The school performance of pupils in grades K-2 of the French immersion program in operation in Ottawa public schools is evaluated in comparison with that of pupils in the regular English program. (Author/RM)

This article discusses the advantages and ways of using the Monopoly game in Russian language conversation courses in American schools. Procedures for developing a Russian language version of the game are outlined. (CLK)

This article stresses the need for French technicians and science students to study scientific and technical English. Language instruction should also reflect the students' academic life and cultural environment; reading texts, for example, could consist of scientific articles at the appropriate level of difficulty. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article presents a method to make scientific written English accessible to speakers of other languages, specifically speakers of French. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article suggests the curriculum and teaching methods that should be used for teaching English to French law students. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

In June 2001, Asia Society's National Commission on Asia in the Schools released its report which concluded that "young Americans are dangerously uninformed about international matters" (National Commission on Asia in the Schools, 2001 p. 6). Since then, Asia Society has been leading a major national initiative to stimulate teaching and…

As global migrations of both teachers and students have increased, so has the need to re-learn English in response to local parlances. Thus, the use of formal and informal language styles, the masking of accents, and the understanding of the differential use of certain specific words, expressions, and the like become critical for teachers and…

Modern language students at the Universities of Manchester and Newcastle serve as assistants in English classes in France and Germany. The authors helped to prepare these students by providing information on available training and by teaching short "minimum skill" courses in the teaching of English. (CK)

The Somerset CSE Mode III integrated European Studies syllabus, which contains a French language course, is aimed at the lower and below CSE candidate. The second language element of the course is described and reasons for constructing such a course for less able students are discussed. (RM)

Problems of development of a defined syllabus for modern language courses are discussed, as well as the relationship of the syllabus to testing and public examinations in particular. (RM)

Describes a prototype multi-channel college language course in which instruction depends on the latest findings of psycholinguistics and on the systematic use of television. (KM)

This article describes a pilot project in bilingual education, which is designed to enable the Quichua-speaking child to enter the official Ecuadorian educational system after three years of school in Indian communities. The Indian child is instructed in both Quichua and Spanish in the primary grades. (SW)

A report is made of a follow-up on a 1971-1972 tryout of the SWRL English Language and Concepts Program for Spanish-Speaking Children. The follow-up report is based on data collected from 6 school districts involving 24 schools at the end of the 1972-1973 school year. (RM)

A course in Italian literature is outlined for the advanced high-school and the third-year college level, using a thematic approach. The choice of theme in this case is the city, specifically Rome. (AM)