Designed specifically for use in the oral phase of first-level French classes in New York City Public Schools, these scripts may be used as supplemental drill or review material in any beginning conversational French course with or without the accompanying audio tapes. The two-part manual treats through a variety of drills such aspects of grammar…

AN INTERIM SURVEY DESIGNED TO SUPPLY STATISTICAL DATA TO ANYONE INVOLVED IN PLANNING AND EVALUATING FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IS PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT. FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS BY PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION, BY LANGUAGES, AND BY LANGUAGE LEVELS ARE TABULATED. FOREIGN LANGUAGE OFFERINGS ARE LISTED ACCORDING TO THE…

THIS CURRICULUM OUTLINE PROVIDES A SET OF MINIMUM ESSENTIALS, BASED ON A MODIFIED AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH, FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN GERMAN. FOLLOWING A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE NEED FOR LONGER STUDY SEQUENCE AND UPDATED INSTRUCTIONAL PHILOSOPHY, THE GUIDE DESCRIBES THE BASIC OBJECTIVES, CONTENTS, AND SUGGESTED TEACHING PROCEDURES FOR EACH…

The article proposes to answer the nonspecialist's inquiries into the nature, objectives, and role of the modern language curriculum. Information is made available on career opportunities for those selecting foreign languages as their major study, and some suggestions are given on ways in which language proficiency can contribute to international…

THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PREPARED THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR THE TEACHING OF GERMAN IN CALIFORNIA WITH THE IDEA OF HELPING TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS CONDUCT A SOUND, COORDINATED PROGRAM OF LANGUAGE STUDY. DESIGNED FOR BOTH EXPERIENCED AND BEGINNING TEACHERS OF, PRIMARILY, GRADES 6 THROUGH 12, THE MAJOR PART OF THE…

A PROGRAM OF CURRICULUM REVISION, INITIATED IN 1962, HAS RESULTED IN A CURRICULUM GUIDE WHICH DELINEATES THE AIMS, TECHNIQUES, CONTENT, AND SCOPE OF SPANISH INSTRUCTION AT EACH LEVEL OF A FIVE-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK CITY. A MODIFIED AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS STRESSED AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR THE…

A PROGRAM OF CURRICULUM REVISION, BEGUN IN 1962, HAS RESULTED IN A CURRICULUM GUIDE WHICH DELINEATES THE AIMS, TECHNIQUES, CONTENT, AND SCOPE OF FRENCH INSTRUCTION AT EACH LEVEL OF A FIVE-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK CITY. A MODIFIED AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS STRESSED AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR TEACHING…

Designed for teachers and administrators, this curriculum guide outlines the aims, techniques, contents, and scope of language instruction at the various levels. Topics detailed include the language laboratory, summer institutes and camps, team teaching, teacher qualifications, materials selection, foreign study, exchange programs, tests, and…

This guide contains a wide variety of material focused on the improvement of the Latin curriculum in secondary schools. Information on evaluation procedures, the language laboratory, audiovisual materials, and materials for professional development is treated in separate sections. Detailed curriculum guides and description of linguistic and…

A PROGRAM OF CURRICULUM REVISION HAS RESULTED IN A CURRICULUM GUIDE WHICH DELINEATES THE AIMS, TECHNIQUES, CONTENT, AND SCOPE OF GERMAN INSTRUCTION AT EACH LEVEL OF A 4-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK CITY. A MODIFIED AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS STRESSED AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR TEACHING LISTENING, SPEAKING,…

THE OBJECTIVES, CONTENT, AND SCOPE OF ITALIAN INSTRUCTION FOR EACH LEVEL OF A FOUR-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE DELINEATED IN THIS GUIDE, WHICH IS A REVISION OF EARLIER BULLETINS USED EXPERIMENTALLY IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1962. A MODIFIED AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS STRESSED, AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR TEACHING CULTURE AND…

A prologue to the 1967 ACTFL Bibliography (American Council on the Teaching o f Foreign Languages), this bibliography contains items published between 1920 and 1966 and a few very important documents of earlier date. It is designed for use by researchers, methods teachers, supervisors, and classroom teachers, and includes articles, studies,…

This curriculum outline provides a set of minimum essentials, based on a modified audiolingual approach, for secondary school programs in French. Following a brief discussion of the need for longer study sequences and an updated instructional philosophy, the guide describes the basic objectives, contents, and suggested teaching procedures for each…

This curriculum guide sets forth the objectives, content, methods, and scope of Latin instruction for each level of a four-level sequence in the secondary schools of New York City. It is a revision of experimental bulletins in use since 1962. Suggestions are made for the teaching of vocabulary and idiom, grammar and forms, derivation, drill,…

This report describes research into the effectiveness of the language laboratory in improving students' reading, listening and speaking skills in secondary school language programs. The experiment, involving some 5,000 students in 21 school districts of the Metropolitan School Study Council, was restricted to students of French. Student…