VOLUME 2 OF A 4-VOLUME WORK ON BEGINNING INDONESIAN CONTAINS LESSONS 7-12 OF A TOTAL OF 24. THESE SIX LESSONS PROVIDE DRILLS IN BASIC INDONESIAN SENTENCE PATTERNS INVOLVING THE USE OF DIFFICULT VERBS, THE ACTIVE VOICE, INVERTED NARRATIVE CLAUSES, INTERROGATIVE WORDS, AND COUNTING METHODS. RELATED REPORTS ARE ED 010 456 THROUGH ED 010 459. (GD)

A READER IN MODERN URDU PROSE IS PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS WHO ALREADY HAVE A BASIC COMMAND OF PAKISTANI URDU GRAMMAR, SPEECH, AND ALPHABET. FIVE SHORT STORIES ARE INCLUDED. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION DEALING WITH EACH AUTHOR PRECEDES EACH SHORT STORY. TO FACILITATE TRANSLATION, EACH STORY IS PROVIDED WITH A GLOSSARY AND A SET OF NOTES EXPLAINING DIFFICULT…

Discusses the state of foreign language teaching in the secondary schools over the past 30 years and offers speculations on its future. (EKN)

Discusses reasons why Americans should learn languages in a world becoming increasingly and simultaneously international and complex. (RL)

Summaries of three papers presented at a panel discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association, November 1, 1973, Chicago, Illinois. (RL)

Revised version of a paper given at a meeting of the Houston Area Teachers of Foreign Languages, March 1973, Houston, Texas; discusses importance of foreign languages to American businessmen in foreign countries. (RL)

Describes an innovative, college-level, German course offered at the University of Hull, England. (RL)

Address presented at the Institut voor Taalonderwijs de la Vrilje Universiteit Brussel in Brussels, Belgium, June 4, 1973. (RL)

Continued from the Canadian Modern Language Review, v29 n4 May 1973. (RL)

Discusses weaknesses and strengths of English secondary language programs which utilize foreign language teaching assistants. (RL)

Questions the effectiveness of the French language assistant(e)'' in the English school system and wonders whether the money required to finance the program might be better spent elsewhere. (RL)

Typical experiences of the French teaching assistant in the English school system are presented with suggestions for improving utilization of the teaching assistant. (RL)