Suggests that foreign language teachers can demonstrate that their subject is not a "frill" by incorporating basic math, language, and study skills into their daily lessons. (SJL)

Recommendations are made for a curriculum in first year language introductory courses in New South Wales high schools which would place greater emphasis on cultural understanding than on language itself. A sample course outline is given and suggestions for group and individual activity given. (RM)

Describes a reading-skill-building curriculum that prepares students to handle the reading in the Advanced Placement Spanish Literature course, a course that treats the works of Borges, Garcia Lorca, Matute, Neruda, and Unamuno. Suggests techniques and texts that aid in the teaching of these skills. (SED)

Describes a teaching strategy designed to enhance writing skills through teaching reading to deaf high school students. By producing a short written summary of what he has read, the student is able to incorporate vocabulary and comprehenion development into one activity. In addition, this strategy also helps foster English competence through…

Some of the difficulties of building an interdisciplinary program are discussed, and the experiences of the West Islip School District in New York in building such a program for grades 7-12 are described. (RM)

This report of the 1977-78 Task Force on Institutional Language Policy presents statements and recommendations relating to language programs in education, society, and within the institutional context; and to mechanisms for effecting change. (AM)

Text is in German.

Outlines a high school or college level course involving the combination of literary texts and commercial films. A selected list of films suitable to such a course is also included. (DB)

The authors cite reasons for the poor standard of spoken French in British secondary schools and put forward some practical ideas for oral activities. (SJL)

A language school teacher explains some of his methods for teaching beginning French, including course content, use of drill and homework, pronunciation, and the use of choral speaking to teach stress and intonation. (SJL)

Examines the techniques and strategies that have been found helpful in making the transition from heavily structure-based English courses to a more communicative approach in Sri Lankan schools. Stresses that the teachers throughout the system need to be reoriented, citing that however strong their knowledge of structure, the students are unable to…

Gives prerequisites for participation, editions of texts used (Orwell, "1984"; Huxley, "Brave New World"; More, "Utopia") and mentions auxiliary materials. After listing aims of the course, gives suggestions as to method and organization of the course. Sketches various phases of discussion and forms for checking on…

Surveys show that literature is virtually absent from secondary level second language (SL) programs; at the same time it is often asserted that literature used to dominate these programs. The thoughts of authorities and educators in Ontario, Great Britain, the United States, the Canadian province of Ontario, and Germany over the period of 100…

This article relates four incidents drawn from cultural lore of different countries and demonstrates the interrelatedness of international folklore. The historio- geographical method, also known as the Finnish school, of comparative folklore is discussed in the analysis of the four cultural items. Language teachers are advised of ways in which…

The objectives of Ukrainian language study are to: (1) understand a native speaker speaking normally on a subject within the pupils' experience, (2) speak sufficiently well to make contact with a native, (3) read with understanding on a subject within the pupils' experience, and (4) write with relative ease on contemporary topics. Along with…