A new Spanish program proposed to Mesa College (Colorado) is described. It is a three-hour, three-quarter, limited objective (understanding and speaking skills only) career-oriented course to begin in the Fall, 1975. Among the courses proposed are: Medical Spanish, Spanish for Child Care, Farm and Ranch. (For related document, see FL006729.) (SC)

An analysis of the objectives of modern language instruction expands on earlier work concerning the "Threshhold Level" of language learning. The first part outlines a model of language instructional objectives more complex and encompassing than those of the threshhold level and examines the nature and instructional incidence of each component of…

A study investigated the teaching of oral communication skills in European modern language instruction. The study had three objectives. The first was to find out if students see foreign language learning as learning to speak a language, by surveying English, Dutch, French, and Austrian schoolchildren. Results suggest that most of the students wish…

The culture of the United States has been based on assimilation, in which new immigrants tend to put aside their past, including their linguistic past, and merge with the rest of society. As the United States economy becomes more intertwined with that of the rest of the world, these patterns are changing, and there is now a greater recognition of…

The American Graduate School of International Management (AGSIM) in Glendale, Arizona, founded in 1946, has a tripartite curriculum incorporating modern language instruction, international studies, and world business. All students at AGSIM are required to achieve conversational proficiency in at least one of the eight languages taught there.…

Textbooks currently available for foreign language instruction are generally oriented toward instruction in grammar for its own sake. Until materials are developed that are specifically geared to a systematic development of communicative competence, textbooks must be adapted. This handbook is directed toward that need. It emphasizes the following…

Surveys show that literature is virtually absent from secondary level second language (SL) programs; at the same time it is often asserted that literature used to dominate these programs. The thoughts of authorities and educators in Ontario, Great Britain, the United States, the Canadian province of Ontario, and Germany over the period of 100…

This annotated bibliography on the teaching of modern foreign languages is the product of a West German information dissemination system that is similar to ERIC. The bibliography is published quarterly and lists items compiled in conjunction with the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics as well as with a number of institutions all over…

DESPITE THE GENERAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE IDEA THAT LINGUISTIC BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNICATION ARE FIRST OF ALL SPOKEN, LANGUAGES ARE NOT ALWAYS TAUGHT ON THAT BASIS, AND CONFUSION STILL EXISTS ABOUT THE NATURE OF SPEECH AND WRITING. THE GRAMMAR-TRANSLATION METHOD WAS THE BASIC SYSTEM UNTIL WORLD WAR II, WHEN IT BECAME NECESSARY TO TRAIN MANY PEOPLE TO…

TEACHERS ARE SHOWN HOW TO CONSTRUCT AND USE THEIR OWN VISUAL AIDS FOR ILLUSTRATING USEFUL BUT DIFFICULT EXPRESSIONS COMMON TO ALL LANGUAGES. SUCH SPECIFIC AIDS AS PROPS, REALIA, FLASHCARDS, CHARTS, FLANNEL AND MAGNETIC BOARDS, POCKET CHARTS, PUPPETS, DRILL CUING DEVICES, AND CULTURALLY ORIENTED VISUAL AIDS ARE DESCRIBED. LISTS OF PROFESSIONAL…

THIS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF LANGUAGE GUIDES DEVELOPED AND WRITTEN BY STATEWIDE COMMITTEES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. A COMPANION VOLUME TO THIS GUIDE IS "LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION--PERSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTUS," PREPARED BY NELSON BROOKS, CHARLES F. HOCKETT, AND EVERETT V. O'ROURKE, 1963. A 1964…

THIS PACKET PROVIDES VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC ADVICE TO THE LANGUAGE LEARNER AND USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT LANGUAGE LEARNING TO TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE DOCUMENTS, PUBLISHED FROM 1963 TO 1967, ARE--(1) "VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS" BY GILBERT C. KETTELKAMP, (2) "ADVICE TO THE LANGUAGE LEARNER" BY…

A 1965-66 SURVEY OF STATE SUPERVISORS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES WAS DESIGNED TO LEARN ABOUT CURRENT PRACTICES AND POLICIES IN THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ADDITION TO CITING THE GENERAL EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 26 RESPONDENTS, THE REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC "LIVE" OR COMMERCIALLY…

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL ACT FUNDS SUPPORTED A SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS' SUMMER ACTIVITY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE LANGUAGE TRAINING IN FRENCH, GERMAN, AND SPANISH FOR 56 SELECTED STUDENTS. THE 6-HOUR DAILY SCHEDULE INCLUDED TWO HOURS DEVOTED TO ORAL EXPRESSION, TWO TO LITERATURE STUDY, AND TWO TO CULTURE-ORIENTED…

COMMITTEES WERE SET UP AT A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND ASSIGNED TO REPORT ON DIFFERENT PROBLEM AREAS OF LANGUAGE TEACHING. IN THE FIRST REPORT, "COMMUNICATION LEADS TO UNDERSTANDING," THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED WITH GAINING COMMUNITY SUPPORT AT THE START OF A NEW LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND THE WAY SCHOOLS SHOULD HANDLE THESE PROBLEMS…