This report discusses the 1970-71 school year Latin FLES program in the School District of Philadelphia which more than 4,000 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade pupils received 15 to 20 minutes' daily instruction in Latin from Latin teachers who served several schools. Primary objectives of the program were: (1) to introduce children to basic Latin…

This eighth in a series of such catalogs lists all items pertaining to foreign language instruction that were accessioned by all Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses from May through October 1971. Entries are organized alphabetically, and a 14-category user index assists in pinpointing items relevant to particular…

This guide is designed to assist teachers using the "Cambridge Latin Course," a multimedia instructional system developed in the United Kingdom which can be adapted to the needs of pupils of varying backgrounds, ages, and abilities. The Guide focuses on Unit I, the first level of the Cambridge materials. The materials are especially suited to…

This curriculum guide, developed for use in a FLES (foreign language in elementary school) pilot project, embraces an audiolingual approach to the teaching of Latin while providing a source of materials for the teaching of the culture of ancient Rome. The course is organized around nine major units, subdivided into "Lectiones", each requiring 20…

This curriculum guide, developed for use in a sixth-grade FLES (foreign language in elementary school) program, embraces a visual-audiolingual approach to the teaching of Latin while providing a source of materials for the teaching of the culture of ancient Rome. The course is organized around eight major units on: (1) Jupiter and His Siblings,…

This curriculum bulletin focuses on instruction in the Connecticut public schools in modern foreign languages and Latin. A curriculum outline for levels 1 through 6 and appendixes treating a glossary of terms, patterns as grammar, and a sample test comprise the section on modern languages. The Latin topics cover: (1) phonology, (2) morphology, (3)…

The core of this report is three papers which focus on the current status and function of the foreign language supervisor. Klaus Mueller's paper, "Responsibilities of the Foreign Language Teacher Trainer", advocates the design and development of achievement tests that would validate teacher competency. Jermaine Arendt's, "The Local Supervisor's…

Changing social attitudes of students in American schools are seen to have a direct bearing on currently declining enrollment figures in foreign language programs. The author discusses ways in which motivation can be improved. Comments are directed to the use of class time, dialogues, pattern drills, memorization, prereading experience,…

This summary of Latin's needs in urban public education includes discussions of (1) the need for teachers qualified to handle the obstacles present in this environment, (2) the development of special instructional materials for average and below-average students, (3) improved publicity and public relations for the program in the community, and (4)…

Nine papers read and discussed at the Skytop, Pennsylvania, Colloquium are presented along with discussion summaries by Theodore Andersson. Opening the colloquium with a paper on the importance of language style in education, Moses Hadas urges the cooperation of teachers of modern foreign languages and of classical languages in order to achieve…

This study of foreign language enrollments in secondary schools quantitatively demonstrates the impact of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 on foreign language study through some 50 tables and charts. Ninth in the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) series, the report covers: (1) public secondary schools, (2) foreign languages,…

This compilation of the first four such catalogs lists 1603 items pertaining to foreign language instruction that were accessioned by all Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses from November 1966 through October 1969. Entries are organized alphabetically within each catalog, and 13-category (with subdivisions within each…

This ninth in a series of such catalogs lists 449 items pertaining to foreign language instruction that were accessioned by all Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses from November 1971 through April 1972. Entries are organized alphabetically, and a 15-subject user index assists in pinpointing items relevant to particular…

A Latin Pilot Study was initiated by the Alexandria City Schools in the school year 1972-73 and continued in 1973-74 in an attempt to increase the English reading skills of elementary students. It was proposed that Latin instruction with strong emphasis on relating English words to their Latin roots and affixes would strengthen reading skills, in…

This report is based on a questionnaire survey sent to the registrars of all two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Replies were received from 2,637 institutions, of which 2,374 reported registrations in one or more foreign languages. The fall 1977 survey shows a decline of 1.4% in total foreign language…