FOR AMERICA TO ACHIEVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS OF MODERN SOCIETY, IN A WORLD WHERE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DEPRIVATION ARE THE NORM, THE SPANISH LANGUAGE MUST BE RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND POTENTIALLY THE MOST REWARDING, PART OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. LANGUAGE PREFERENCES IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE…

An intensive elementary-level language course for college students, seeking to provide meaningful application of language skills and to improve student attitudes toward second language learning, is described in this report. The three-term course in which students work extensively with undergraduate apprentice teachers while living in language…

A three-year experimental program established in 1966 in Spanish language instruction at the secondary level is reported in this study. Students at Commack High School North, New York, participated in a total immersion language program in Spanish, taking two to four classes of instruction in the target language per day. Classes included regular…

Compiled in this pamphlet are 19 essays written by high school students in response to a statewide contest in Missouri which had the theme "Why the Study of (name of FL) Is Important to Me." The essays represent students' attitudes toward Latin, German, French, and Spanish. (RL)

Research was performed pursuant to Contract No. OEC-0-8-07155-3708 with the U.S. Office of Education. (DS)

Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois, has developed a program for introducing Portuguese in the secondary school. The program is now in its sixth successive, successful year. Instead of being included in the curriculum as a full-time course, Portuguese falls in the category of an "enrichment course." It is abbreviated (the first year…

Reports and papers from the Fall 1971 regional meetings of the Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT) are compiled in this document. Topics focus on individualized instruction, bilingual education, language teaching abroad, administrator attitudes, and reports from the WAFLT French and German sections. (RL)

BASED ON AN AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE OUTLINES GOALS, METHODS, AND MATERIALS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF SPANISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN. ONE-THIRD OF THE GUIDE OUTLINES GENERAL PRINCIPLES TO ASSIST THE TEACHER IN MOST PHASES OF LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. THE REMAINDER OF THE BOOK OFFERS…

This booklet is intended to acquaint potential secondary school students of foreign languages and their parents with the purpose of studying a second language and the benefits which derive from such study. Questions and answers are given in the following sections: (1) Why Should You Study A Foreign Language?; (2) Should You Study A Foreign…

This pamphlet is designed to provide general guidelines for beginning teachers who are interested in establishing a Spanish program. Contents include suggested outlines and materials for basic and advanced courses. Sections on testing, teaching aids, and library materials for teachers of Spanish are included. (RL)

Students at Mountain View High School, California, are participating in an experimental foreign language program which is based on individualized instruction within a modular schedule. This collection of sample materials which students and parents receive reflects the goals and requirements of the program. Materials include: (1) program…

The degree of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with placement of some 1,300 students in modern language courses at the University of Washington, Seattle, is ascertained at the conclusion of a semester's study. Discussion of the means used for placement in five freshman and sophomore language courses is contrasted with results of a questionnaire…

The teaching of Spanish in American schools and colleges to native speakers of Spanish has its origin in two main factors: the need for acceptance by the teaching profession of maintenance and development of the Spanish spoken natively in the United States, and the need for cultural determination by the nation's native Spanish speakers. In light…