This final report of a state-wide foreign language program survey made in the fall of 1971 presents statistical data based on 1,013 completed questionnaires. Results show a steady increase in foreign language enrollment in Illinois since 1969. Charts include data in these areas: (1) combined totals of foreign language enrollment in public,…

Links the decline in foreign language enrollments to the general decline in education in the liberal arts. (AM)

This paper addresses the effects of the open admissions policy on the study of foreign languages at the City College in New York. Issues discussed include enrollment trends, course offerings, and staffing requirements. (SW)

A foreign language teacher describes her simple and inexpensive strategy for recruitment and publicity to build a strong foreign language program in the Crook County, Oregon, schools. Inexpensive methods of acquiring and developing instructional materials are also described. (SW)

An annual Foreign Language Day has been found to be an excellent means to stimulate interest in foreign languages, self-expression, and creativity. Suggestions for the design of such a day are based on experience at St. Bonaventure University since 1974. (Author/SW)

The enrollment in Latin and Greek classes in the Philadelphia public schools has increased greatly in the last ten years. Courses are offered in elementary as well as secondary schools. An audiolingual approach is used. Available from Universitaet des Saarlandes, Fachbereich 6.2, D-6600 Saarbrueken, West Germany. (Text is in Latin.) (CFM)

This article notes the numbers of students in Australia enrolled in high school and college courses in Serbo-Croatian. Many of these have Serbo-Croatian ethnic or linguistic backgrounds. (CHK)

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)

Paper read at the International Congress of Teachers of Italian held at the Universita Italiana per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy, August 27-28, 1971. Discusses the patterns of growth of Italian studies in Ontario at high school and university levels. (DS)

Based on a paper read at the Spring 1970 meeting of California's Liaison Committee on Foreign Languages of the Articulation Conference at San Diego, California. (DS)

Examines the current situation regarding the study and use of French in various European countries as well as the United States. It is suggested that French language and culture can best be promoted through the promotion of the study of many languages. (AM)

This article reports on the results of a 1974 survey conducted by the foreign language staff of the Modern Language Association concerning foreign language enrollments in American colleges, universities and junior colleges. Both general percentages and percentages concerning French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and other languages are given.…

Describes current efforts in the career-oriented approach to curriculum in foreign languages, with particular reference to MLA's work in the area. (KM)