Reports a survey made in the fall of 1966 describing use of foreign language skills among members of the University of Wisconsin faculty in an attempt to examine the effects, both in costs and benefits, of a particular university's foreign language requirement. (DS)

Special issue devoted to foreign language instruction in adult education. (WB)

Author lists possible reason why the number of Far Eastern students coming to study in the United States has almost tripled in the last ten years. (IR)

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

How writing skills are used in remedial mathematics classes to help college students attain better problem-solving achievement is described. Data affirm the value of the approach. (MNS)

Translation can be useful in teaching advanced students to make decisions about structure, assess the communicative consequences of those decisions, assess perceptions of language contrasts, and increase feelings for communicative appropriateness. Two methods are suggested: word-for-word or "spoof" translation, and back translation. (Author/MSE)

In a study of the vocabulary proficiency of some South African ESL teacher trainees, the General Service List of English Words' validity was evaluated. It was found that mastery of this list would meet most of the vocabulary needs of the test group. Recommendations are made for practical uses of word counts. (MSE)