Points out that foreign language departments, divisions, and programs should heed their own advice when communicating with the administration in academic institutions and government: speak the language, follow the customs, and know the culture and its signs. (EKN)

Discusses the relationship between high schools and universities. Examines some ways in which both institutions could help the other in the area of improving second language instruction. (EKN)

Describes the Glenbrook Academy of International Studies, founded in 1980 as a multidisciplinary team-taught approach to English, foreign languages, and social studies. Examines the academy as a visible response to the need for systematic international studies and a demonstration of efficient forms of curricular and staff arrangements. (EKN)

Describes Independent German Language School of Connecticut including founding of school, curriculum, staffing, help from German Language School Conference, and fundraising. Concludes increasing enrollment indicates Saturday school movement is filling gap in teaching German in U.S. and is necessary to promote an alternative method to further…

Describes an advanced English-as-a-second-language program that features debate as a means of preparing foreign college students to compete with English-speaking students. (FL)

Reviews the history of the "pilot scheme" for introducing French into the curriculum of British primary schools, highlighting the project's limitations and the negative findings of the National Foundation for Educational Research report, and assesses the prospects for the future of the project. (AM)

Reports on the findings and recommendations of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, which was concerned with the elementary and secondary curriculum. (IRT)

Suggests that an institution's use of a critical mass of full-time, tenured and tenured-track faculty members provides a measure for judging the quality of undergraduate education. Presents a table that gives the average percentages of undergraduate course sections taught by full- and part-time instructors in different types of English and foreign…

Describes the development of a project designed to build a positive role for peer observation in a language program, reports the reactions of the participants, and gives guidelines for the use of peer observation in a language program. (seven references) (GLR)

The popularity of French second language instruction, the rebirth of bilingual education, and efforts to establish links with French industry locating in Eastern Europe offer an example to France. It is clear that Eastern Europe views bilingualism as a means of revitalizing the region's role in the European community. (MSE)

The push for the English-only literacy approach sends the wrong message to language-minority families. The Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools have established first-language pilot programs to accelerate Latino students' academic achievement and have welcomed community-based educational initiatives. A family-literacy program motivates parents to…

This paper highlights the problem of falling recruitment to foreign language (FL) degrees in higher education (HE), outlining some of the recent changes in secondary FL education which have contributed in part to this situation. It draws attention to the lack of research into the impact that the fall in numbers of students taking a foreign…

In an effort to support the development of higher levels of foreign language proficiency among our nation's students, researchers have examined the effectiveness of foreign language programs based on the amount of time students receive instruction, the age at which instruction begins, and the course schedule utilized. This Information Capsule…

One of the major challenges in second and foreign language education, is to create links between formal and informal learning environments. Mobile City and Language Guides present examples of theoretical and practical reflections on such links. This paper presents and discusses the first considerations of Mobile City and Language Guides in…

Foreign-language experts are praising the Department of Education for taking a larger role in promoting the teaching of other languages as part of a proposed Bush administration initiative to bolster national security and the economy. The departments of Defense and State have headed up efforts to increase the teaching of much-needed foreign…