The serious student of language, English or foreign, and especially the future language teacher must receive a solid training not only in theoretical but also in applied syntax. Such a course should be offered at the advanced level and deal with the syntax of the language involved in a rigorously systematic way. The search for a systematic, yet practically applicable approach to the teaching of foreign language syntax is the topic of this paper. The first part deals with basic objectives and desirable features. In the second part such a theory or model is outlined. Examples are taken from French. The principal objectives of a syntax course would be threefold: (1) the "performance objective," the improvement of active and passive skills; (2) the "competence objective"; the student ought to become fully aware of the distinctive characteristics of the target language; and (3) a "tool objective," the student ought to learn how to analyze for himself all kinds of phrases and sentences that he may encounter in the language. The description of syntax can be divided into three major sections dealing with structures and processes on the phrase, sentence and discourse level. The particular model proposed represents a theory based on the concepts of "functions,""nucleus,""elementary unit,""syntactic process of change," and on the distinction between phrase, sentence and discourse syntax. It may be amended to improve explanations or to adapt to an individual's personal style of teaching. (Author/CFM)