The author argues that foreign language instruction in the United States is generally begun too late and that it must be started at the elementary school level. (CFM)

This article discusses an alternative method of teaching literature in a foreign language class using a humanistic approach. (CFM)

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 the traditional university organizational structure v an interdisciplinary approach. (AM)

Examines the elements of a successful intensive language program, including areas such as staffing, scheduling, and recruitment of students. (AM)

This article describes the practice of asking students in a foreign language class to write statements of their personal assessment and educational goals at the beginning of the semester. It has been found that a discussion of these statements can be of value to both teachers and students. (CFM)

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)

This article stresses the importance of cross cultural education for university students and suggests that foreign language departments provide it. A course in cross cultural communication at Miami University in Ohio is described. (CFM)

This article emphasizes the value of immersion programs and describes some immersion programs in the United States and Canada. (CFM)

Makes some recommendations for the establishment and certification of study abroad programs, and discusses study abroad requirements for future language and area studies teachers. (AM)

Reports the results of a national survey conducted in the US to determine: (1) languages used in the home, (2) second languages learned, (3) current use of second language, (4) attitudes toward the worth of second language study, and (5) opinions about the opportunity and requirement to study languages at various educational levels. (AM)

This report states the belief of the Task Force that study of the less commonly taught languages is in the national interest and that the study of any foreign language is valuable. Recommendations are given for improving and increasing the study of "strategic" or "critical" languages. (CFM)

This report states specific steps to follow in order to achieve the primary objectives of the Modern Language Association/American Council of Learned Societies Task Force, to improve the quantity and quality of second-language study in the commonly taught languages in the United States. (CFM)

Describes an internship program designed to teach the prospective language teacher how to handle a variety of electronic and audiovisual instructional media. (AM)