Revised version of a paper read at a meeting of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers held May 15, 1971, at the University of Reading, England. (DS)

The value of the study of foreign languages and literatures is discussed, and its attractions for the student of today described. (RM)

The importance of cultural education in Latin programs is illustrated in remarks concerning language, literature, and archaeology. (RL)

Paper presented at the 1971 ADFL Summer Seminar for Chairmen at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, June 21-25. (DS)

An outline for determining the language-learning needs of adults in Europe is developed in this model. A situational approach is prescribed which delimits the linguistic field and facilitates mastery of the subject area. The learning units, needs, motivations, educational objectives, and problems are discussed in the introductory section. A…

Expanded version of a paper presented at a regional meeting of the German Modern Language Association (Allgemeiner Deutscher Neuphilologen-Verband) on June 2, 1971 in Iserlohn, West Germany. (WB)

A foreign language (FL) teachers' congress held at Mainz in 1976 dealt especially with the level Secondary Grade 1, stressing such topics as course content, research on FL teaching, curriculum building, minimum goals for various target language, orientation courses and honors courses. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This volume examines two facets of curriculum research and development. The first part is concerned with the teacher and his day-to-day problems in the classroom and is presented here with an account of the way linguistics came to have a particular shape and focus in the field of English. The second part continues with an examination of the…