In Swedish compulsory school, students can choose to study a modern language in addition to English, i.e., French, Spanish, or German. Since 1994, instruction time for modern languages has been extended, the learning objectives have been made more attainable, and national assessment materials have been introduced. The government made these changes…

Intended French curriculum objectives refer to four official objectives of teaching and learning French in secondary schools in Kenya as laid down in syllabuses; namely, to equip learners with basic communicative skills, give learners access to oral and written materials, facilitate further studies, and promote global peace (Republic of Kenya,…

First the author discusses the question of the most propitious age for beginning the learning of a second language. He then describes the experimental FLES curriculum of the State of Baden-Wurttemberg and analyzes its results to date. (Text is in German.) (TL)

It is possible to make the People's College certificate the basis for high-school graduation certification at the end of Grade 10 for French as a second language, or else to complete with it the courses in French as a second or third foreign language, which do not begin until grade 11. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

In reply to criticism from Wolfgang Butzkamm the author defends the desirability and necessity of foreign language instruction, French in particular, in the German educational system. Suggestions for improving the present modern language curriculum are made. (Text is in German.) (TL)

Two articles discuss educational policy in Germany regarding foriegn language teaching. One pleads for giving French a fair chance along with English. The other agrees that no one language should be favored, and says that the whole question needs thorough consideration and that adequate planning is required. (IFS/WGA)

In 1974, after a trial period of two years, the study of two selected French feature films will be offered as an option to the study of prescribed texts in Higher School Certificate French in Victoria. (Author)

This essay presents a model for an intensive course in French designed for pupils of approximately age 16. The student devotes himself for two periods of 14 days each, morning and afternoon, exclusively to learning the foreign language. Each intensive phase is followed by half a school year of a language training phase. (Text is in German.)…

A discussion of university-level FL instruction in Canada. (RM)

Current Affairs is offered as an option to literary texts for students of French working toward the Victorian Higher School Certificate. (Author)

Following introduction of a reform program by the Ministry of Culture in the FRG, French has slumped in the upper level gymnasium curriculum. Reasons for this are discussed, including students' opinions. Suggests less rigid requirements and more generous grading policies. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The second-year French course at Dalhousie University was divided into two semesters and redesignated as separate, half-credit courses, allowing science students to complete the basic program in less than two years and allowing the others more options for the second semester. (RM)

Traces the history of the study of French in West Germany's educational system, and argues that French, and not English, should be the principal second language taught there. (AM)

The expositions are a concentration of the pedagogical conception which has been developed in Lower Saxony for the reform of Secondary Level 2 within Work Group A (linguistic-literary-artistic area of study). They must be examined and judged in close connection with the "Aids for Secondary Level 2" published by the Department of…