A description of the adult education and senior citizens programs in French, Spanish and German at a community college in Missouri. The courses, which fill both an educational and social need, run at capacity enrollment. The program serves the community and is of great interest to the instructors. (AMH)

A description of the "outreach" activities of the Modern Language Association as an example of the public relations needed to insure that the message about the centrality of foreign language study reaches the American people. Awareness of languages is increasing due partly to ethnic consciousness and partly to international communication. (AMH)

A description of a French course given in Mexico to mathematics teachers. The object was to enable them to read primary, untranslated sources as quickly as possible. The general learning objectives, characteristics of students and teachers, methods, and a complete sample lesson plan are given. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

A description of introductory university French courses in Japan where communication needs have effected a change in student motivation. The objectives, learning conditions, role of error analysis, linguistic obstacles, teaching goals and methods, course content, and new perspectives are discussed. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

The primary task of teacher educators must be to offer foreign language teachers the means to better conceptualize and carry out their task and thus to regain confidence. The present situation is assessed; needs are analysed in terms of teachers, students, the culture and society; and conclusions are drawn. (AMH)

A summary of presentations on the teaching of reading skills in English to speakers of other languages. Topics included the focus on different kinds of skills, use of discourse analysis, and reading as realization of an underlying communicative process. (AMH)

Examines typical French telephone conversations for high-frequency expressions. Two classifications are used: intimate and non-intimate. Presents a typical course syllabus and forms for checking achievement. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Discusses some problems in the rating of achievement in auditory understanding, as well as types of exercises for the teaching of English in general and for specific professions. (IFS/WGA)

The role and benefits of teaching Chinese in high schools are discussed. Knowledge of China and its language are important in teaching students to become world citizens, journalists, or businessmen. High school Chinese study enhances and broadens college studies. Colleges should cooperate with high schools in organizing materials and programs.…

A procedure involving dialogue and an oral paraphrase of a text is suggested as a means of developing communication skills. Student errors in communicative exchange compared with their errors in structural and prepared exercises, recurring sources of errors, and utilization of these sources in productive learning situations are discussed. (AMH)

In the context of a conversation in French between the author and her young English-speaking son, this discussion of methodology, the relative importance of grammar, progress in grasping the mechanisms of a language, and communication based on real needs raises questions for foreign language teachers. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

A literature review pertaining to the teaching and learning of stress and intonation in native and second languages considers the functional movement, conversational English, the difficulty of learning stress/intonation, stress within words and sentences, difficulties for speakers of tone and syllable-timed languages, and tests of stress and…

A study examined the effect of authentic language materials on cultural identification and language production of kindergarten children, especially in relation to classroom structures and routines as they appear through ethnographic analysis. (MSE)

The goals of intercultural education inherently involve values: development of a conceptual framework of how peoples interact, developing an in-depth knowledge of at least one other culture and language, and developing an educated imagination. (MSE)

The knowledge of foreign languages must be based on reasoning and logical insight, and second language instruction must move from the pragmatically based courses of recent years towards a new approach in which language is seen as a means to action, and where analysis, synthesis, and correct use will occupy a central position. (CB)