Views the American experience of assimilation and acculturation as a unique achievement, but also as the basis for ethnocentric attitudes no longer compatible with current American involvement in world economics and politics. With this premise, assesses the decline of foreign language instruction in the U.S. and its prospects for recovery. (MES)

Discusses the oversupply of language graduates. One solution is a double major and a shift from a literary orientation to one applicable to business or professional life. The audiolingual approach at the American Graduate School of International Management emphasizes the understanding of language structure. (JAC)

Describes how celebrating National Foreign Language Week has increased cultural awareness and appreciation among students enrolled in foreign language courses at one of the largest historically Black universities in the United States. In addition, more students have expressed an interest in pursuing minors in foreign languages. (Author/VWL)

Discusses reactions of foreign language departments with declining enrollments and hence less funds and the impulse to shift a focus on the means and purpose of instruction. Suggests that it is important to preserve face-to-face direct coaching in language learning and to expose students to the Western European heritage that shapes the experience…

Study explored the motivations for students' choice of foreign languages. As long as foreign language study is elective in high schools, and as long as a variety of languages are offered, students' motivation will remain important for foreign language educators, especially in schools where various language programs compete with one another for…

Reports on data gathered in an AATG-sponsored national survey of U.S. high school students enrolled in upper-level German courses, investigating why students select German, continue learning German, and plan to take German in college. The results are discussed and recommendations with regard to affective motivators are made. (AS)

Highlights challenges faced by foreign language and literature department chairs. Suggests significant changes have occurred in the perception of language primarily as a skill or tool in support of other interests, in the growing implementation of technology, and in the changing faces of students. (Author/VWL)

Suggests that Title VI of the Higher Education Act has had long-lasting results in developing curricula in languages and encouraging more internationally-oriented campuses. Summarizes the language instruction aspects of a research report on the Title VI program, and incorporates data from a Modern Language Association survey. (Author/VWL)

Detailed, illustrated instructions are given for construction and decoration of an indoor foreign language kiosk to promote interest in foreign languages among students and teachers. The kiosk can be constructed in a home shop or possibly by a college theater department, high school woodworking department, or institutional physical plant. Once…

The report presents an analysis of the foreign language preparation of first-time undergraduate students at the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP). Basic areas of interest addressed included: the percentage of first-time students with either at least 2 or at least 3 years of preparation in a single foreign language in high school; how the…

The components of motivation in foreign language (FL) learning are examined as well as the effect of those components on certain language learning behaviors. Two basic assumptions are derived from the results of the study. These include the following: (1) Motivation in FL learning contexts (e.g., learning English in Hungary) is different in some…

A report is presented of work in syllabus construction and language planning in Finland from the middle of the 1960s to the present. An introductory chapter describes Finland's parallel educational systems, which provide for speakers of the two official languages, Finnish and Swedish, and for instruction in the other national language as well as…

Reports from 20 state supervisors of foreign languages were compiled. Each report describes a state's elementary-level and secondary-level foreign language programs and activities as of November 1979. Topics covered include basic foreign language programs, trends in foreign language enrollment, teacher training, work with other divisions within…

THIS REPORT COVERING THE 1966-67 ACADEMIC YEAR LISTS THE NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OFFERING RUSSIAN PROGRAMS. TABLES ARRANGED BY STATE GIVE DATA ON THE NUMBER OF RUSSIAN PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS PLANNED OR DISCONTINUED, FIRST YEAR, INTERMEDIATE, AND ADVANCED STUDENTS, FACULTY SIZE, AMOUNT OF LANGUAGE LABORATORY USE,…

While Russian language enrollment dropped from 1965-67 in the nation as a whole, it increased during that period in the South. The history of the development of Russian language programs in Southern states is outlined, with figures provided for each decade and some of the program founders identified. Many of the schools that offer Russian are now…