The criteria and procedures followed by this association in awarding its Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit to a professional member for work in the classics are described. The history and objectives of the association are also summarized. (PMJ)

Examines and refutes six myths about beginning and developing reading instruction. Discusses importance of teaching phonological awareness and decoding in beginning reading and of teaching syllable patterns and morpheme patterns from Anglo-Saxon, Greek, and Latin roots and affixes in developing reading. (Author/JDM)

Criticizes John Wilson's "Classics and Moral Education," in this issue, as being ambiguous and vague. The view here is that moral education would not derive automatically from classical studies but must be taught and developed, and based on a value system already present. (CHK)

The study of the Classics may develop three kinds of skills: 1) awareness of the importance of hard facts about a culture; 2) awareness of the facts of human nature; and 3) training the mind to think. Such skills and understanding are an important part of moral education. (CHK)

Describes the present state of classical studies in the two-year colleges and suggests ways in which such studies can be integrated more fully into the college curriculum. (PM)

A SURVEY OF 488 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION CONCERNING FOREIGN LANGUAGE OFFERINGS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS OFFERING EACH FOREIGN LANGUAGE, AND THE NUMBER OF PUPILS STUDYING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1965-1966. THIS INFORMATION ABOUT MODERN AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES IS PRESENTED IN…

Minimum competencies are set forth for senior high school foreign language students in Philadelphia. For modern languages, at each of three levels, criteria are set forth for determining whether students can: (1) adequately associate meaning with sound; (2) use words, phrases, and sentences that evidence meaningful communication; (3) associate…

The four essays in this book are concerned with the cultural consequences of literacy in that they demonstrate that some forms of competence, highly valued in society, developed in large part as an unintended consequence of the Greek alphabetic writing system. The first essay, entitled "Spoken Sound and Inscribed Sign," discusses the…

This one-act playlet illustrates the profound impact Latin has on English. A dispute over the significance of Latin involves nine characters, each of whom contribute an etymological analysis of a Latin-derived English word which is considered a spelling problem or is a specialized word used in other subject areas. (RL)

This bibliography contains works largely in English listed in 10 categories. They include: (1) books about Virgil or relevant to his poetry, (2) editions and commentaries, (3) translations, and (4) articles in the "Journal of Roman Studies," the "Classical Quarterly," the "Classical Review,""Greece and Rome," the "American Journal of…

This report on the current situation in the teaching of the classics in England is intended primarily for curriculum planners in secondary education. Trends in research and changes now developing in the approach to classics instruction are outlined. Discussion focuses on: (1) educational trends and instructional objectives in the classics, (2) the…

The core of this course is study of the background of the Catilinarian Conspiracy and the "First Oration against Catiline." A review of grammar and syntax is included. Performance objectives focus on a century of chaos which produced the revolutionary Catiline and the conservative Cicero, the Roman Republic, Ciceronian oration, Cicero's…

A summary of the study of false cognates by Koessler and Derocquigny. The following topics are studied: The origin and meaning of the term; a classification according to monosemy or polysemy; false cognates on the multilingual level and in language families; and extensions of meaning. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Focuses on the declining enrollment trends at the undergraduate level and expanding number of masters and doctoral programs at the graduate level of instruction. (RL)