Experiences in using a language laboratory for teaching classics are discussed. The advantages of laboratory and programmed learning are outlined in relation to other learning. The topics covered include tape-assisted translation, recording methods, student presentations, and other methods of using this approach. (MS)

Points out new directions of translation courses since the abolishment of foreign language requirements in many U.S. colleges. Describes the objectives, teaching methods, materials, problems and evaluation of an experimental course entitled "The Art of Translation." (TL)

Interdisciplinary foreign language and literature courses can be taught within the framework of a traditional course by using texts from related disciplines and providing socio-historical context for the literary text. Courses can be team taught by staff within an individual department or by staff from various departments. (Author/SW)

A short critique of the audiovisual and global structure method as used in university foreign language classes in Belgium with special emphasis on the Spanish program. An important understanding is an articulation of active and passive knowledge as opposed to their separation. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Suggestions are made for the direction by language teachers of time spent abroad by language students. Techniques are described which capitalize on the foreign setting as a means of language learning. (RM)

Describes the history of the Department of Modern Languages at Cornell, with particular emphasis on the role of linguistics in language programs at this university. (AM)

The world of classical Chinese is distant both in time and space from the world of the English-speaking American. The instructor must not, however, use a no-attention-to-meaning approach assuming some words are untranslateable or create confusion in discussing the nature of Chinese script. (CFM)

Papers presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of German, Chicago, Illinois, November 25-28, 1971. (DS)

Excerpts from a recent report prepared by the Committee on Teacher Preparation Programs organized by an active state Foreign Language Teachers Association. All names of persons and places have been changed. (DS)