This set of working papers concentrates on reading issues. This collection contains the following papers: "Literacy: The Needs of Teachers and Learners" (Christopher Brumfit); "Eight Lessons from Research into Literacy" (Henrietta Dombey); "'The Disqualified Half': Gender Representation in a Children's Reading Scheme" (Simon Williams); "Reading to…

A study of the relationship between university-level second language development and previous language and other experience is described. The study, in its early stages at the time of writing, is being conducted at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and involves students of French, German, Italian, and Spanish. This report describes the subjects…

Foreign language (FL) needs is a new interdisciplinary area of research developing between applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and educational planning and evaluation. FL needs consist of the demands, wishes, and expectations of the whole society, its groups and individuals, reflecting the relationship of their contemporary and future existence…

The syllabus for New York State's elementary and secondary education second language programs is intended to inform local school district personnel about important characteristics of successful programming and provide a framework for development, management, and implementation. It specifies educational goals and components of the intended learning…

This report describes the seven-week program of the first-, second-, and third-year German language courses taught at Middlebury College during the summer of 1977. This was an intensive program with at least four hours of formal classroom instruction per day. The high scores achieved on the MLA-Cooperative Foreign Language Tests, Forms LA and MA,…

The first issue of the Yearbook of the Ohio Modern Language Teachers Association presents the following articles and features: (1) "PR and the Language Program," by Nancy Humbach; (2) "Creative Play in Language Learning," by Carolann DeSelms; (3) "Foreign Language Projects for the Gifted Student," by Carol L. McKay and Martin D. McKay; (4) "A…

Some of the possibilities for taking language learning and instruction into the larger classroom of the school, the community, and the world are considered. Programs conducted within the school or college campus but outside of the usual classroom include intensive language courses and interdisciplinary courses. A step farther from the traditional…

DESIGNED TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE USE OF CLOSE-CIRCUIT TELEVISION AND VIDEOTAPE IN TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS, THIS BRIEF DOCUMENT DISCUSSES THEIR OPERATION AND POTENTIAL AND DESCRIBES SPECIFIC PLANS FOR QUARTERS, EQUIPMENT, AND PERSONNEL. INCLUDED IN THE FIRST SECTION ON QUARTERS AND EQUIPMENT ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE…

IN AN ATTEMPT TO FOCUS THE PROFESSION'S ATTENTION ON THE ISSUES OF STUDY ABROAD, BILINGUALISM, AND PROGRAM ARTICULATION, THE 1965 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ASSIGNED THESE TOPICS TO ITS WORKING COMMITTEES WHOSE REPORTS COMPRISE THIS DOCUMENT. DESIGNED TO SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR A PANEL DISCUSSION, A REPRINT OF WILLIAM…

EXAMINATIONS USED IN AWARDING EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES TO STUDENTS IN ENGLISH SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 1968 ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS MANUAL. IT IS WRITTEN PRIMARILY FOR HEADS OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS AND DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF EXAMINATIONS IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS. EXAMINATIONS MAY BE TAKEN AT THE ORDINARY…

A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE LEVELS OF PROFICIENCY ATTAINED BY FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAJORS IN U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND OF THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATTAINMENTS OF THESE LEVELS. THE MLA FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTS FOR TEACHERS AND ADVANCED STUDENTS WERE ADMINISTERED IN 1965 TO 2,775 SENIORS MAJORING IN FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN,…

Major factors influencing goals and outcomes of foreign language education are reviewed in order to identify a common core of goals. Alternative approaches to specifying outcomes are discussed and sample lists of outcomes for three levels of study are presented. The review of the main influences on the educational scene during the past decade…

RESULTS ARE GIVEN OF A 1965 QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGNED TO SHOW INDIANAPOLIS FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM PRACTICES BELOW THE NINTH GRADE IN COMPARISON WITH THE PRACTICES OF 46 OTHER LARGE CITIES. QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ON (1) LANGUAGES TAUGHT, (2) LEVEL AT WHICH LANGUAGE STUDY IS BEGUN, (3) PROGRAM CONTINUITY, (4) PUPIL PARTICIPATION, (5) HOW TIME FOR…

THREE BRITISH SPECIALISTS, VISITING THE SOVIET UNION IN 1961, STUDIED BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN SOVIET ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THEIR EXAMINATION OF THE TYPES OF SCHOOLS, LANGUAGE POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY, TEACHER TRAINING, METHODOLOGY, AND MATERIALS REVEALED THAT SOVIET EDUCATORS WERE INTENT UPON…

Now that teachers and administrators have become aware of the administrative organization of the language laboratory and the daily routine essential to the proper functioning of its equipment, attention ought to be focused on its more creative use in enhancing the learning processes. This orientation in attitude is reflected in the newly generated…