THIS OFFICE OF EDUCATION REPORT, BASED ON 1957-61 FIGURES, CONTAINS DETAILED TABLES OFFERING DATA ON UNDERGRADUATE, MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION, DOCTORAL MINOR AND DISSERTATION FIELDS, PRE-DOCTORAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, AGE AT VARIOUS CAREER STAGES, AND GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN. GIVEN ALSO ARE DATA ON BACCALAUREATE-DOCTORATE TIME…

This volume consists of the following papers delivered at the Fifth Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages: (1) "The Heuristics of Substratum," by Dieter Wanner; (2) "The Auxiliary in Romance," by Frederick B. Agard; (3) "Lusitanian Portuguese," by Wayne J. Redenbarger; (4) "Paradigmatic Evolution of Diphthongs: Marsian Italian and Chicano…

THIS EXPERIMENT TESTS CERTAIN INNOVATIONS IN THE PRESENTATION OF A FRENCH COURSE. THE COURSE COVERED, IN ONE SEMESTER, THE MATERIAL NORMALLY GIVEN IN TWO, AND WAS INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS' PROFICIENCY BY INTENSIVE CONTACT AND STILL MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS OF FORMAL EXPRESSION AND GRAMMAR. IT WAS GIVEN TWO SUCCESSIVE HOURS PER DAY FOR FIVE…

MATERIALS GROUPED ACCORDING TO LANGUAGE (FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, MODERN HEBREW, NORWEGIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH) AND SUBJECT MATTER ARE FOUND IN THIS ANNOTATED SELECTIVE LIST. FOR ITEMS IN EACH SECTION, INFORMATION INCLUDES LIST PRICES, GRADE LEVELS, LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LEVELS, AND CRITICAL EVALUATIONS. APPENDIXES…

This book represents, in part, the written record of the "Linguistic Symposium of Romance Languages: Application of Generative Grammar to Their Description and Teaching," held at the University of Florida, Gainesville, in February 1971. The aim of the Symposium was to bring forth contributions in the description of Romance languages, to draw…

This third section of the research project, "The Syntax of Contemporary Brazilian Portuguese," presents a descriptive and historical survey of the evolution of the language. Included in the work are: (1) a summary of historical concern with this subject reflecting literary and linguistic interest, (2) classification and discussion of…

The third volume of an annual series following the arrangement of the "MLA International Bibliography" compiles selected abstracts of journal articles in the field of linguistics. Abstracts are classified under the following sections: general linguistics; theoretical and descriptive linguistics; comparative and historical linguistics;…

This annotated bibliography of articles and books about haiku is divided into English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, and German language references. The organization of each section progresses from references for Japanese haiku to references for haiku written in occidental languages and from books to periodical publications. Because of…

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

Presents a discussion with James J. Davis, interim chairman of Howard University's Department of Romance Languages. Offers Davis' view that African-American students often are ambivalent about foreign language study and frequently prefer African to European languages. Describes how Davis became involved in the field. (SG)

Discusses francophone studies as a race-diversifying strategy in higher education, examining the role of Romance language and literature departments. Francophonia requires an intercultural examination of French culture in the context of the cross-cultural (which could occur through an interdisciplinary alliance of the French department and African…

The Luxembourg policy for providing education and training for migrant workers and their children is to offer the same opportunities as for nationals. The main difficulties so far are providing for children aged 9 and over and teaching students, especially those with a Latin language as their mother tongue, the languages used in the host schools…

This manual is intended for advanced university students in America who are learning Romanian as a third language. Part One is based upon an oral approach, each lesson containing a preparatory section in which the student is simultaneously introduced to pronunciation, intonation, and new semantic and syntactic structures. The second portion of the…

This military reader, prepared to be used in conjunction with the Portuguese Basic Course developed by the Defense Language Institute, contains 20 Portuguese reading selections with questions and vocabulary lists. The first five readings contain vocabulary used generally by military personnel of all the services while subsequent readings are of…

Derivations of the term "gerund" are examined as they pertain to native English speakers learning French, Italian, and/or Spanish. The form's etymology is chronicled from Latin, and its current usage in student textbooks in the three languages is examined. A solution to the terminological confusion surrounding the term is proposed. (41…