A major obstacle immigrants have in adapting to their new environment is ignorance of the host country's language. The Council of Europe has taken several measures to help migrant workers and their families adapt to the host country by giving them the opportunity to learn, or improve their knowledge of, its language. Model projects for teaching…

Instructional materials and procedures to be used by Spanish-speaking children learning English call for assessment strategies not normally employed. Assessment scores aid in the selection of students, in student placement, in identifying children in need of remediation, and in assessing student performance at the end of the program. Assessment…

The papers included in this volume cover a variety of topics of interest to the language teacher, specifically TESOL, teacher training, curriculum planning, individualized programs, the teaching of culture, teaching techniques, study abroad programs, and programmed learning. Twenty-seven of the 32 papers in the volume are included here. The…

This bibliography lists 136 items which may be useful to anyone teaching or taking Welsh as a second language. Each entry includes the usual bibliographic information, some include annotations, and some are accompanied by quotations from reviews. About half the titles are in English, and the other half in Welsh. The annotations and quotations are…

The research for this paper was concentrated in a poor barrio in Bogota, Columbia. The Paper discussed learning in a poor urban community using the ethnographic example of a small community to illustrate the larger socio-political impact of the implication of the United States' policy and position for Colombia. The account is considered to be…

This selective bibliography lists 4 books and 11 journal articles dealing with Italian-English contrastive studies. The entries range in date from 1957 to 1973 with the majority published since 1965. The books cited are American or Italian publications and the articles appeared in well-known European or American pedagogical language journals. (TL)

This selective bibliography lists 14 books and 24 journal articles dealing with French-English contrastive studies. The entries range in date from 1954 to 1975 with the majority published since 1965. The books cited are mostly European or American publications and the articles appeared in well-known European or American pedagogical language…

This selective bibliography lists 4 books and 14 journal articles dealing with Portuguese-English contrastive studies. The entries range in date from 1948 to 1972 with the majority published since 1965. The books cited are Brazilian or European publications and the articles appeared in well-known Brazilian or American pedagogical language…

This bibliography is divided into five main sections. The first section cites books, articles, and vocabulary studies that deal generally with scientific and technical English. Books and articles concerning the teaching of technical English are cited in the second section, and relevant textbooks and readers appear in the third and fourth sections.…

This bibliography cites theses and articles pertaining to the teaching of English in Chinese schools. A wide range of topics are covered, from instructional materials and curriculum planning to teacher training and specific teaching problems. The theses were completed at universities and other institutions of learning in England, and most were…

This selective bibliography list 9 books and articles and 8 theses dealing with Persian-English contrastive studies. The entries range in date from 1951 to 1971 with the majority published since 1965. The theses were prepared mostly in Persian or American universities, and the articles appeared in well-known American pedagogical language journals.…

This selective bibliography lists 10 books and articles dealing with Czech-English contrastive studies and 2 articles on general Slavic studies. The entries range in date from 1959 to 1972 with the majority published since 1965. The books cited are European or American publications, and the articles appeared in well-known European or American…

This article discusses the career approach in foreign language instruction, and defines three dimensions for this approach: (1) information, that is, current data about actual jobs requiring language skills, (2) public awareness, and (3) curriculum, that is, providing courses that meet the needs of a career-oriented approach. These three…

As part of the Goals Clarification topic of the 1975 Northeast Conference, a workshop entitled "The Non-Major Foreign Language Student" was presented. This article contains the workshop's most salient ideas, presented at a time when foreign-language study is in considerable jeopardy at all levels. Offerings are being limited, and highly qualified…

This annotated bibliography lists books useful for teaching or learning English as a second language. Most of the books were published since 1965, and the majority were published in England. Prices are listed. The contents include sections on reference books and dictionaries; linguistics; grammar of English; vocabulary; language learning and…