Describes a technique for involving students in the selection of course materials and presentations in a beginning language course. (CK)

Describes a second-year integrated French program at Carleton College. (PMP)

(Text is in Chinese.)

Personal observations concerning the teaching of Pushkin at the university level focus on the disparity between modern poetry and classical Russian poetry. Urging lyrical authenticity in oral presentation, the author decries the inadequate standards of English of his students which deny Pushkin full justice in the reading. (RL)

A psychological experiment in which an ape manipulates colored linguistic symbols as a means of ostensibly learning a language suggests to the author that students, analogously, may be able to learn a foreign language by studying the use of linguistic elements in poems. Selected examples of Russian poetry illustrate the potential use of poetry in…

Adaptations of and variations on the grade contract system are described with emphasis on individualized instruction, fair evaluation, and learner-oriented classes. The method used is described, and results are assessed. (Author/RM)

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

Describes a college language program in which modern feature films in German are used as the core material in the curriculum. (RL)

Version of this paper, entitled Teaching Classical Humanities--and Humanizing Classical Teaching,'' was delivered before the New Jersey Classical Association at Rutgers University. (RS)

Paper presented at the 1972 TESOL Conference in Washington, D.C. (DD)

Revised version of a paper presented at the Association of Teachers of English as a Second Language section of the National Association for Foreign Students Affairs Convention, Detroit, Michigan, May 1973. (DD)

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)