Reviews the development over the past ten years of a postgraduate course for translators and interpreters offered by the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bath in England. (CLK)

Foreign language graduate assistants usually lack adequate teaching experience, yet must somehow repay their university for assistantships needed to remain in school. Such neophyte teachers rarely inspire students to continue language study. But the more experienced staff must teach upper-division courses for these same students and the graduate…

Each panelist described the program in his school or district. Donald Fraser discussed the elementary school French program in North Vancouver which started in October 1974 and includes ten pilot schools. Classes are held for twenty minutes each day. The materials used were written by Canadian authors and have considerable Canadian content.…

An experimental, intensive German language course for graduate students at Washington State University is described. (RL)

Outlines a preservice training program designed for graduate teaching assistants in foreign languages. (CLK)

A response to an article by Jeffrey L. Sammons, which was itself a response to a previous article by Hagiwara, on the university teaching-assistant system. nRM)

A method of teaching academic vocabulary to the intermediate to advanced EFL graduate students is discussed. Academic vocabulary includes non-technical vocabulary used in the research process, analysis and evaluation. Criteria for selecting academic vocabulary items are explained. Selected items and sample exercises for each area are given. (SCC)

This article consists of a brief historical look at training programs for graduate assistants at American universities, followed by a detailed examination of such a program currently in existence at the University of Pennsylvania. The focus of that program is relevant communication between students, and not merely grammatical form. (CLK)

This report presents results of a three-year review and evaluation of American college and university programs in Latin American, Eastern European, Middle Eastern, African, and Asian studies. Information was gathered through site visits; interviews of students, faculty, department chairmen, and administrators; and attendance at area association…

A three-phase training program prepares graduate students to work as teaching assistants for the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at Marquette University. The program includes an orientation workshop that is described in detail, individual guidance sessions, and bimonthly group discussions. (JMD)

An intensive summer Spanish course conducted at the University of Wisconsin in 1965 for graduate social science majors studying in the Latin American area studies program is described. After outlining the details of the experimental course based on the "Modern Spanish" package and discussing its special implications for modern language…

Reports on a survey conducted by the Educational Testing Service in the spring and summer of 1975 to determine whether modern language majors without previous experience in business courses could succeed in an M.B.A. program. Prerequisite courses are discussed as are American and Canadian colleges and universities offering strong programs in…

Provides a review of the literature and a description of programs in teaching assistant training, and in training teaching assistant educators, in foreign languages. (AM)

Takes a critical look at Ph.D. programs in foreign language departments, and suggests reduction of the number of programs, fortified criteria for entrance, and reduction of the number of TA's. It also comments on teaching standards for training TA's and a plan for TA training is outlined. (CLK)

The training program for teaching assistants in the French Department of the University of California at Davis is described. The program consists of an orientation workshop, continued supervision and evaluation, language laboratory supervision, and assisting in testing and evaluation of students. (CHK)