After an examination of the status of the use of media in the foreign language curriculum, the potential impact of video and computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is analyzed, and their advantages and disadvantages are charted. The role of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines with respect to video and CALL is also discussed, and avenues are proposed for using video and CALL appropriately in the classroom. A brief look is taken at upcoming technology. The advantages brought about by the new media are more than offset by the curricular problems they create. The positive trends that will counteract potential problems include these: that (1) the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines will unify the curriculum; (2) the media will take up their respective niches in the curriculum and teachers will rely on them for specific tasks; (3) publishers will continue to provide methodological information and expand it to include curricular information; and (4) new technologies will add more functioning power to video and CALL, eventually merging the two into a powerful teaching tool. (CB)