The design of language courses for college students with little previous study of languages is discussed. Language courses for students preparing for professions other than the teaching of a foreign language are outlined for each instructional level. Suggestions are made for increasing public awareness of foreign language study. (SW)

One answer to this question is the teaching of subjects other than literature, particularly in "intermediate French." Instruction in Franco-American relations is culture. Topics discussed are: establishment of precise objectives, limiting topics, access to documentation, teacher preparation, teaching methods. Examples of projects are given. (Text…

Interdisciplinary foreign language and literature courses can be taught within the framework of a traditional course by using texts from related disciplines and providing socio-historical context for the literary text. Courses can be team taught by staff within an individual department or by staff from various departments. (Author/SW)

Career-related courses in German have focused on scientific German and German for business, and emphasis has been on the training of management-level personnel. Suggestions for instructional programs in German are offered. (SW)

This article claims that a distinction should be made between the teaching of a foreign language and the teaching of foreign language literature. Three principles are suggested for restructuring the curriculum in foreign language departments taking this distinction into account. (TL)

A brief description of the instructional programs and objectives of the translation center at SUNY Binghamton. The program is built around a core course, the workshop, which is open to students who have mastered foreign language learning and which integrates instruction with service to the community. (AMH)

A brief description of the public relations activity carried on by the Foreign Studies Department of a community college. Some of the projects are: conferences on relevant topics; lecture and discussions series; personal contact; maintenance of a speakers bureau and a translation service; and establishment of contact with industry. (AMH)

Suggestions for increasing undergraduate language enrollments are made: (1) making language study an interesting cultural immersion; (2) teaching literature in translation; (3) writing accurate, well-annotated English translations of foreign literature. (CHK)

A short critique of the audiovisual and global structure method as used in university foreign language classes in Belgium with special emphasis on the Spanish program. An important understanding is an articulation of active and passive knowledge as opposed to their separation. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Suggestions are made for the direction by language teachers of time spent abroad by language students. Techniques are described which capitalize on the foreign setting as a means of language learning. (RM)

Describes the history of the Department of Modern Languages at Cornell, with particular emphasis on the role of linguistics in language programs at this university. (AM)

Analyzes representative texts now in use in undergraduate Russian instruction, and seeks to stimulate investigation of texts which may have been overlooked in this survey. (AM)

A survey of career-related, community-related, interdisciplinary and non-traditional foreign language offerings in the two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States was made by the Modern Language Association during 1974-75. Informal descriptions of several interdisciplinary courses are given. (RM)

The world of classical Chinese is distant both in time and space from the world of the English-speaking American. The instructor must not, however, use a no-attention-to-meaning approach assuming some words are untranslateable or create confusion in discussing the nature of Chinese script. (CFM)