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Download full textHutchinson, Joseph C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Title III of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 authorized a program of financial assistance of State educational agencies for projects of local educational agencies for the acquisition of laboratory or other special equipment needed in the teaching of modern foreign languages and for minor remodeling of laboratory or other space to be…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
O'Connor, Patricia – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
Achievement approaching mastery in the use of at least one modern foreign language on the part of a large portion of tomorrow's citizens is an objective which is new in American education. Language programs in the high school are therefore undergoing basic modifications in order to establish learning conditions that can develop communication…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Communication Skills, Speech Communication
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1964
FORD FOUNDATION INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING IS DESCRIBED. FOUR OF THE FOUNDATION'S NINE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE AREAS. "INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH" IS CONCERNED WITH IMPROVING AMERICAN COMPETENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD.…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Curriculum Development, Educational Television, English (Second Language)
Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA. – 1962
This document describes the 1962 Emory University French Institute at Besancon, organized for American high school teachers whose experience in France was limited or not recent. The report covers publicity for the institute and response to publicity; criteria for admission; selection; data concerning participants; curriculum; audiovisual aids; the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, French, Inservice Teacher Education
Seelye, H. Ned, Ed. – 1972
Foreign language and bilingual-migrant supervisors in the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Illinois are seeking to broaden the goals of foreign language instruction by introducing cultural education along with language instruction. This publication consists of 17 articles on many aspects of the teaching of culture in foreign…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Comics (Publications)
Hayes, Alfred S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
During the past fifteen years, educators and electronics specialists have been experimenting with language facilities, usually by modifying equipment components which were originally designed for other purposes. The rapid growth, wide diversity, and newness of these electronic aids to language learning have created the need for a study of the most…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, Language Laboratories, Educational Technology
