THE PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS TO PRESENT DATA FOR THE TRANSFER OF LEARNING FROM ONE SENSORY MODALITY TO ANOTHER, SPECIFICALLY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISION AND AUDITION. THE PARAMETER WAS A RANGE OF NATURAL LANGUAGES INCLUDING SPANISH, JAPANESE, RUSSIAN, TURKISH, AND PERSIAN. THE SECONDARY PURPOSE WAS TO SUGGEST SOME THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS WHICH MAY…

THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROCEDURES OF A COMPUTER-BASED FIRST YEAR COURSE IN RUSSIAN VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR, WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED AT STANFORD IN SEPTEMBER 1967. THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE THE SAME FOR THE COMPUTER-BASED SECTIONS AS FOR THE CONVENTIONAL SECTIONS. THE PROGRAM IS BEING PRODUCED THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE…

California has developed a new series of credential examinations for foreign language teachers to make it possible to test the competence of teachers in six languages less frequently taught than Spanish and French. These languages are German, Japanese, Mandarin, Punjabi, Russian, and Vietnamese. Each assessment is based on the specifications…

The report summarizes results of an evaluative study of selected state-funded elementary and secondary school programs for less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) in California. Fourteen projects at 19 school sites received a maximum of 4 years of funding to offer instruction in Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Korean, and Russian. The…