THIS STUDY IMPROVED, EXTENDED, AND EVALUATED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE TEACHING OF FRENCH. PREVIOUS EFFORTS HAD EXPLORED POTENTIALS FOR AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, HAD DEVELOPED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR AN INTEGRATED AUDIOVISUAL LANGUAGE-TEACHING SYSTEM, AND HAD PRODUCED AN ILLUSTRATIVE FILM "LANGUAGE TEACHING IN CONTEXT." THE REVISED AND NEWLY DEVELOPED MATERIALS REPRESENTED VARIOUS APPROACHES TO AUDIOVISUAL INSTRUCTION AT THE ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE FRENCH LEVELS. ALL MATERIALS WERE NOT REQUIRED FOR USE AS A TOTAL PROGRAM. PROJECT MATERIALS INCLUDED FOUR LARGE, SEPARATE PACKAGES--(1) A REVISED COMPLETE COURSE FOR BEGINNERS IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE FRENCH CONSISTING OF A STUDENT BOOK, APPROXIMATELY 1,270 COLOR SLIDES, OVER 19 HOURS OF DRILL TAPES RECORDED IN FRANCE WITH A 186-PAGE EXERCISE TEXT PROVIDED, AND A 535-PAGE TEACHING GUIDE, (2) A NEW COURSE ON BEGINNING FRENCH INCORPORATING IMPROVED ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE, (3) A GROUP OF MOTION PICTURES ON FRANCE AND THE FRENCH PEOPLE WHICH EMPHASIZED UNDERSTANDING AND SPEAKING AT INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED-INTERMEDIATE LEVELS AND INCLUDED 10 COLOR MOTION PICTURES, 10 FILMSTRIPS, 10 RECORDED COMMENTARIES SYNCHRONIZED WITH FILMSTRIPS, 10 RECORDED QUESTIONNAIRES SYNCHRONIZED WITH FILMSTRIPS, 10 1-HOUR DRILLS, STUDENT BOOK, AND TEACHERS GUIDE, AND (4) AUDIOVISUAL FILMSTRIP AIDS AND MATERIALS FOR USE WITH A LITERATURE TEXT. IN ADDITION, TWO ACCESSORY PRODUCTIONS WERE DEVELOPED--(1) 30 HOURS OF TAPED DRILLS TO SUPPLEMENT ANY BEGINNING OR INTERMEDIATE BOOK IN FRENCH AND (2) A 276-PAGE BOOK ON THE STRUCTURE OF FRENCH. (JM)