Presents an updated annotated bibliography on recent Chicano publications that includes anthologies focusing on Latino works. This bibliography contains literary works and criticism written in English and Spanish. Its limited scope does not allow the inclusion of entries for articles published in magazines and journals or for unpublished doctoral…

Discusses the role of qualified native speakers of Spanish beginning work as teaching assistants in the University of Virginia's intermediate Spanish civilization course. The course focuses on Latino culture and civilization and offers American students the chance to interact with a "real" Latin American. (CB)

Describes the involvement of the classics department at the University of Maryland in promoting the study of Latin, specifically by providing inservice teacher workshops for high school Latin teachers and by hosting a Latin Day for high school students. (EKN)

Discusses the current shortage of Latin teachers in the face of growing enrollments, citing as one reason for this shortage inadequate efforts to recruit candidates for Latin teacher training programs. Recommends a reactivation of these programs, with encouragement for new teachers to enter the profession at the secondary level. (MES)

An experimental FLES program in Lati, designed for a rural community elementary school in North Carolina, aims at improving and increasing students' English vocabulary and exposing them to a different culture. It was also hoped that students would be motivated to continue their study of foreign languages, cultures, and the humanities at the high…

This report states specific steps to follow in order to achieve the primary objectives of the Modern Language Association/American Council of Learned Societies Task Force, to improve the quantity and quality of second-language study in the commonly taught languages in the United States. (CFM)

Discusses cultural studies as particularly appropriate for the study of Latin American peoples, because it encourages insights from social sciences, critiques the notion of canonical authority, and privileges the study of popular culture. Advocates attention be paid to the kind of pedagogy that will direct students to engage critically with the…

Discusses the future of classical languages in the American educational system. Notes that while fewer college students are enrolled in classical languages, the numbers are growing at the K-12 levels. (Author/VWL)

This article reports the results of a survey, funded by the American Classical League (ACL) and conducted during 1990-91, that assessed attitudes toward high school foreign-language study, in particular the study of Latin and Greek, in the college admissions process. (21 references) (VWL)