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)

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)

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)