Shortened version of a paper presented on June 25, 1971, at the American Classical League Institute, Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio. (DS)

Reports on a survey conducted in Maryland public and parochial schools by CAAS (Classical Association of the Atlantic States) to determine the status of Latin and Greek teaching. (DS)

Research was performed pursuant to Contract No. OEC-0-8-07155-3708 with the U.S. Office of Education. (DS)

Version of a speech given at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Janurary 1970. (DS)

Covers secondary school Latin enrollments in Ohio from 1957 to 1966 as being typical nationally. Suggests ways to stimulate an interest in Latin classes. (DS)

Attempts to explain the high rate of student attrition in first-year language courses. The author gained insight into the problem when he enrolled in a Chinese course, which he eventually dropped because of lack of incentive. He concludes that awareness of the need for language learning will curb attrition rates. (Author/PJM)

This report gives the results of a 1977 survey of foreign language registrations in colleges and universitites in the United States carried out by the Modern Language Association. (CFM)

Discusses large state schools' needs for placement and assessment tests resulting from the large enrollments in foreign language courses, and reports on the development and field test of an item bank developed at the University of Iowa for the placement and assessment of language students. (14 references) (GLR)

Presents a model for studying the process by which students decide to continue with, or to terminate, their second language studies. Previous research in the area is discussed. (MSE)