This volume consists of the following papers selected from those presented at the 1977 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: (1) "Educational Cognitive Style: A Basis for Personalizing Foreign Language Instruction," by Derek N. Nunney; (2) "Discovering Student Learning Styles through Cognitive Style Mapping," by Helen S. Lepke; (3) "ELSIE Is no Bullf or: On Utilizing Information Concerning Student Learning Styles," by Harry Reinert; (4) "Reading Assignments versus Reading Instruction: Native Language Strategies and Techniques for Use in the Foreign Language Classroom," by Frank W. Medley, Jr.; (5) "Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning and Native Language Processes," by Laura K. Heilenman; (6) "Teaching Spanish through Videotape," by Bruce A. Beatie and Jose J. Labrador; (7) "International Studies and Foreign Languages: The Omaha Model," by Anthony Jung; (8) "Learning Theory and Research Findings: Some Applications to the High School Classroom," by Donna Sutton; (9) "Supplementing the Textbook Attractively, Effectively, and Responsibly," by Judith C. Morrow and Lorraine A. Strasheim; (10) "Expanding Our Sphere of Influence: Latin in the Elementary Curriculum," by Claudia Edwards; (11) "The Natural and the Normal in Language Teaching," by Wilga M. Rivers; (12) "Bridging Individual Differences: Empathy and Communicative Competence," by Elaine K. Horwitz and Michael B. Horwitz; (13) "Communication-Based Beginning College French: An Experiment," by Elizabeth Leemann and Lynn Waverly; (14) "The Foreign Language Teacher in Focus: Creative Photography for the Classroom," by Alan Galt and Nancy Humbach; and (15) "Strategies for Visibility and Recruitment for College and University Language Departments," by Kathleen G. Boykin. (CFM)