A dozen articles in this inset deal with different aspects of an approach to language teaching just now attracting increasing interest. (Editor)

While "good" English is desirable in developing skill in the language as an international tool of communication, phonetic and grammatical perfection are not of prime importance. (The author observes that many Japanese are so conscious of rules that they are reluctant to speak in English.) The speaker must have, first of all, an…

Describes the techniques used by Dr. John A. Rassias, professor of romance languages and literature at Dartmouth College, in teaching intensive foreign language courses. (RK)

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, November 27, 1971, in Chicago, Illinois. (DS)

Examines the elements of a successful intensive language program, including areas such as staffing, scheduling, and recruitment of students. (AM)

Faced with a multitude of internal problems caused by the large number of languages and language dialects in India, linguists discuss ways and means by which language instruction might be improved. An intensive language course given at Kerala is described in several addresses and in short articles on language theory. Commentary on all aspects of…

Describes a 5-hour-weekly course in French as a third foreign language, for Grades 11-13--in particular, the students' motives in choosing the course, methodology, and the rapid transition from textbook work to work with supplementary materials to work with original texts. The course was judged successful. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

A criticism is made of introductory language courses at the secondary school level which consist of sociocultural studies or vague and general surveys of several languages and cultures. (RM)

An experimental, intensive German language course for graduate students at Washington State University is described. (RL)

Teaching Russian to scientific students calls for the minimum of studying to yield the maximum reading ability. Optimization of learning can be accomplished with attention to procedures outlined here. Problems of syntax, morphology and lexicon in technical Russian are discussed. (CHK)

Describes a college Spanish program consisting of a ten-week, intensive language course on campus and a ten-week, cultural immersion program in Mexico. (KM)

Outlines a strategy attempted as an alternative to the traditional instruction in intensive sessions of English at the Institut Universitaitre de Technologie in Nancy, France. Included were six basic activities (films, TV, press, tape library, games, and language laboratory) in a minimally-structured three-day session. (MSE)

BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI) CAN BE PROFITABLE TO BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AN EXPERIMENTAL COURSE IN GERMAN WAS DESIGNED WHICH COULD MAKE USE OF COMPUTER CAPABILITIES IN A LANGUAGE LABORATORY SITUATION. RESEARCHERS CHOSE TO EXPERIMENT WITH A FAIRLY LONG, LESS CONTROLLED BEGINNING LANGUAGE…

An intensive course in Spanish is described which met daily for eight weeks from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Time was divided among classroom instruction, native speaker groups, and the language laboratory. (RM)