A TWO-YEAR EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO DEVELOP "BILINGUAL READINESS" WAS UNDERTAKEN IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE CLASSES IN NEW YORK CITY. TWO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ONE IN A POVERTY AREA AND ONE IN A MIDDLE CLASS AREA, WERE CHOSEN FOR THE STUDY. EFFORTS WERE MADE TO CHOOSE SIX KINDERGARTEN AND SIX FIRST GRADE CLASSES COMPOSED OF EQUAL NUMBERS…

SUGGESTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A FLES PROGRAM (FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS) ARE GIVEN. THE GUIDE EXAMINES THE CONSIDERATIONS AND PRINCIPLES THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN PLANNING THE PROGRAM, AND DISCUSSES OBJECTIVES, BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT LANGUAGE LEARNING, RESEARCH IN FLES, AND THE ROLE OF THE FLES TEACHER. INCLUDED ARE…

Descriptions of high school foreign language courses offered in Montgomery County, Maryland, are presented. Minimum attainments expected of students at the end of each course are set forth. The descriptions are level- rather than language-specific, and apply to all of the languages offered. The course listing is preceded by an overall rationale…

This guide, an update of two previous versions, is designed to provide information about what is currently taking place at the college level in relation to foreign language entrance requirements, degree requirements, and other trends. The introductory material provides information on: (1) statistics on foreign language entrance and degree…

West Texas State University made provisions for students in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) who already had an academic knowledge of English, some facility in conversational English, and basic knowledge of some disciplines. What these students needed was the ability to develop logically a research paper and practice in using the vocabulary of…

This is the first of two volumes of working papers produced by working groups of the National Congress on Languages in Education. The papers in this volume are concerned with the priorities to be accorded to non-native languages at all levels of education in Britain. The following papers are included: (1) "Foreign Languages in the School…

This report presents the results of a systematic survey of the field of Japanese studies in the United States conducted during a period of eighteen months prior to 1970. The objectives of the report were: (1) to provide a fuller understanding of the contours of the field; (2) to offer documentation on the identity of scholars at work in the field;…

This report discusses the effectiveness of current programs and personnel policies in federal agencies with respect to foreign language needs. Overall, the United States has about 16,700 federal positions requiring language skills. The General Accounting Office (GAO) found that the foreign language competence of American personnel abroad is less…

To investigate the television teaching of foreign languages in the elementary schools (specifically that of Spanish in the Detroit school system) based on the philosophy of FLES, the following factors were studied: (1) the historical background of foreign-language teaching methodology, of television teaching techniques; and of the emergence and…

Briefly summarizes the history of language instruction in the United States, and offers statements and recommendations with regard to language instruction at the university level. (AM)

This article describes a program in Buenos Aires at the tertiary level offering certification in elementary education plus language certification. The program is bilingual (English/Spanish); courses and methods are described. (CHK)

Modifications made to the Dartmouth Intensive Language Model (DILM), an intensive immersion program, resulted in its effective implementation and enhancement of a small-college foreign language program, in spite of such limitations as a very small teaching staff, inexperienced and anxious students, and decreased contact hours for the program. (CB)

An experimental project attempted to incorporate Total Physical Response (TPR--a method which requires learners to respond physically to imperatives given by the teacher to teach certain aspects of the language) into an English course in a Japanese junior high school. Results indicated that TPR shows potential for usefulness in second language…

The integration of language and culture should be a priority for language teaching and learning in the coming decade. College-level second language instruction should include discussion (but not mastery of) such related aspects as dialects, heuristics, jargon, and social/class differences in pronunciation and language use. (CB)

In response to an earlier article on foreign language learning disabilities in college students, the article reports on a similar study using the Modern Language Aptitude Test and concludes that, as yet, tests are not adequate to determine a disability affecting foreign language learning. (DB)