Speech delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) on December 26, 1970 in New York, New York. (DS)

Address delivered at the first ADFL Summer Seminar for Chairmen on June 21, 1971 at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Discusses the situation of foreign language teaching in the United States, and the need for imaginative and inspiring teachers. (DS)

Shortened version of an address to the Ohio Modern Language Teachers Association, March 26, 1971, in Columbus, Ohio. (DS)

Describes a meeting of Latin teachers and public school administrators on Arpil 23-24, 1970, at the University of Pittsburgh, Pa. (DS)

Special issue devoted to the problems of teaching Level II in French. (DS)

For a related document, see Florence Steiner's "Performance Objectives in the Teaching of Foreign Languages," in this issue of "Foreign Language Annals." (DS)

An historical analysis of the causes preventing the development of an extensive body of criticism of Afro-American literature, and of the work of the few critics who have have developed in this area. (JM)

Suggests the extent of institutionalized racism through an analysis of how junior high school students accepted the biased definition of the word native" provided in standard dictionaries despite the students' own generally unbiased orientation (JM)

The history of Black institutions against the context of the race and class conditions within which they were founded and continue to function are discussed. The history of the racial and social class context is linked with the wider theme of diverse preparation. (MLW)

The value of literature as instructional material in English as a second language is related to the fact that to understand literature, not only the language system but also the contextual meaning must be understood. In addition, the fictional element of literature can add interest for students. (MSE)