The initial response to COVID-19 exposed widespread racism and Sinophobia across the world, which contributed to a rethinking of equality and diversity in Higher Education (HE) and beyond. Within Modern Languages, much attention has been placed on decolonising the curriculum. The death of George Floyd in 2020 further contributed to an increased…

Shortened version of a speech given at the Annual Conference, Joint Council of Language Associations, at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England in December 1970. (DS)

Believes language teachers have been confused by the influx of various teaching methods, educational learning theories, and predictions. Urges a more positive attitude toward the teaching of second languages. (DS)

Paper based on a position statement discussed at the forum on The Criticism of Teaching in Foreign Language and Literature'' at the 1971 meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association, November 6, Detroit, Michigan. (DS)

Part of an address delivered at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) on November 27, 1970, in Los Angeles, California. (DS)

This framework provides guidelines for use in planning, implementing, and evaluating foreign language instruction. The emphasis is on the following topics: (1) goals, benefits, and rationale of foreign language study; (2) the need for foreign language learning as a catalyst for human interaction in a multicultural society; (3) organizational…

Discusses the role of foreign languages in the universities of Europe. The article advances the idea of establishing the use of foreign languages in practical settings in every academic discipline discusses a seminar centered on the theme of teaching languages to nonlinguists and on assessing the ability of the European universities to deal with…