A report on the status of Portuguese in university language programs. The role of the AATSP in the promotion of Portuguese and a description of several of its recommendations are given. The success of most strong university programs is attributed to good public relations and interdepartmental communication. (AMH)

In order to create more support for foreign language departments, this article suggests better communication with administration and less internal dissension. Courses should meet student needs and interests. Methods of increasing teaching positions and reducing the number of Ph.D. candidates are discussed. (CHK)

States that the basis of the functional illiteracy problem lies in the fact that high school teachers are trained in literature rather than in language, i.e., competent reading, writing, listening to, and speaking the English language. Believes the high school English teacher training program should be given over to a new faculty committed to the…

Reports on a congress of language school personnel, whose main theme was the desirability of abolishing university entrance tests in foreign languages, and of stressing instead better counselling of students and differentiated instruction (grouping according to achievement level) at the university level. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Argues that the Teaching Assistant system should be dismantled on the grounds that it is unethical, educationally unsound, and increasingly disruptive of the welfare and purposes of the teaching profession. Experienced assistant professors and tenured faculty should teach, assisted by a handful of well-supervised TA's. (CHK)

The Center for Slavic and East European Studies at Ohio State University conducts outreach programs with area high school Russian departments. Workshops and programs deal with teaching materials, methods and techniques, public relations, goals, and articulation with colleges and universities. (CHK)

Describes existing interdisciplinary programs in college language offerings throughout the country. (RL)

Describes an experimental language program for students of architecture in its fifth year at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (RL)

Discusses the history of British radio-drama broadcasts and their usefulness for instruction in the English language. (DD)

Paper presented at the ADE/ADFL Joint Forum on Curriculum Change at the Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association, New York, N.Y., December 29, 1972. Discusses professional and institutional reform in foreign language instruction. (DD)

Abridged version of an article appearing in French in Le Monde'', November 27-28, 1972 and in English translation in the Manchester Guardian Weekly,'' December 16, 1972. (DD)