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Gonzalez, Andrew – 1979
A typology of Pacific countries is attempted based on economic systems and degree of socioeconomic development using various indicators (per capita income, literacy, life span). Dimensions of language are then grafted onto these grids and an attempt is made to qualitatively correlate socioeconomic development with various manifestations of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Developing Nations, Language Role, Languages for Special Purposes

Holt, R. F. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1991
Discusses a study that examined the vocational role of second-language learning, specifically with reference to access to foreign-language specialist literature for higher degree research purposes. (11 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Citations (References), Doctoral Dissertations, Foreign Countries
Trim, J. L. M., Ed. – 1981
The project reported here aimed at serving the interests of increased European understanding, cooperation, and mobility by improving and broadening the learning of modern languages, making appropriate provision for all sections of the population. This report provides recommendations for the implementation of a European framework within which…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
1978
The following papers on meeting individual needs in second language instruction are included: (1) "Sprachenlernen: Beduerfnisse des Individuums in verschiedenen Leben- und Lernsituationen (Language Learning: Individual Needs in Various Life and Learning Situations)," by Eugen Egger; (2) "Peut-on accorder les besoins de l'etudiant et ceux de son…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Education Work Relationship, Individual Needs, Individualized Instruction