"Merlino-Perkins Father-Daughter Relationship Inventory" (Perkins, 2008), written in a woman's voice, provides counselors with a vehicle that helps women awaken subtle dynamics unique to their childhood father relationships. Accordingly, with counselor guidance, women have the opportunity to grieve their past, and celebrate what may be…

Graded readers can be an optimal resource to help language students improve and personalize their learning experience. An extensive reading library with graded readers and well-defined levels of reading difficulty increases language students' chances of having a successful reading experience and become independent readers. However, when it comes…

Essays that consider the way that women are portrayed in foreign language textbooks are presented. The selected essays were submitted to a competition sponsored by the Federation Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes, which requested that language teachers assess such concerns as: (1) whether women were described in a stereotyped way;…

This document consists of the five issues of the "Language Association Bulletin" prepared for the 1989-1990 publishing year. The issues contain articles on a variety of subjects related to second language instruction, educational planning, and language planning. Topics include: articulation of foreign language education in New York…