Considers new ways to make foreign language instruction more enjoyable. (Author/RK)

Presented at the 36th annual meeting of the AATG (American Association of Teachers of German) held December 26-28, 1968 in New York, New York. (DS)

Panel discussion presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), November 27-29, 1969, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (DS)

Modified version of a paper read at the Fall Meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, October 31, 1969, Syracuse, New York. DS)

Speech delivered at the New Jersey Foreign Language Teachers Association Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, November 6, 1970. (DS)

Reports on an investigation of enrollment of minority groups, primarily Black, in foreign language programs at Indiana University. Provides statistics from 1974 to 1976 comparing enrollment figures for minority and nonminority students and correlates high school scores and college admission measures with participation and success in the study of…

Views the American experience of assimilation and acculturation as a unique achievement, but also as the basis for ethnocentric attitudes no longer compatible with current American involvement in world economics and politics. With this premise, assesses the decline of foreign language instruction in the U.S. and its prospects for recovery. (MES)

Discusses the oversupply of language graduates. One solution is a double major and a shift from a literary orientation to one applicable to business or professional life. The audiolingual approach at the American Graduate School of International Management emphasizes the understanding of language structure. (JAC)

Describes how celebrating National Foreign Language Week has increased cultural awareness and appreciation among students enrolled in foreign language courses at one of the largest historically Black universities in the United States. In addition, more students have expressed an interest in pursuing minors in foreign languages. (Author/VWL)

Discusses reactions of foreign language departments with declining enrollments and hence less funds and the impulse to shift a focus on the means and purpose of instruction. Suggests that it is important to preserve face-to-face direct coaching in language learning and to expose students to the Western European heritage that shapes the experience…