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Download full textWarriner, Helen P. – Bulletin of the Modern Foreign Language Association of Virginia, 1975
This article, in the form of an interview, deals with the status and expected future of foreign language programs in the nations schools and colleges, and in particular, Virginia's. Despite hearsay, enrollment in foreign language has remained fairly constant in Virginia high schools. French and Spanish have the highest enrollments, followed by…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Opportunities, College Language Programs, Educational Attitudes
Alter, Maria P. – 1970
Noting a 14.3 percent decline in student enrollment in college German-language programs between the fall terms of 1968 and 1970, an analysis of the situation is developed and proposals for reversing the trend are outlined. Six major sections discuss: (1) the sad evidence of figures and what they mean for German, (2) the foreign language crisis…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, German
POWERS, JAMES R. – 1966
A SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED DURING THE 1964-65 SCHOOL YEAR AS PART OF THE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AUTHORIZED BY TITLE III OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT. SIGNIFICANT GAINS CITED BY STATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE SUPERVISORS ARE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LONGER SEQUENCES OF STUDY, GROWTH IN…
Descriptors: Educational Television, English (Second Language), FLES, Inservice Education
PDF pending restorationHayward, Fred M; Beckett, Paul A. – 1978
Major efforts have been made in the United States during the last 15 years to develop high quality programs for the teaching of African languages. These efforts are encountering increasing difficulties which are largely a function of a variety of special problems affecting the teaching of African languages. All of these problems contribute to…
Descriptors: African Languages, College Language Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Washington Univ., Seattle. Washington Foreign Language Program. – 1971
This survey of language enrollment trends during a period from 1966 through 1970 at the University of Washington, Washington State University, Washington four-year state colleges, Washington four-year private colleges and universities, Washington community colleges, and public and secondary schools in the State of Washington concentrates on…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Colleges, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends
Bearne, C. G., Ed.; James, C. V., Ed. – 1976
This report presents the conclusions and recommendations of a residential colloquium concerning modern languages for the 1980's, attended by 70 representatives of various sectors and levels of the educational system. The colloquium was a response to widespread concern about the crisis in language learning in the United Kingdom. The colloquium…
Descriptors: Conferences, Enrollment Trends, Language Enrollment, Language Instruction
Lafayette, Robert C. – Bulletin of the Illinois Foreign Language Teachers Association, 1973
The interrelatedness of job security for language teachers and student enrollment in foreign language courses is discussed. The decline in student interest and enrollment in language programs is traced to several sources including: (1) the "let's-teach-only-the-best-kids" syndrome, (2) the continuity myth, and (3) the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Opportunities, Community Attitudes, Culture
Lagarde, Marie L. – 1975
This paper outlines both negative and affirmative approaches to the issue of whether the public should be aware of a foreign language program. The negative approach would consider the diminishing demand for foreign languages for basic communicative needs in the United States and the conviction on the part of the public that it only needs one…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Language Programs, Curriculum, Educational Finance
Kim, T. W. – 1975
This is a summary of a roundtable on Chinese language teaching which focused on the history and present status of Chinese programs at institutions represented by the discussants. Discussion centered around the following points: (1) types of students taking Chinese; (2) methodology; (3) enrollment; and (4) career opportunities. A paper is also…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Chinese, College Language Programs, Higher Education
1979
This is a report on foreign language enrollment in qrades 9-12 in Indiana for the year 1978-1979. The tables qive the following information: (1) a ten year review of foreign language enrollments in Indiana, grades 9-12; (2) the total enrollments for the years 1976-1979 in all foreign languages; (3) the enrollment patterns by levels for the same…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, French
MOODY, NANCY L.; POWERS, JAMES R. – 1967
A SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION BY 46 STATES PARTICIPATING IN THE NDEA TITLE III PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION. ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE 1965-66 SCHOOL YEAR ARE SUMMARIZED FOR EACH STATE UNDER THE THREE HEADINGS OF EVIDENCE OF IMPROVED INSTRUCTION, EVIDENCE…
Descriptors: FLES, Inservice Education, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Materials
Dusel, John P. – 1969
A questionnaire for students discontinuing their foreign language study is presented along with suggestions for its administration and use as a diagnostic tool for administrators. The brief form covers such factors as--(1) reasons for dropping the language, (2) availability of advanced courses, (3) notions of fluency, (4) student objectives, (5)…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1978
A review of Government support of foreign language and area studies programs in institutions of higher education investigated funding, administration, and need. Since 1968, overall enrollments in the study of modern foreign languages have fallen, but enrollments in the "needed" languages, those supported by Title VI of the National…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
EATON, ESTHER M. – 1963
AN INTERIM SURVEY DESIGNED TO SUPPLY STATISTICAL DATA TO ANYONE INVOLVED IN PLANNING AND EVALUATING FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IS PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT. FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS BY PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION, BY LANGUAGES, AND BY LANGUAGE LEVELS ARE TABULATED. FOREIGN LANGUAGE OFFERINGS ARE LISTED ACCORDING TO THE…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Consultants, Curriculum Guides, Enrollment Rate
Herslow, Nina Greer; Dershem, James F. – Modern Language Association, 1966
The eighth in a series of statistical surveys conducted by the Modern Language Association, this 1965 study of 2,100 institutions of higher learning (junior and 4-year colleges as well as universities) presents, for the first time, enrollment data for all foreign languages. To provide background for the 1965 enrollment figures, data from previous…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Directories
