (3) the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Opportunities, Community Attitudes, Culture
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Planning, Research and Evaluation. – 1976
The purpose of this public school bilingual census was to identify the attendance centers in the state of Illinois which had students in need of bilingual education. According to an Illinois state law, any attendance center with 20 or more students of limited English language proficiency of the same non-English language must provide a bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Census Figures
National Carl Schurz Association, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1966
Tables and graphs illustrate the information gathered in this survey on the teaching of German. Major attention is focused on the organization of classes from Level 1 through 6, including figures on teacher load, scheduling, student enrollment, instructional materials, and laboratory work. Results concerning textbook use and audiovisual aids are…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Enrollment, Extracurricular Activities, German
Ellis, E. N. – 1977
This survey is a replication of a November 1974 survey undertaken to determine the number of children in Vancouver schools for whom English is a second language, the extent of their English language handicaps, and their placement needs. The same questionnaire used in the earlier survey was directed to Vancouver school principals. This…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
ESHELMAN, JAMES N.; LIAN, NANCY W. – 1964
A NATIONWIDE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS AND OFFERINGS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM STATE SUPERVISORS, CONSULTANTS, AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS VIA QUESTIONNAIRE. THE COVERAGE INCLUDED PUBLIC, NONPUBLIC, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. DATA WERE TABULATED AND DESCRIBED. THE DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDED FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends
Brod, Richard I. – 1976
This report is based on a questionnaire survey sent to the registrars of all two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Replies were received from 2,494 institutions, of which 2,313 reported registrations in one or more foreign languages. The fall 1974 survey shows a decline of 6.2% in total foreign language…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Rate
PDF pending restorationTIERNEY, HANNELORE; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS STUDY OF "NEGLECTED LANGUAGES" IN UNITED STATES COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN 1963-64 SUPPLEMENTED AN EARLIER STUDY CONDUCTED DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1962-63. THE PRESENT REPORT SHOWED (AS DID THE EARLIER ONE) THAT THE NEGLECT IS DIMINISHING WITH ENROLLMENTS OF ABOUT 21,000 IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES, EXCLUDING THE "BIG…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Enrollment, Enrollment Rate
Kanwit, Elizabeth – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1974
Author focused on the educational dilemma facing the Chinese population of Hongkong. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Enrollment
Robinson, Gail L. – 1973
This paper argues that an elitist concept regarding foreign language study and absolute criteria for such study have made foreign language study insensitive to the needs of an increasingly larger proportion of the student population in New South Wales, including even the most able students. In discussing this viewpoint, the paper examines: (1) the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Enrollment
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