AS THE RESULT OF A CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE MANDATE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LANGUAGE PROGRAM BEGINNING AT THE SIXTH GRADE LEVEL, WEST HIGH SCHOOL SET UP A TWO-FOLD LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST TO ACCURATELY PLACE QUALIFIED STUDENTS IN ADVANCED COURSES AND TO GET A GENERAL IDEA OF THE LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT OF INCOMING STUDENTS WITH VARIOUS DEGREES OF…

INFORMATION IN THIS GUIDE IS INTENDED FOR THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENT WHO SEEKS EMPLOYMENT UTILIZING HIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS. EMPLOYMENT TRENDS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS, TEACHING, AND OTHER VOCATIONS AND PROFESSIONS ARE DESCRIBED. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND VOCATIONAL SKILL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE…

A VISIT TO 200 FRENCH SCHOOLS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH MANY STUDENTS AND SOME 500 TEACHERS SERVED AS THE BASIS OF THIS REVIEW OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF FRENCH SECONDARY EDUCATION. COMMENTARIES AND EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN OF HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, REPORT CARDS, AND STUDENT AND TEACHER SCHEDULES. THE THREE "CHANNELS" OF STUDY OPEN TO STUDENTS AT…

THE NEED FOR LANGUAGE LABORATORY SPECIALISTS TO MEET THE CHANGES IN MODERN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY IS EMPHASIZED BY THE AUTHOR IN THIS REPORT. SUGGESTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR SPECIALIZED COURSES OF STUDY TOWARD A MASTER'S DEGREE FOR LANGUAGE LABORATORY DIRECTORS. SELECTIONS SHOULD BE MADE FROM BLOCKS OF COURSES IN (1) LINGUISTICS, MODERN LANGUAGES,…

INCLUDED IN THIS ANNOTATED SUPPLEMENT FOR GERMAN, NORWEGIAN, POLISH, RUSSIAN, AND SWEDISH MATERIALS ARE (1) MATERIALS PUBLISHED SINCE THE PRINTING OF THE ORIGINAL LIST, (2) REVISIONS IN SOME OF THE ORIGINAL EVALUATIONS, AND (3) ITEMS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED FROM THE ORIGINAL LIST. PRICES, GRADE LEVEL, PROFICIENCY LEVEL, AND BRIEF CRITICAL EVALUATION…

Designed to acquaint parents with how modern languages are being taught in the schools today, this booklet discusses audiolingual aims and methods and explains the role of electronic equipment, visual aids, and modern textbooks in language instruction. A concluding section advises parents on how to encourage and guide their child's study of a…

Phonetic characteristics of English, German, Spanish, and French vowels are compared and contrasted in this third of a series of articles on general phonetic characteristics of American English. Much attention is given to acoustic and articulatory description. Vowel distribution, frequency, and duration are discussed. New vowel sounds for the…

To demonstrate how well-selected literature of the second language can play an important role in the curriculum of the fourth-and fifth-year high school School Spanish course and reinforce language learning, an outline for an analysis of the poem "Dedalo" by Jaime Torres Bodet is presented. Steps in this analysis include explanations of the…

There are three parts to this study of the language laboratory--physical arrangements, the teacher, and laboratory sessions. Special features of laboratory types, scheduling, teaching materials, language teacher education and capabilities, teaching techniques, sample lessons, and laboratory testing and grading are fully described. An appendix…

A review of publications in foreign language instruction from 1946 to 1952 focuses attention on the experimental studies conducted during that period and the resulting literature. The first part of the article notes bibliographies, reviews, reference books, and studies examining trends and objectives. A section on the psychology of language…

While it is theoretically possible to exploit individualized instruction in the language laboratory, in practice this rarely happens. This article suggests transforming the language laboratory into a tape library, in order to achieve self-paced, individualized use of the lab. This solution is preferable to the traditional laboratory use from the…

This paper, a portion of a workshop presentation concerning language curriculum for the non-major, explores some of the reasons for the sad situation in which language programs find themselves today and makes some suggestions for some of the things which we need to do in order to make ourselves more attractive to the students, particularly to the…

This special issue presents the speeches, surveys, and workshop reports of the University of Texas Conference on the Research Component of the Ph.D. in English and Foreign Languages held in Austin in December 1972. Also included are updated papers and reports from the Purdue University Conference on Graduate Education held earlier in 1972.…

Outlines of suggested classroom activities for use in cross-cultural instruction are presented. The outlines for French, German, and Spanish classes require students to interact as participants in the target culture. Topics focus on greetings in the second language. The goals, activities, procedures, dialogue presentation, and cultural contrasts…

Learning theories proposed by William Glasser in his text, "Schools without Failure," were implemented in an individualized language instruction program in a small high school in northern Ohio. The theory suggests that the success factor is far more significant than the failure factor in developing learning motivation. The belief that individuals…