SOUND MOTION PICTURES, CAREFULLY DEVELOPED AND COORDINATED BY LANGUAGE TEACHERS USING THE INFORMATION FROM SUCH LANGUAGE-RELATED DISCIPLINES AS PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, PSYCHOLOGY, LINGUISTICS, AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, COULD BE USED EFFECTIVELY IN BOTH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND TEACHER EDUCATION. AFTER AN AVERAGE ACADEMIC THREE-YEAR COURSE IN…

TRAINING AND EXAMINING TECHNIQUES WERE STUDIED TO BUILD AND UNIFY LANGUAGE AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF FOREIGN SERVICE TRAINEES (FOR BOTH GOVERNMENTAL AND NONGOVERNMENTAL FOREIGN OCCUPATIONS). STUDENT ASSISTANTS WERE ASSIGNED TO OPERATE RECEIVING AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT, AND TO MAINTAIN A CROSS-INDEX FILE SYSTEM TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE…

THE BACKGROUND, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND COMPETENCE OF A SAMPLE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WERE REPORTED IN A PILOT STUDY. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE COMPLETED BY 621 TEACHERS IN THE SURVEY SAMPLE. EIGHT TABLES WERE INCLUDED ON--TEACHING LOAD, ACADEMIC TRAINING, LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, TEACHING EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATION, CONTINUING PREPARATION, SOURCE SITE…

A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO REPORT THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CLASSROOM LEARNING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES BY MEANS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION (ITV) COURSES. THREE GENERAL CATEGORIES OF DISCUSSION WERE PRESENTED--(1) THE CORROBORATION OF IMPRESSIONS, (2) THE PROFESSION'S IMAGE, AND (3) THE USE, PROBLEMS, TECHNIQUES, AND RESEARCH IN ITV. DISCUSSIONS…

A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE ENROLLMENTS IN MODERN LANGUAGE COURSES OFFERED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE REPORT WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS -- ENROLLMENTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ENROLLMENTS IN THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, AND ENROLLMENTS IN THE LABORATORY SCHOOLS. AN ADDENDUM WHICH GAVE 1959-60 FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS IN ELEMENTARY…

THE AVAILABILITY AND NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION DATA OF MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHING MANPOWER IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR 1959-60 WERE COORDINATED, TABULATED, EVALUATED, AND REPORTED. CANVASSING WAS CONDUCTED OF 1,700 DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN AT 1,170 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOR (1) NAMES AND POSITIONS OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS, (2) LANGUAGES TAUGHT BY…

Minimum competencies are set forth for senior high school foreign language students in Philadelphia. For modern languages, at each of three levels, criteria are set forth for determining whether students can: (1) adequately associate meaning with sound; (2) use words, phrases, and sentences that evidence meaningful communication; (3) associate…

THIS COMMENTARY ON AN EARLIER ARTICLE ABOUT THE DISCONTINUATION OF A 6-YEAR FLES PILOT PROGRAM (SEE "MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL," VOLUME 50, MARCH 1966) CRITICIZES THE LACK OF CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS OR EXPECTATION OF SUCCESS WHICH CHARACTERIZED THE PROJECT. THE PLANNERS MADE NO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROGRAM AND FAILED…

As developed by the nonprofessional staff of St. Michael's College Library, Basic Rules of Alphabetic Sequence Simplified (BRASS) is a refined system of alphabetic filing for library card catalogs. It is designed to be a concise set of principles, consistently applied, making it therefore faster than other standard filing systems. BRASS consists…

This specialized bibliography of foreign language testing materials is composed of three lists. They are: (1) bibliographies of tests, (2) selected published tests, and (3) books and articles on the theory and practice of language testing, excluding general works on psychological testing and educational testing. Some 180 of the 193 citations are…

In May 1968, foreign language students in the Edmonds School District were surveyed regarding their attitudes toward foreign language study. The results made it apparent that more and better foreign language courses had to be offered to attract and hold students. Between 1968 and 1971 the foreign language program in the district was expanded, and…

A foreign language survey was undertaken in the Edmonds School District because the number of students studying foreign languages had decreased between the years 1957-58 and 1972. The survey was designed for students not enrolled in foreign language courses, and was intended to acquire several types of information: (1) information concerning…

This study is a description of the Kurdish of the city of Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Kurdish dialects cover an area embracing parts of eastern Turkey, Soviet Armenia, northern Syria, western Iran, and Khorasan in Iran. The language is described in terms of (1) phonology, (2) morphology, (3) morphophonemics, (4) word formation, and (5) syntax. An appendix,…

This article comments on Gilbert A. Jarvis'"Teacher Education Goals: They're Tearing Up the Street Where I Was Born" in the December 1972 issue of "Foreign Language Annals." Remarks concerning teacher education, methods courses, teaching strategies, the audiolingual method of language instruction, and the Modern Language Association "Guidelines"…

Results of a survey conducted in the Spring of 1969 by the Washington Foreign Language Program and local school districts of recent graduates from the University of Washington are presented in this report. Information concerning the background and experiences of 52 practicing teachers in seven urban and suburban districts is summarized in tables…