This paper attempts to show the need for Classicists currently in the field to begin long-range planning for the field of Classics. Classicists have been unable or unwilling to plan solid actions, waiting instead to react, or respond, to educational trends and problems. While the entire junior and community colleges movement was growing,…

Translators and teachers of foreign languages need each other: translators need formal academic training and recognition and teachers of foreign languages need students. Unfortunately, translators know only too well that most FL teachers are not competent translators, and FL Departments generally consider translation as an activity beneath the…

This is a text for a basic course in Gulf Arabic, the language used in informal situations by the educated indigenous populations of the United Arab Emirates. A brief linguistic sketch of the area in which this variety of Arabic is spoken is given. The text is divided into forty-two units, each consisting of a dialog or narrative, a presentation…

The significance of language in the teaching of Indonesian culture is illustrated in a lengthy discussion of pronouns, personal names, and titles. The function of the second person singular pronoun "you" is also examined. Concluding remarks describe the author's personal experience in teaching Indonesian culture and language at the college level.…

Suggestions are made for the use of the language laboratory in beginning, intermediate, and advanced college German classes. Tape selection, learning goals, integration of tapes with text, laboratory techniques, audiovisual materials, articulation, and the need for laboratory work on different levels are discussed. Certain materials are…

More than 100 films, selected for use in college-level French programs, are evaluated in this teaching guide. Films are listed alphabetically under the following categories: (1) "Beaux-Arts," (2) "La France Contemporaine," (3) "La France et le Nouveau Monde," (4) "Histoire," and (5) "Langue." The index gives an alphabetical list of all the films…

By representing a language dialogue in French with its English translation, the author demonstrates how flexibility in dialogue construction can help motivate students who do not plan to major in the foreign language. Another section demonstrates innovative methods for helping teach the non-major to overcome pronunciation difficulties in French. A…

This document lists, by college and university, language and area study programs available at a particular school. Over 100 schools are included, and more than 200 programs are listed. Each entry provides the school address, program title, languages involved, and the name of the professor in charge. Information was compiled from material provided…

This volume, the first of three texts for use in intermediate Arabic language courses, contains 13 lessons, each consisting of five main parts. They include: (1) preparatory sentences, the text, and drills, (2) grammar notes and drills, (3) taped selections for development of oral comprehension and drill, (4) review materials, and (5) reading…

This volume, the second of three texts for use in intermediate Arabic language courses, contains 17 lessons, each consisting of five main parts. Lessons 11 to 20 do not provide English translations for full sentences. The remaining lessons (21-30) are devoted to developing reading skills and bringing the student to the advanced level. The lessons…

This volume, the last in a three-volume series for use in intermediate Arabic language courses, is intended primarily for use outside of class. All written drills are contained in it, including those that test the student's comprehension of passages in Parts 3 and 5, the more complex drills on grammar, and most of the review drills in the first…

Departmental "autonomy" creates barriers to communication; if language and literature departments are to survive, and if the materials with which they deal are to maintain their vitality, they must constantly keep in touch, indeed join forces, with other fields and other departments. (Author/DB)

It is asserted that many students cannot cope with a totally self-pacing individualized instruction program. A multiple-tract plan is described which does not restrict the learner who is able to proceed at an accelerated pace and which offers a considerable amount of flexibility to other students. (Author/RM)

The language learning room planned for the French Language Training Center proposed for Simon Fraser University is described. It is planned to accommodate a variety of pedagogical philosophies and programs--lockstep audiovisual, lockstep audiolingual, individualized audiolingual, and other tried or experimental approaches. (Author/RM)

This article reports on an experimental French course and the extent to which it influenced student attitudes and motivation. (CLK)