This syllabus describes and outlines the first half of an experimental, two-year course leading to the study of a modern foreign language at the University of Washington. In effect, the two-year course, which introduces the student to the nature of language, tests the belief that it is easier to learn a second foreign language, due to linguistic…

Criteria for the evaluation of study/travel abroad programs for high school students of foreign language originally approved in 1966 by the National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages are reevaluated and reexamined in this pamphlet. Guidelines are presented in these areas: (1) selection of students, (2) recruitment of group leaders,…

This text, developed by the Foreign Service Institute for an intensive, programed language course in Spanish, is accompanied by an "Instructor's Manual" and tape recordings. The Instructor's Manual contains those portions of the course which have been recorded by which do not appear in printed form in the student's basic text. This volume,…

This text is designed for native speakers of American English who have a good command of Spanish and want to acquire a knowledge of Portuguese. The manual focuses on features of Portuguese pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary that have similar but not always identical counterparts in Spanish. Correspondences which often create interference for…

This guide delineates the scope and sequence of Spanish instruction in both junior and senior high schools indicating instructional goals in terms of behavioral objectives. Following a review of the Bloomington, Minnesota, school of philosophy and a discussion of the design of the foreign language behavioral objectives in the guide, the manual…

Intended to meet a widespread demand among teachers and administrators for coordination among the various modern language offerings in the Fairfax County school system, this publication serves as a guide for the articulation of a sequential language program reflecting recent developments in the goals, content, materials, and methods of modern…

This curriculum guide is presented as a supplement to the text "Learning Spanish the Modern Way, Book 2" (lessons 15-23). Topics included are designed for the level-2 program by the New York State syllabus and emphasize cultural aspects of life in Spain and Mexico. The importance of Spanish, geography of Mexico and Spain, Spanish influence in the…

This teacher's guide to cultural instruction in a level-1 German course is designed to be used with the text "Deutsch, Erstes Buch, Erster Teil." Instructional observations pertain to the first eight lessons of the text and comprise the major portion of this text including: (1) die Post, (2) Munchen, (3) Sport in Deutschland, (4) die deutschen…

Articles compiled in this study are intended to serve as a guide for teachers planning to develop and implement groupwork instruction in their classes. Written by teachers in the field, the articles describe aims and objectives, methods and materials, and appraisal of their experience with group instruction. Three major sections include: (1)…

This annotated bibliography provides a guide to books on the theory and practice of language teaching. Instructional materials for classroom use are not included. Eight sections of materials are contained in the work: (1) language, (2) language teaching, (3) English for speakers of other languages, (4) French, (5) German, (6) Italian, (7) Russian…

This course is intended for students who have had some experience in the formal study of Spanish. Performance objectives emphasize development of listening, speaking, and reading skills. Conversation is directed to everyday teenage interests: school, friends, soccer, and clothes. Grammar exercises treating "ser" and "estar"…

Students in this course are expected to expand their aural-oral skills through practice with listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises. Performance objectives specify minimum competence to be attained in each of these areas. Structural exercises, including substitution and expansion drills, encompasses the contractions of "a"…

This course, developed largely within the framework of units 13, 14, and 15 of the second edition of "A-LM French, Level 2," emphasizes development of basic audiolingual skills. Conversational topics permit the student to review his summer vacation. Principal elements of structure are expressions of quantity, pronouns--including those…

Designed to enable students of Spanish to communicate better with others, learning opportunities and performance objectives are provided which focus on the development of basic conversational skills. Students are given practice that will improve their ability to listen, interpret, and give oral information, directions and explanations, and…

This guide cites more than 1,000 textbooks for use in French programs at all levels of instruction. Entries are coded by the author's or editor's surname and include brief annotations, bibliographic data, availability, and price. The category index includes: (1) introductory, intermediate, and advanced texts, (2) composition and conversation…