Calls for a careful examination of educational values, due to the lack of satisfaction and pride in the profession of foreign language teaching. The nonlinguistic outcomes of foreign language study are stressed. (Author/RM)

To reverse trends toward reductions in the number of foreign language teaching positions, it is necessary to change the negative image associated with foreign languages and to try to attract more students. A four-point selling program is suggested. (Author/RM)

Text of an address delivered at the Simcoe County Professional Development Day, Barrie, Ontario, February 16, 1973. (RL)

Article stresses the need for the language teacher to fight to restore the foreign language curriculum. (ML)

First language and second language learners have to learn through making mistakes. Foreign language learners do not have to learn, to anything like the same extent, in this way. Foreign language teachers should study students' mistakes in order better to understand how they are learning and mislearning. Teachers should try to avoid language…

This article consists of a survey designed to determine language teachers' attitudes and assumptions concerning foreign language learning and teaching. (CLK)

This article presents a rationale for humanizing teacher inservice education and an attitude survey used to assist teachers in exploring their attitudes and beliefs about language teaching and learning. The questionnaire consists of 53 questions. An explanation of scoring procedures is included. (CHK)

Discusses the effects of perpetuating national stereotypes in FL instruction and offers some up-to-date approaches to teaching cultural background not based on cliches. (KM)

This article discusses the role of teacher attitudes and motivation in second language learning and language instruction. (CLK)

Discusses realities contributing to the avoidance of simplified characters by Chinese language teachers: (1) Many of them left China before 1949. (2) The Cold War and McCarthyism retarded the introduction of Chinese language realities. (3) Chinese language publications in the U.S. are mostly in complex characters. (KM)

Teachers' attitudes toward language teaching trends were surveyed. Prospective teachers about to enter the profession believed that language programs should be self-paced and there should be a cooperative learning climate in classrooms. Experienced teachers were more moderate but used techniques for self-pacing and real communication often in…

A discussion of the value of foreign language instruction and study. New emphases are suggested from the standpoint of language teachers from abroad, English as a second language and bilingual education, and anthropological linguistics. A plea is made for unity in the language profession. (Author/KM)

Address given to students at Althouse College of Education, London, Ontario; discusses Canadian reaction to the "imported" audiolingual method and future directions of language instruction in Canada. (RL)

Student motivation is one of the chief factors in success in second language learning. The role of the language teacher in fostering this motivation is crucial. The teacher must offer a good language model, be a good technician of language teaching, and inspire mutual confidence and sympathy in the classroom. (CHK)

Foreign language students, teachers and administrators in Erie County, New York, were interviewed to determine their attitudes toward grouping pupils according to achievement in foreign languages. Some teachers were found to prefer ability grouping, but administrators favored heterogeneous grouping. Average achievers and male students favored…