For English courses at the Continuation Level (i.e., after earning the certificate English 1 in the People's Universities), suggestions are offered as to methods and materials, based on experience at the People's University of Frankfurt. (IFS/WGA)

THE SUMMER 1966 NDEA INSTITUTE AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOR 40 COLLEGE JUNIORS FROM HOME INSTITUTIONS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES IN ITALIAN INSTRUCTION IS DESCRIBED IN THIS FINAL REPORT. HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE INSTITUTE--THE FLEXIBILITY OF SCHEDULES, THE SECTIONING OF CLASSES IN ORAL AND WRITTEN ITALIAN, AND THE USE OF AUDIOLINGUAL…

THE LACK OF COORDINATION BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS PRESENTS A SERIOUS PROBLEM OF ARTICULATION FOR STUDENTS OF CHINESE. A COLLEGE PROGRAM THAT EMPHASIZED READING CHINESE MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE PREPARATION OF A STUDENT COMING FROM THE SPEAKING-PRONUNCIATION ORIENTATION OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM. THERE IS A…

This volume, developed for an introductory course in Gulf Arabic, utilizes the dialect of Abu Dhabi, a leading member of the Federation of Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf. Although specifically developed for the University of Arizona Environmental Research Laboratory personnel, it can be used as a beginning textbook for college students and…

Offers criticism based on the description and the choice of curriculum level for the introduction of FL courses given in the June 7, 1974 Statute of Authorization of the Nordrhein-Westfalen Ministry of Science. Ideas for scientifically grounded FL teaching at the university level are also given. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This article discusses how some of football coach Johnny Majors' recruiting techniques can be used to build and maintain strong foreign language programs by reducing the rate of attrition at the end of the basic FL sequence. (Author/CFM)

The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures of the University of Cincinnati now has a comprehensive career education program at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This development did not sacrifice the teaching and research programs. (SW)

An experimental seminar in language was given in spring 1973 at Bowdoin College. The final project was creation, in groups of four or five, of an artificial language. The languages had to have a demonstrable grammatical form, some idiomatic content, and a clear orthographic and phonetic system. (Author/RM)

The English as a second language certificate course in German People's Universities may be made a 4-step course. Its goals, set by the Council of Europe, should be carefully examined. One goal, "content-specification," is discussed, and its attendant problems demonstrated by means of an example. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Paper presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association meeting, November 17, 1973, Atlanta, Georgia. (RL)

Paper presented at the College and University section of the 1973 Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference, October 12, 1973, Seattle, Washington. (RL)

Describes the role of the instructor in the media-aided language program at the University of Minnesota. (RL)

Description of instructional materials used at the English Language Institute (ELI) at the University of Pittsburgh. (RL)