This article reports on the results of a 1974 survey conducted by the foreign language staff of the Modern Language Association concerning foreign language enrollments in American colleges, universities and junior colleges. Both general percentages and percentages concerning French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and other languages are given.…

This study sought to: determine foreign language enrollments compared to total humanities and total college enrollments in two-year institutions; examine foreign language course offerings in 1975 and 1977; and determine if institutional size is related to the range of foreign languages offered. (SW)

One answer to this question is the teaching of subjects other than literature, particularly in "intermediate French." Instruction in Franco-American relations is culture. Topics discussed are: establishment of precise objectives, limiting topics, access to documentation, teacher preparation, teaching methods. Examples of projects are given. (Text…

Suggestions for increasing undergraduate language enrollments are made: (1) making language study an interesting cultural immersion; (2) teaching literature in translation; (3) writing accurate, well-annotated English translations of foreign literature. (CHK)

Describes the efforts undertaken at Slippery Rock State College to bring foreign languages to the public's attention. These include festivals, programs for high school students, programs for local chambers of commerce and service organizations, clubs, conferences, and the development of an international business degree for foreign language…

A consultancy grant was requested by the University of Nebraska at Omaha from the National Endowment for the Humanities because enrollments in advanced language courses were dwindling. It was suggested that language majors be expanded into area and interdisciplinary studies. Details of recommendations and grant application procedures are included.…

Discusses statistical indication of decrease in students studying a second foreign language. Responses to a questionnaire sent out in 1973 to German teachers in the county of Yorkshire in an attempt to discover reasons for these statistics are analyzed and discussed. (RM)

Translators and teachers of foreign languages need each other: translators need formal academic training and recognition and teachers of foreign languages need students. Unfortunately, translators know only too well that most FL teachers are not competent translators, and FL Departments generally consider translation as an activity beneath the…

Describes the present program of the German Department at Brown University. The language requirement was abolished at the university in 1969; consequently the program had to be redesigned with special attention given to student motivation. (TL)

The Department of Germanic Languages at the University of Texas at Austin has developed a language program in which students are trained in listening and reading comprehension before practicing production. The main objective was to improve student attitudes and reduce attrition between semesters. (SW)

Speech delivered at the National Council on the Humanities, on October 21, 1971, in Washington, D.C. Author is Executive Secretary of the Modern Language Association of America. (DS)

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of French, December 27, 1970, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (DS)