Guidelines intended to aid in the improvement of foreign language instruction are directed toward the development of a relevant and contemporary language program. Six major chapters discuss: (1) the place of foreign languages in the modern curriculum, (2) the program in operation, (3) treatment of skills and cultural concepts of contemporary…

This volume presents the 1968 collection of working papers in the field of teaching English as a second language (TESL). It includes discussions of several practicalities in the field of English language teaching such as choosing literature and short stories for non-native speakers, criteria for selecting textbooks, educational problems involved…

The philosophy, strategies, and pitfalls of educational accountability, and information on the development and implementation of accountability programs are outlined in this conference report. Educational accountability is a term used in connection with activities such as assessment, evaluation, auditing, and performance contacting. The speakers'…

The guidelines presented here consider important questions of English language proficiency for foreign students entering colleges and universities in the United States. Several problems are discussed: admissions, measurement of proficiency, responsibility of the institution, administration of the English-as-a-second-language (ESL) program, ESL and…

The Secondary School Research Program devised a two-part Questionnaire for Students, Teachers and Administrators (QUESTA I and QUESTA II) to gather information about the attitudes, values and perceptions of these groups and the rate and extent to which they change. QUESTA I, administered to students when they enter high school, gathers baseline…

The services of the Regional Prescriptive Instruction Center are evaluated using varied approaches. Student performance measures will be obtained in the areas of reading, spelling and mathematic skills, as well as behavior ratings in terms of classroom adjustments. These measures will be administered in a pre-post test fashion with a 60 school day…

As part of a 3-year comprehensive interdisciplinary program developed by a group of educators from Hackensack High School, New Jersey, this teaching guide for a Grade 10 mathematics unit is designed as a year long study of measurement in preparation for further technical study in Grades 11 and 12. Daily lesson plans for the four sophomore units…

The purpose of this research was to develop and field test a new flowchart model prescribing specific operations for tryout and revision of prototype multi-media self-instructional treatments. The methods and results of the following four phases of the study are described: (1) design of a MK I flowchart model based on a review of the literature;…

This discussion of bilingualism and second language learning concerns many linguistic considerations that figure in the problem of language instruction. The author reports on current research and on the ideas of several noted linguists. Topics considered in this study are the goals of the bilingual education program, reasons for becoming…

Career education is an ongoing process which begins at an early age in the life of the child with the development of an awareness of careers and occupations, and proceeds systematically through the stages of exploration, counseling and guidance, training, and job placement. The New Hampshire Supervisory School Union 58 Experimental Schools (ES)…

Provided is a manual describing a model for early childhood services for visually impaired children (birth to school readiness) developed in Montgomery County, Maryland; presenting the philosophical framework from which the services were developed; and providing some field-tested strategies for intervention with the children and their families.…

The English Language and Concepts Program for Spanish-Speaking Children (LCS) is designed to enable Spanish-speaking youngsters to succeed in the regular school classroom. This report presents detailed summaries of major studies in the LCS tryout and evaluation sequence. (1) LCS prototype tryout, 1969: Tryout is described, materials and procedures…

This manual outlines a beginning course in Spanish based on audio-visual-lingual methodology. Each lesson plan states the objectives, the activities to be performed, the materials to be used, and the method to use in evaluating the student's mastery of the lesson. Some examples of lesson topics are: greeting each other using Spanish names;…

This is a summary in outline form of the English language teaching situation in Austria. English is not the medium of instruction, and is not extensively used except in university English departments and other departments where much of the reading matter is in English. In most school districts English is begun in the third year, although in some…

Presented is an evaluation of a summer program which consisted of individualized and small group instruction in reading and arithmetic, recreational activities, and field trips designed to promote academic and socialization skills for 506 handicapped children. The program is noted to have had four components: severely emotionally handicapped,…