Suggestions are made on the inclusion of historical linguistics in beginning or intermediate German classes in an attempt to show why the prospective teacher ought to have a knowledge of the history of the language. Appropriate levels are cited for the instructional suggestions given. (AF)

Statistics from a study conducted in the University of Michigan's Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures are presented in tabular form under these headings: placement scale, numbers of students placed, numbers of students enrolled, previous German versus placement, grades received, and performance of CEEB students (by course). (AF)

The self-instructional language program (SILP) allows students to learn, through a guided individualized study program, a foreign language not offered in the regular university curriculum. A director for the program offers the facilities and materials necessary for administering such a program. A tutor, who is a native speaker of the target…

This survey attempts to bring together as much information as possible on the current study and teaching of North American Indian languages in the United States and Canada. The primary source of data for this survey was a questionnaire distributed in the spring of 1973 to 61 universities and colleges in the U.S. and Canada. Other sources were…

Sinologists concerned with methods of teaching literature are exposed to an interpretive and structural approach to the field. Problems encountered in translating the Chinese short story into English are illustrated by several examples. A method of analysis of the thematic structure of a story is examined on three levels: (1) overt plot and theme…

This manual is aimed primarily at helping students determine the correct usage of the 500 most frequently used characters in Japanese. The characters are arranged in order of frequency of occurrence. This order is derived from a recent frequency occurrence analysis of popular journals, conducted by the National Language Research Institute (NLRI)…

Reply to Foulkes' article "Some Speculations on the Future of German Departments in the United States, 'German Quarterly' v47", in which Foulkes' denigration of the value of learning or teaching German is criticized. His proposals for reforming the German departments are approved. (MS)

Describes a German literature course for college students. Emphasis is on individualized instruction and group work. Flexibility in choosing texts is considered important. (TL)

A workshop dealing with literature in translation took place in 1974 at the German Department of the University of Cincinnati. This is a report on its procedures and methods. The workshop dealt with discussion of texts, translation of texts, critique of existing translations and interpretation of content. (TL)

German as a Foreign Language Philology is a new subject developed at the New Philology Faculty of the University of Heidelberg. Students whose native language is not German can earn a Master of Arts in this field. The study plan, educational goals, and the content and organization of the curriculum are described. (Text is in German.) (TL)

This report deals with the function of a department of second language instruction at the University of Rhode Island, which could serve as a model for departments at other institutions. (CFM)

The translation process is discussed from these aspects: (1) Natural translation by bilinguals, explained by a discussion of research in translation skills among bilingual children, (2) the requirements for good professional translation, and (3) a description of the curriculum at the University of Ottawa's translation school. (AMH)

The foreign language field day enables high school students to visit college language departments. A model is presented which can be adapted to almost any university or college campus. (SW)

Study of Chinese at Nankai University for foreign students in 1975 combined theoretical studies of Chinese grammar, phonetics, vocabulary, and readings in modern literature. The article includes descriptions of the educational setting and of various courses and teaching materials. (SW)

Based primarily on observation of university English courses in Ethiopia, this article concludes that service courses in English are ineffective. ESL courses in Hawaii and California are compared with Ethiopian programs for learning time and results. (CHK)