INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME ARE THE REPORTS ON CURRENT ISSUES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING DEVELOPED BY THE WORKING COMMITTEES OF THE 1962 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES. DISCUSSIONS OF THE NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF LINGUISTICS, ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING, AND ITS APPLICATION TO GRAMMAR, DRILLS, TEXTBOOKS, AND LANGUAGE LABORATORIES COMPRISE THE REPORT ON LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING DEVELOPED BY THE COMMITTEE HEADED BY ROBERT A. HALL, JR. TOPICS PERTAINING TO PROGRAMED LEARNING SUCH AS THE PROGRAMING PROCESS, PRESENTATION DEVICES, A SAMPLE UNIT, PROGRAMERS, FIELD TRIALS, COMPLETED AND PROJECTED RESEARCH, AND THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER ARE DESCRIBED IN THE SECOND REPORT COMPILED BY ALFRED S. HAYES' COMMITTEE. THE THIRD AND FOURTH SECTIONS OF THE PUBLICATION ARE NOT STANDARD WORKING COMMITTEE REPORTS, BUT ARE RELEVANT TO TWO PLANNED PANEL DISCUSSIONS. REPRINTED AS BACKGROUND FOR THE FIRST PANEL IS A RESEARCH REPORT BY NANCY V. ALKONIS AND MARY A. BROPHY ENTITLED "A SURVEY OF FLES PRACTICES" THAT GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES, TEACHERS, MATERIALS, METHODS, CONTINUITY, AND COORDINATION OF FLES PROGRAMS. FINALLY, THERE ARE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ABOUT TELEVISED LANGUAGE TEACHING. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS NUMBER NEC 62 FOR $2.50 FROM THE MLA/ACTFL MATERIALS CENTER, 62 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. 10011. (AB)