A description of a bilingual education program at the elementary school level spanning five years since its inception is presented in this report. The home-school language switch from English to French made by control and experimental classes involved total immersion in the French-taught curriculum. While focusing on the educational objectives of…

This is the first book of an Italian course concentrating on the spoken language. The materials were prepared for language students who have either completed an introductory college-level Italian course of one year or more, or who have had an intensive course of several months. Book 1 consists of four lessons, each containing a narrative, a…

This is the second book of an Italian course concentrating on the spoken language. The materials were prepared for language students who have either completed an introductory college-level Italian course of one year or more, or who have had an intensive course of several months. Book 2 consists of five lessons, each containing a narrative, a…

This is the third book of an Italian course concentrating on the spoken language. The materials are considered to be advanced. The text consists of 21 lessons divided into three units; each unit contains spontaneous dialogues, substitution drills, and tests. English equivalents accompany the dialogues and substitution drills. The student is…

This is the fourth book of an Italian course concentrating on the spoken language. The materials are considered to be advanced. The text consists of 21 lessons divided into three units; each unit contains spontaneous dialogues, substitution drills, and tests. English equivalents accompany the dialogues and substitution drills. The student is…

The underlying theory of comprehensive achievement monitoring is applied and illustrated in this German 1 language instruction guide. This computer-oriented approach to individualizing instruction and to student evaluation monitors progress in every basic idea and skill in the language course. Materials used in this course include advice to…

A successful bilingual kindergarten program has to utilize fully the results of three areas of modern research and development: linguistics, psychology, and education. The preparation and implementation of curricular materials for teaching in Navajo and English to five-year-old Navajo children requires an understanding of at least the following…

The state of the art of language testing in England is examined through the conference proceedings presented in this text. The nine chapters, written by individual authors, include discussion of the General Certificate of Education examinations, nonschool examinations, oral tests, research by examining boards, continuous assessment, and…

This projection of trends in language instruction in the State of New York features a reoriented audiolingual teaching methodology stressing the significance of programed self-instruction with modified educational objectives and goals. Prominent in the discussion are concepts relating to: (1) the teacher as manager of instruction, (2) improvement…

This basic textbook for German contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution (Completion time is expected to be one year.), in an intensive program (Completion time is about 90-120 hours.), or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited and only basic, essential, grammatical structures are included. Although…

This basic textbook for Italian contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution (Completion time is expected to be one year.), in an intensive program (completion time is about 90-120 hours.), or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited and only basic, essential, grammatical structures are included. Although…

A bilingual program, thought to be the first of its kind in the United States, is described in this report. Forty-five non-English-speaking Puerto Rican students participated in a two-year project designed to enable them to enter and compete favorably in regular classes held in English and leading to an associate degree at Bronx Community College.…

Applied theories in the development of self-instructional, audio-video courses at Florida Atlantic University are explored in this article. Development of intralanguage and extralanguage associations of "verbal context" is proposed as a means by which the student might achieve a desired verbal-operant repertoire through self-instruction. The…

This report summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title III Project No. 2635 for the school year 1968-69. While the basic project goals continue to be to develop common measurement procedures and a complementary program of inservice education that interrelates the process of instruction…

The need to expand Luso-Brazilian linguistic and cultural competency through instruction at the university level is described in this article. Some 20 specialists of Portuguese studies identify major problems facing the educational community. A second section presents a selective list of traditional and linguistically-oriented reference and…