Language study may be professionally valuable to engineering students in their future careers. (CK)

Describes a technique for involving students in the selection of course materials and presentations in a beginning language course. (CK)

The author argues that the undergraduate German major must be seen as a liberal arts major and that treating it as such requires a general shift in emphasis from form to content and from training to education. (PP)

Discusses the problems of teaching Russian in American universities. (LG)

Describes a second-year integrated French program at Carleton College. (PMP)

(Text is in Chinese.)

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)

Colleges are ranked based on results of a Spring 1973 survey on the number of full-time and part-time professors of Japanese and on the number of undergrad and grad students of Japanese. In the questionnaire circulated among 53 institutions, questions regarding textbooks and cultural materials were also asked. (SC)

The 1974 Survey of Foreign Language Registrations in United States Institutions of Higher Education, conducted by the Modern Language Association, is described here. (RM)

Adaptations of and variations on the grade contract system are described with emphasis on individualized instruction, fair evaluation, and learner-oriented classes. The method used is described, and results are assessed. (Author/RM)

Enrollment trends in Italian courses at the college and secondary level are presented. The largest Italian department is at Rutgers College in New Brunswick. The history of this program is presented. (SW)

Extracts are given from the 78-page survey which deals with the changing pattern of enrollments in university language courses and with changes in range, structure and orientation of university language courses. An address from which the full report may be obtained is given. (RM)

Discusses aspects of the intensified foreign language program at the People's Universities, on the basis of a summer program in Mainz. This course drew more men than women. There was a higher percentage of students finishing than in regular courses. Occupational and educational motives predominated. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The Modern Language Association conducted a survey of career-oriented, community-related interdisciplinary, and non-traditional foreign language offerings in US colleges and universities. Informal descriptions are given of seven such courses relating to the teaching of literature. (Author/RM)

An individualized program at the third-year level in French at the University of Toledo is described. (RM)