Discusses the influence of interference of English on heritage Russian speakers who are trying to refine their Russian language skills. Urges sensitivity to linguistic differences in the classroom. (Author/VWL)

Describes the lack of importance ascribed to English as a language in Elizabethan times and points out that the popularity of any language resides in its perceived cultural and economic capitol. Draws distinctions between instrumental and integrative motivations and discusses the place of favorable attitudes and positive motivations in language…

Reviews some issues which should be of concern to the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, and encourages language professionals to seize the opportunity to make the needs of the profession known to the commission. (AM)

Discusses the reforms made in the fall of 1990 in the English department at the Ecole Hautes Etudes Commerciales (Paris, France), which were based on the basis of a combination of literature-culture and second- and foreign-language acquisition pedagogical biases. (four references) (VWL)

Describes the City College of San Francisco, a two-year community college with a diverse student population, a large English-as-a-Second-Language department, and a large foreign-languages department. The paper explains how, in recent decades, the foreign-language program has revised its curriculum to meet the needs of its international city and…

Demonstrates the dangers of an Americanized world expanding through the importation of American English. Suggests that linguistic sameness creates a loss of identity and deprives people of specific cultures and languages to call their own. (Author/VWL)