Compiled from a master list of about 300 journals and various book sources, this third annual selective bibliography published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) lists 1,377 items concerned with pedagogy in modern foreign languages, Latin, Greek, English as a second language, and applied linguistics. The 1969…

Compiled from a master list of about 300 journals and various book sources, this second annual selective bibliography published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages lists 1,316 items concerned with pedagogy in modern foreign languages, Latin, Greek, English as a second language, and applied linguistics. The 1968 listing…

Thirty-six problem areas relating to college foreign language instruction are identified in this paper. Most of these problems can be grouped in five major categories--(1) high school preparation and college entrance requirements and placement procedures, (2) faculty training, qualifications, and interests, (3) research needs and the lag between…

Appraised objectively in this article is a 3-year research project that involved experimentation with audiolingual methods in teaching standard English in Freshman English classes at Chaflin College in South Carolina to Negro students who spoke a nonstandard dialect. Prior to a discussion of the effectiveness of using spelling instruction to teach…

Emphasized in this speech are the innovative practices in the standardized foreign language testing programs sponsored by the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) and the Modern Language Association (MLA). The CEEB projected listening and reading "composite tests" and changes in the French and Latin Advanced Placement Tests are…

The major objectives of the research reported here were: to develop a phonological analysis to be used in determining the basic language problems of disadvantaged Spanish-speaking children; to develop an effective test for assessing the oral English of these children that could be used by a classroom teacher after only a brief training period; and…

An experiment with 17 teachers of first-year high school French recruited from the staffs of three large, diversified San Jose, California school districts was designed to (1) observe closely the classroom behaviors of the participating teachers, (2) identify those successful in terms of pupil achievement, and (3) compare the behaviors and…

This description of the Advanced Placement Program in Spanish for secondary school students furnishes (1) goals of the course, (2) a reading list to be used in preparation for the exam, and (3) an outline of the test. Examples and achievement standards are offered with sample test items. Interested individuals and institutions are also provided…

This description of the Advanced Placement Program in German for secondary school students furnishes (1) the goals of the course, (2) a reading list to be used in preparation for the exam, and (3) an outline of the test. Examples and achievement standards are offered with sample test items. Interested individuals and institutions are also provided…

This description of the Advanced Placement Program in French for secondary school students furnishes (1) goals of the course, (2) a reading list to be used in preparation for the exam, and (3) an outline of the test. Examples and achievement standards are offered with sample test items. Interested individuals and institutions are also provided…

This fifth booklet included in the second of a two-volume cross-national study of educational attainment is a compilation of cognitive tests prepared for four fundamental student groupings in the areas of French as a foreign language, English as a foreign language, and civic education. Test booklets, pertinent scripts of taped material, test…

Compiled from a master list of about 300 journals and various book sources, this sixth annual selective bibliography published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) lists 3,632 items concerned with pedagogy in modern foreign languages, Latin, Greek, English as a second language, and applied linguistics. The 1972…

This curriculum guide, developed for an ungraded language program at the secondary school level, allows for a steady progression of skills from unit to unit. Based on the audiolingual approach to language instruction, the guide is divided into four sections: (1) concepts to be taught, (2) references to instructional materials, (3) special…

Compiled from a master list of about 300 journals and various book sources, this fourth annual selective bibliography published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) lists 1,734 items concerned with pedagogy in modern foreign languages, Latin, Greek, English as a second language, and applied linguistics. The 1970…

Compiled from a master list of about 300 journals and various book sources, this fifth annual selective bibliography published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) lists 2,061 items concerned with pedagogy in modern foreign languages, Latin, Greek, English as a second language, and applied linguistics. The 1971…