Describes progress and improvement in the process of language learning and teaching. (Editor/IR)

Shortened version of a speech given at the Annual Conference, Joint Council of Language Associations, at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England in December 1970. (DS)

Paper presented in May 1970 at a Colloquium of the Universities of Leipzig and Salford. (DS)

Text of a speech delivered at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston, Massachusetts, March 20, 1970. (DS)

Outlines a plan for a multidimensional language curriculum consisting of four components--language, culture, communicative activities, and general language education. (EKN)

An alternative, multidimensional curriculum design for second languages is suggested and expressed in terms of four syllabi: language, communicative activities, culture, and general language education. They have the objectives of proficiency, knowledge, affect, and transfer. Syllabus characteristics are described, relationship of content and…

Traces the history of the study of French in West Germany's educational system, and argues that French, and not English, should be the principal second language taught there. (AM)

Discusses the status of teaching culture in the Arabic language curriculum. Ten cultural learning objectives for students of Arabic are presented, and examples of how culture capsules and culture assimilators can be used in class are included in Appendices. Three difficulties in teaching Arabic culture are described. (Author/LMO)

This article begins with an overview of the literature that establishes the value of sayings in foreign language teaching. It is argued that authors of textbooks should use sayings because they make up such an important part of a language. The most common sayings that should be found in any textbook are listed. (LET)

Future teachers are not getting enough education in area studies nor in practical use of the foreign language. They should be able to converse fulently about the foreign country. This necessitates thorough revision of university curricula, including required language courses throughout the course of study. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

A successful course at the University of Delaware teaches German literature in translation. Sample paper topics and class projects are noted, and it is argued that translation courses do not weaken a language program, but often stimulate students to study the language itself. (CHK)