New Rochelle High School's Bicentennial Year exchange with La Rochelle, France, sent 16 students to La Rochelle and brought 27 La Rochelle students to the American school for three weeks. This program provides a typical example of how a total school program is enriched. The students who traveled to La Rochelle and New Rochelle learned through…

Recommends active cooperation between sponsors of American students in France and sponsors of French students in the United States so that exchange students can make meaningful contacts in the host country. (MLA)

An English/French school exchange program provided opportunities for cooperation between language and humanities faculties. A shopping survey was prepared and French pupils conducted street interviews in England. Ideas for activities resulted from cross-faculty interaction. (DH)

An environmental awareness language exchange program was established between an English school and a school in France. Although the exchange occurred for three years, the program became overprescriptive and was cancelled. Concludes that environmental awareness is learned best in less formal situations. (DH)

An environmental awareness language exchange occurred between English and French pupils in 1983. Teacher planning and student activities are described for the 10-day exchange; they include a pupil/teacher discovery walk, student discussion, and student study of chosen themes. Guidance and encouragement help students become more aware of…

Describes a study conducted at Weston (Connecticut) High School of the language skills and attitude changes of a group of students participating in an overseas study program. The goals of the program were to increase participants' understanding and appreciation of another culture, and to provide stimulus for language learning. (Author/CLK)