Discusses the need to standardize foreign language curricula to the extent that content for each of the four successive years of a language program is universally accepted. (DD)

Paper presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association meeting, November 17, 1973, Atlanta, Georgia. (RL)

Paper presented at the College and University section of the 1973 Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference, October 12, 1973, Seattle, Washington. (RL)

Discusses development and objectives of language educational centers concerned with the signigicance of applied linguistics in the development of second language learning theory. (RL)

Discusses a rationale for reading aloud in language classes. (RL)

Illustrates techniques of stimulating classroom discussion in language courses through imaginative use of poetry. (RL)

Warns of dangers of introducing written language prematurely in language classes. (RL)

Critical review of Freeman Twaddell's article, "Uses of Reading', in "The Modern Language", v57 n8 p393-6 Dec 1973. (RL)

Paper presented at the State Conference of the Modern Language Teachers' Association of Queensland, Australia, August 1973. (HW)

Statistics reveal a decrease of 9.2 percent enrollment in college language programs during the period 1970-72. (RL)

Contrasts usage of: (1) the imperfect and passe simple, (2) the imperfect and passe compose, and (3) the passe simple and passe compose. (RL)