DEBATE OVER THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CONTENT OF ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE COLLEGE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS REVEALS DIVERGENCE OF OPINION OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COURSES. WHILE SOCIAL SCIENCE-MINDED PEOPLE EMPHASIZE THAT CULTURE EXTENDS BEYOND LITERATURE TO THE THINKING AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF OTHER PEOPLES, THEY DO NOT…

THE 24 LESSONS IN THIS TEXT ARE DESIGNED FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS BEGINNING JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY. THE SELECTION OF VOCABULARY AND THE PRESENTATION OF GRAMMAR ARE DIRECTED TO THE GOAL OF ACQUIRING FACILITY IN SPEAKING RATHER THAN WRITING. FOR A READING TEXT RECOMMENDED FOR USE WITH THIS SPOKEN LANGUAGE TEXT, SEE HIBBETT AND ITSAKA "MODERN…

This is the second in a series of reports on research in programed language learning at the college level. (See "Observations on the Use of Three Self-Instructional Programed Foreign Language Courses," by Saltzman, et al, in AV Communication Review, Vol. XIII, No. 1, 1965.) The research considers these questions--(1) How do students perform over a…

Twenty-four U.S. institutions and six Canadian institutions offering training for translators are listed here. Each citation contains the name and address of the school, the director's name, and a brief description of the program or courses. (PMP)

Various problems confronting teachers of the classics are explored through frequent reference to the metaphor of the classics viewed as a sailing ship in a sea of troubled waters. Several of the difficulties confronting classics teachers are seen to be related to an anti-intellectual mood prevailing in academe, scheduling problems, shifting school…

Productions of a German acting troupe can enhance language programs. Ideas are shared on inviting such a troupe to a school and on providing a successful cultural, academic, and personal experience. Information is based on the Tri-Buhne Stuttgart troupe's tour of German departments in the Eastern United States. (SW)

Johns Hopkins University has become affiliated with a Germanistisches Institut in Germany in order to establish a graduate program abroad. The arrangement between the schools is described. (SW)

Report of a discussion group of the ADE/ADFL Joint Summer Seminar, June 25-29, 1973, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; concludes that curriculum planners are accountable to students, the "discipline", faculty, institutions, legislators, and other funding agencies. (RL)

Selected introductory Greek textbooks are critically reviewed. (RL)

Discusses a survey to define the nationwide trend to eliminate college language requirements; conducted from March through May 1971 by C.G. Schwarzkopf of Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts. (RS)

Various problems confronting teachers of the classics are explored with frequent reference to the metaphor of the classics as a sailing ship in a sea of troubled waters. (RL)