Designed to develop information on the use of programed self-instruction in foreign languages in the secondary schools, this study indicates that high school students given the equivalent of a first-year Spanish or German course by means of programed self-instruction under the supervision of a specially trained teacher will be able to cope…

This guide, designed to assist teachers in the classroom use of "Living Latin: A Contemporary Approach", emphasizes procedures to be followed in each chapter of Book One; special procedures for teaching the introduction and first chapter are treated separately. Use of the text as a supplement to Sweet's "Artes Latinae" is discussed. Appendixes…

A STUDY CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN SALT LAKE CITY IN 1963 ON THE TEACHING OF ARABIC AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL. THE DISCUSSION WAS CONCERNED PRIMARILY WITH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) ADEQUACY OF THE AVAILABLE KHOURY ARABIC MATERIALS, (2) THE MEANS OF PERFORMING ANY NECESSARY REVISION OF THE MATERIALS, (3) THE MEANS OF REPRODUCING THE TEXTS AND…

This study of foreign language enrollments in public secondary schools is the eleventh in a series that has been prepared by the MLA since 1958. The reports demonstrate the impact of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 on foreign language study and provide a quantitative measure of the progress made by foreign language study in the nation's…

UNLESS TEACHERS OF CLASSICAL LANGUAGES ARE WILLING OR ABLE TO TEACH READING, AS DISTINCT FROM DECIPHERING AND TRANSLATING, CLASSICAL LANGUAGES IN HIGH SCHOOLS ARE DOOMED. TWO OTHER PROPOSALS THE PROFESSION SHOULD ACT UPON ARE THAT THE REASONABLE MINIMUM FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDY OF GREEK AND/OR LATIN SHOULD BE 4 YEARS AND THAT EXPERIMENTATION…

Discusses weaknesses and strengths of English secondary language programs which utilize foreign language teaching assistants. (RL)

Considers the question of subject specialization after the age of 16. (DS)

A superintendent of schools suggests reasons for the continuation and expansion of foreign language programs in public schools. Prominent in his discussion are concepts which focus on the international and domestic scene, historical developments in language instruction dating from 1957, high attrition rates in current programs, foreign language in…

Maintaining that foreign language teacher training programs have improved substantially in the last two decades, the author comments on the contributions of professional associations and study programs. Also offered is a list of 27 topics which should be covered in methods courses. Some discussion of degree programs in foreign language study is…

Author reported on an unusual cross-cultural exchange between two secondary schools in France and England. (Editor/RK)

Article described a course designed to bring Europeans into closer contact with one another thereby developing greater understanding and sympathy with neighboring countries. (RK)