Sequel to the article Two Years with the Saint-Cloud Materials," which appeared in the March 1966 issue of Modern Language Journal". (DS)

Discusses sensitivity to other cultural values and second language skills in Canada. Believes three conditions are essential to further Canadians' understanding of fellow Canadians who speak other languages including requirements which reflect this as a priority; programs should stress cultural achievements associated with languages; current…

Presents interview with Wendy Allen after two years' employment as a foreign language employee in English at Guangzhou Foreign Language Institute in Canton. She describes the project which was to write materials and develop a syllabus for students in first two years of Institute; the cultural issues faced; and her conclusion that difference exists…

Describes some of the responsibilities and common problems, both at home and abroad, that a study abroad director is likely to encounter. (EKN)

Discusses teaching foreign language in kindergarten as a way to foster favorable attitudes for serious language study at a later date. Outlines some classroom guidelines and expectations based on experiences in two kindergarten FLES programs. (EKN)

Discusses student constituencies, general education programs, institutional niches, and general education and niche expansion. Makes suggestions for ways in which foreign language study might be subtly unavoidable in general education. (BK)

Discusses foreign language curricular options for the linguistically gifted student. Provides a list of contacts for information on foreign language programs aimed at the gifted and talented student. (Prepared under the auspices of the National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages.) (EKN)

Describes project designed to enhance the elementary core French program through presentations of history, culture, and life-style of French-speaking peoples by noncertified Francophones from the vicinity. Project has been successful and has produced a more tolerant outlook among students for other cultures. Uses foods of France and early life in…

Enumerates the French language TV programs currently available in Nigeria and describes the difficulties hampering a nationwide development of educational TV programs in French. Offers suggestions to overcome these difficulties, describes the French language courses already on the air, and outlines plans for new programs. (MES)

Suggests foreign language teachers can use comparison of physical life in the relevant country with that in the United States as way to sharpen understanding of other cultures and encourage participation in foreign study programs. Uses Germany as an example. (Author/BK)

This article reports a 2-year case study (2003-2005) on teachers' instructional practices, and the impact of teacher understandings and training upon the teachers' implementation of the Communicative Oriented Curriculum (COC) initiative in the context of a major curriculum innovation in teaching English to young learners in Turkish state schools.…

This paper reports a videotaped self-observation of a 47 minute ESL reading lesson. The focus of the lesson was on intensive reading. The entire teaching session was videotaped; the videotaped data were analyzed using (a) ethnographic microanalysis, (b) selective verbatim transcripts, (c) Seating Chart Observation REcord (SCORE), (d)…