This survey is a result of the decision of the British Department of Education and Science to provide a long-term forecast of national needs in modern languages. The overall aims of the project were to describe levels of teaching and standards of achievement in French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish in terms of (1) what is required for…

Performance objectives for the foreign language curriculum in Michigan schools are presented in draft form. Objectives are outlined for stages A (beginning) through D (advanced). The remainder of the volume deals with stage A. It provides a detailed description of the minimum behavioral objectives for basic language skills at the end of the…

This book is designed to assist those who work with non-English dominant students by providing resource information relevant to second language teaching and learning. The articles in the series encompass both theory and practical learning techniques in six general topics. The articles in the first text of the series, concerning background and…