This discussion of attrition in foreign language instruction in high schools focuses on two questions: How many students drop out? and Why do they drop out? In the first part, the 1970 figures for enrollments in foreign languages in public secondary schools are examined. The overall decline of -1.5% reflects a decrease in Course I enrollments but…

Noting that foreign language requirements have been abolished, reduced, or modified between 1966 and 1971 in over 45 percent of the B.A. degree-granting institutions in the United States, the author probes into the current status and uses of the language laboratory. It is suggested that the widespread decline in language enrollments is due in…

This final report of a state-wide foreign language program survey made in the fall of 1971 presents statistical data based on 1,013 completed questionnaires. Results show a steady increase in foreign language enrollment in Illinois since 1969. Charts include data in these areas: (1) combined totals of foreign language enrollment in public,…

Address given to students at Althouse College of Education, London, Ontario; discusses Canadian reaction to the "imported" audiolingual method and future directions of language instruction in Canada. (RL)

Address delivered at the 1970 Southern Conference on Language Teaching in Jacksonville, Florida, February 20, 1970. (DS)

Based on a presentation delivered to the Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers, March 19, 1971. (DS)

Speech delivered at the Fourth Annual Meeting of ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) on November 27, 1970 in Los Angeles, California. (DS)

Paper presented at the third meeting of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, April 15-17, 1971, in Detroit, Michigan. (DS)

Address delivered at the first ADFL Summer Seminar for Chairmen on June 21, 1971 at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Discusses the situation of foreign language teaching in the United States, and the need for imaginative and inspiring teachers. (DS)

Based on a paper read at the Spring 1970 meeting of California's Liaison Committee on Foreign Languages of the Articulation Conference at San Diego, California. (DS)

Examines the current situation regarding the study and use of French in various European countries as well as the United States. It is suggested that French language and culture can best be promoted through the promotion of the study of many languages. (AM)