A program offering a FLES field experience course for undergraduate language majors is described. Preparation of the student teachers, lesson planning, materials and instructional techniques are discussed. Students' reactions and evaluations are presented, along with suggestions for implementing a similar program. (CHK)

Discusses weaknesses in the Burstall report's evaluation of a pilot experiment in elementary-to-secondary French instruction. (AM)

A report is given of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the AATSP held at Denver, Colorado, November 25-26 and 29-30, 1974, at which time the AATSP, AATF and ACTFL met together for the first time. (RM)

Paper presented at the ADE/ADFL Joint Forum on Curriculum Change at the Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association, New York, N.Y., December 29, 1972. Discusses professional and institutional reform in foreign language instruction. (DD)

More colleges should offer a FLES methods course. Through student teaching, language teachers encounter typical situations with administrators and classroom teachers. Courses should provide techniques, materials and assistance. Teachers would support FLES and become more creative in teaching if given such a methods course. (CHK)

THE EFFECTS OF SEVERAL INDEPENDENT TEACHER VARIABLES IN AN INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TELEVISED, 2-YEAR FRENCH CURRICULUM WERE INVESTIGATED. THE VARIABLES WERE TWO VARIATIONS EACH OF TEACHER TRAINING, CLASSROOM PRACTICE, AND TEACHER FLUENCY IN FRENCH--(1) TEACHER TRAINING BY HALF-HOUR TELEVISION PROGRAMS VERSUS TRAINING BY…

Three hundred thirty-seven entries treat language, language teaching, language learning, linguistics, education, and related topics. Books are listed in alphabetical order by author. Most are in English, but a few are written in Spanish or French. (JH)

This article describes a program in Buenos Aires at the tertiary level offering certification in elementary education plus language certification. The program is bilingual (English/Spanish); courses and methods are described. (CHK)

This is an account of the first two years' operation of a national experiment in language instruction in England, jointly sponsored by the Schools Council and the Nuffield Foundation for teaching French in primary schools. The report discusses: (1) origins of the experiment, (2) planning the pilot project, (3) "Why French?," (4) the…

This document reports on a current project of the Institute of Education at the Uppsala School of Education, designed to evaluate the effects of extending English instruction in Swedish schools into the initial school years. Swedish schools presently offer an average of 3.5 hours per week of English in school years 4 to 9, a total average of 21…

THE EXPERIENCE OF FLES TEACHERS WITH "BONJOUR LINE" (FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE) AND "VOIX ET IMAGES DE FRANCE" (SIXTH GRADE) IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRENCH CURRICULUM OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD IN SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO, HAS RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WAYS IN WHICH AMERICAN AND FRENCH…

Since the audiolingual forms of a foreign language (hearing and speaking) must be controlled before the graphic skills (reading and writing) are taught, exercises in a language laboratory, which affords students intensive, active, individual drill, ought to precede written exercises on the same material. The three major forms of language…

A chart of FLES program types indicating possible variations in program design due to variables in teachers, materials, time, and students focuses on the lack of a national, standardized, FLES policy. After discussing the patterns of organization of instruction, the author notes criticism often levied at FLES programs and provides sample, typical,…