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…

THIS REPORT DISCUSSES IN DETAIL A MINIMAL 4-YEAR, INTERMEDIATE 6-YEAR, AND IDEAL 10-YEAR PROGRAM PROPOSED BY A 1959 CONFERENCE AS THE TYPES OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED LEARNER. BECAUSE THE PREADOLESCENT CAN LEARN EVEN THE MOST UNFAMILIAR SOUNDS BY IMITATION AND PRACTICE, AN IDEAL PROGRAM…

Language instruction techniques are developed through extensive discussion of methodology with sample lesson plans in Spanish, French, and German at the elementary and secondary level. This state curriculum guide also comments on program articulation, selection and use of a language laboratory, evaluation of student achievement, and the place of…

Innovative curricular reforms in language instruction at an inner-city experimental high school are described in this article. The primary concern for flexibility in enrollment procedures, language offerings, planning of learning opportunities, and, in general, the total curriculum, is prompted by the recognition of individual differences and…

This plan describes the nature and the extent of the English as a second language (ESL) program in Adult Education in the San Francisco Community College District. The key portion of the Master Plan is the specific-levels component which divides the ESL program into eight distinct levels and gives the scope and limitations of each. At the end of…