A survey was conducted at Michigan State University to examine the nature (positive or negative) and levels (high, medium, or low) of the perceptions and attitudes of students from 29 developing countries--in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean--toward the use of educational media in their homelands. Two hundred and eight out of 350…

This discussion of the responsibilities of an English as a second language (ESL) program administrator in a university setting focuses on issues in four areas: (1) program; (2) students; (3) faculty; and (4) administration. In the first area, the ESL administrator establishes and maintains the curriculum, decides the combination of components…

Transfer (i.e., the movement of students and of their academic credits from one school to another) and articulation (i.e., services for transfer students) can no longer be thought of solely in terms of the linear progression of community college students to four-year institutions. While definitions and counting procedures vary considerably among…

The guide contains suggestions for University of Tennessee, Knoxville foreign teaching assistants to improve their command of spoken English. The first section offers four speech improvement suggestions requiring little or no extra time, including speaking English as much and as often as possible, imitating native speakers, asking for the correct…

Results of a need analysis of foreign-born teaching assistants (FTAs) at Drexel University (Pennsylvania) and also at the University of Pennsylvania are presented. Attention was focused on the duties and performance of native speaker TAs and the linguistic and interactional skills that account for success, and problems that negatively affect FTA…

The role of such affective variables as integrative motivation in successful adult second language learning is explored. It is argued that the myth of the melting pot is based on commitment to integration, and that integrative motivation is thus viewed as desirable in minority group members. Studies of affective variables in second language…

One portion of a course in English for Science and Technology (EST) designed for foreign nuclear engineers studying at Oregon State University dealt with the conceptual paragraph, considered a basic unit of discourse in EST. The conceptual paragraph is defined as a group of rhetorically related concepts developing a generalization to form a…

Information on higher education in 33 European countries, the United States, and Canada is provided in narrative and statistical form, in both English and French. In addition to covering the 1970-1975 period, comparative information for 1960-1980 is presented. For each country, areas of consideration include: population trends; the level of…

With the goal of improving the reliability and validity of tests of English as a foreign language, in particular with respect to the question of whether to allow notetaking on EFL/ESL computer-based listening comprehension tests, the present study examined the effects on ESL listening comprehension of notetaking (allowed or disallowed) in relation…

This paper discusses to what extent during the past eight to ten years the student bodies of accredited library schools have changed from the predominantly white demographic characteristic. Its principal focus is upon the financial, educational, psychosocial, and cultural barriers involved in higher education for Black, Mexican, Native, and Asian…

This is a report of a college-level program in which foreign students serve as animateurs with small groups of English-speaking students on a weekly basis. The underlying philosophy of the program and the role of the foreign language teacher in such a program are explained. (Author/RM)

To determine the role of communication channels, particularly mass media, in the socialization of foreign college students, a study was devised whereby foreign students from three central Illinois universities responded to a 27-item questionniare on American values. The questionnaire called for agree/disagree responses on such topics as the…

THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY SHOULD NOT BE MADE A COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS. HE ALSO BELIEVES, HOWEVER, THAT INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE TRAINING IN ENGLISH FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS SHOULD NOT ENCOURAGE THESE STUDENTS TO ENROLL. THE CONSORTIUM PLAN WHEREBY SCHOOLS WITH NO…

Statistical information about foreign students attending Canadian educational institutions and on Canadian citizens and landed immigrants who have obtained their university education abroad is presented and discussed. A review of Canada's dependence on foreign-trained university graduates indicates that almost 20 percent of Canadian university…