A more detailed description of these programs appears in Foreign Language Annals" v3 n4, p592-595, May 1970. (DS)

Classical Greek, using innovative curriculum materials, is being taught in seven secondary schools of Philadelphia. The principles of structural linguistics and the direct method of language teaching are used and the approach is aural-oral. The course aims at making students aware of the influence of Hellenic heritage in our world. (CFM)

Presents an overview of the language teaching situation in Canada's universities, and makes suggestions for its improvement. (AM)

A brief analysis of several theories of language acquisition and of various methods of language instruction leads to a proposal of general guidelines to be used in the development of an experimental course in Latin for seventh-grade students. The author discusses the writings of Chomsky, Sweet, and Brooks and suggests the abandonment of…

This paper explores problems discussed at various conferences which relate to the formulation and implementation of a national, professional policy concerning the instruction of Latin at all levels of education. Paramount in the discussion are the positions expressed at the Oxford Conference (Ohio, 1968), the Airlie House Conference (1965), and in…

This guide delineates the scope and sequence of Latin instruction in levels 1-3 in terms of behavioral objectives. Following a review of the Bloomington, Minnesota, school philosophy and a discussion of the design of foreign language behavioral objectives on which the guide is based, the manual discusses expected terminal behavior in the level 1…

Instructional objectives of a three-year Latin program are stated in this curriculum guide. An individualized approach to instruction which takes into account the nature of the school, the means of fulfilling its objectives, organizational structure of the course, provision for individual differences, and the type of pupil progress required is…

Foreign language instruction guidelines designed to improve and extend current programs at all levels are offered to teachers, principals, guidance counselors, general supervisors, foreign language coordinators, and superintendents. Major emphasis on teaching a language is developed, particularly through remarks on the spoken and the written word.…

This curriculum guide, developed for use in a FLES (foreign language in elementary school) pilot project, embraces an audiolingual approach to the teaching of Latin while providing a source of materials for the teaching of the culture of ancient Rome. The course is organized around nine major units, subdivided into "Lectiones", each requiring 20…

This curriculum guide, developed for use in a sixth-grade FLES (foreign language in elementary school) program, embraces a visual-audiolingual approach to the teaching of Latin while providing a source of materials for the teaching of the culture of ancient Rome. The course is organized around eight major units on: (1) Jupiter and His Siblings,…